Official 2007 Ncaa Men's Final Four Records Book
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The Official 2007 NCAA OFFICIAL 2007 NCAA® MEN’S FINAL FOUR® The NCAA salutes the more than RECORDS BOOK 380,000 student-athletes participating in 23 sports at ® Men’s Final Four Men’s more than 1,200 member institutions ® Records Book NCAA 55598-1/07 F4 07 THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 http://www.ncaa.org January 2007 Photo by Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos Researched and Compiled By: Gary K. Johnson, Associate Director of Statistics. Cover Photography By: Clarkson and Associates. ON THE COVER Top row (left to right): David Thompson & Bill Walton, Billy Donovan, Michael Jordan & Eric Smith, and Nolan Richardson. Second row: Jerry Lucas, Ralph Sampson, Phog Allen & Walter Byers, and Pervis Ellison. Third row: Stacey King & Danny Manning, Jim Larranaga, Al Horford & Jai Lewis, and Jordan Farmar. Bottom row: Florida players celebrating, Larry Johnson, Ben Howland and Magic Johnson. Distributed to Division I men’s basketball sports information directors and confer- ence publicity directors. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association Copyright, 2007, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. ISSN 0267-1017 NCAA 55598-1/07 2 2007 NCAA FINAL FOUR Contents The Final Four...................................................... 7 The Early Rounds ................................................. 35 The Tournament ................................................... 49 The Coaches ........................................................ 91 Attendance and Sites ........................................... 111 Photo by Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos The Tournament Field ........................................... 127 Index................................................................... 247 CONTENTS 3 New to this Book List of Coaches who have Won the NCAA Championship their First Year as a Coach.......... 93 List of Coaches who have Won the NCAA Championship their First Year at a School.......... 93 NCAA Photos List of Coaches who have taken their Team to the Final Four in First Season as a Coach....... 93 List of Coaches who have taken their Team to the Final Four in First Season at that School ... 94 4 NEW TO THIS BOOK NAME CHANGE KEY (Listed throughout the book by the name on the left) PLAYER name changes College name was: Changed to: Lew Alcindor ............................................................Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Walt Hazzard..........................................................Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad Chris Jackson ...........................................................Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Akeem Olajuwon..........................................................Hakeem Olajuwon Keith Wilkes.......................................................................Jamaal Wilkes SCHOOL name changes Current name is: Changed from: Charlotte...........................................................................UNC Charlotte Chattanooga.........................................................Tennessee-Chattanooga Colorado St. .....................................................................Colorado A&M Detroit..............................................................Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech La.-Lafayette ....................................................................Southwestern La. La.-Monroe ..........................................................................Northeast La. Loyola (La.)................................................................Loyola-New Orleans Memphis...............................................................................Memphis St. Missouri St. ...................................................................Southwest Mo. St. Oklahoma St. ..................................................................Oklahoma A&M Photo by Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos UTEP.................................................................................Texas Western Towson...................................................................................Towson St. Troy ............................................................................................Troy St. ARENA name changes Current name is: Changed from: Coleman Coliseum.......................................................Memorial Coliseum Continental Airlines Arena..........................................Meadowlands Arena Fogelman Arena ....................................................................Tulane Gym Hinkle Field House .........................................................Butler Field House Holt Arena .........................................................................ISU Minidome Jon M. Huntsman Center............................................Special Events Center The Joyce Center ..........................................Athletic & Convocation Center Oakland Arena ....................................Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Pacific Exposition Center .....................Pacific International Livestock Pavilion RCA Dome .......................................Hoosier Dome; Indiana Hoosier Dome Reed Gym........................................................................ISU Gymnasium Tropicana Field ................................Thunder Dome; Florida Suncoast Dome Wachovia Center .........................................CoreStates, First Union Center Welsh-Ryan Arena/McGaw Hall ............................................McGaw Hall TOURNAMENT REGION name changes Name was: Changed from: East .............................................................................Eastern (1939-50) South ..................Midwest (1956), Mideast (1957-84), Southeast (1985-97) Midwest...............................................................................West (1956) West ................................................Western (1939-50), Far West (1956) NAME CHANGE KEY 5 The Final Four Championship Results ........................ 8 Final Four Game Records ................... 9 Championship Game Records ............12 Semifinals Game Records................... 14 Final Four Two-Game Records............16 Final Four Cumulative Records............18 8 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Championship Results Year Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Fourth Place 1939 Oregon 46-33 Ohio St. † Oklahoma † Villanova 1940 Indiana 60-42 Kansas † Duquesne † Southern California 1941 Wisconsin 39-34 Washington St. †Pittsburgh † Arkansas 1942 Stanford 53-38 Dartmouth † Colorado † Kentucky 1943 Wyoming 46-34 Georgetown † Texas † DePaul 1944 Utah 42-40 + Dartmouth † Iowa St. † Ohio St. 1945 Oklahoma St. 49-45 New York U. † Arkansas † Ohio St. 1946 Oklahoma St. 43-40 North Carolina Ohio St. California 1947 Holy Cross 58-47 Oklahoma Texas CCNY 1948 Kentucky 58-42 Baylor Holy Cross Kansas St. 1949 Kentucky 46-36 Oklahoma St. Illinois Oregon St. 1950 CCNY 71-68 Bradley North Carolina St. Baylor 1951 Kentucky 68-58 Kansas St. Illinois Oklahoma St. 1952 Kansas 80-63 St. John’s (N.Y.) Illinois Santa Clara 1953 Indiana 69-68 Kansas Washington LSU 1954 La Salle 92-76 Bradley Penn St. Southern California 1955 San Francisco 77-63 La Salle Colorado Iowa 1956 San Francisco 83-71 Iowa Temple Southern Methodist 1957 North Carolina 54-53 ‡ Kansas San Francisco Michigan St. 1958 Kentucky 84-72 Seattle Temple Kansas St. 1959 California 71-70 West Virginia Cincinnati Louisville 1960 Ohio St. 75-55 California Cincinnati New York U. 1961 Cincinnati 70-65 + Ohio St. * St. Joseph’s Utah 1962 Cincinnati 71-59 Ohio St. Wake Forest UCLA 1963 Loyola (Ill.) 60-58 + Cincinnati Duke Oregon St. Photo by Ryan McKee/NCAA Photos Members of the Florida Gators celebrate after 1964 UCLA 98-83 Duke Michigan Kansas St. defeating UCLA, 73-57, to win the 2006 1965 UCLA 91-80 Michigan Princeton Wichita St. Division I men's basketball championship in the 1966 UTEP 72-65 Kentucky Duke Utah 1967 UCLA 79-64 Dayton Houston North Carolina RCA Dome in Indianapolis. 1968 UCLA 78-55 North Carolina Ohio St. Houston 1969 UCLA 92-72 Purdue Drake North Carolina 1970 UCLA 80-69 Jacksonville New Mexico St. St. Bonaventure 1971 UCLA 68-62 * Villanova *Western Ky. Kansas 1972 UCLA 81-76 Florida St. North Carolina Louisville 1973 UCLA 87-66 Memphis Indiana Providence 1974 North Carolina St. 76-64 Marquette UCLA Kansas 1975 UCLA 92-85 Kentucky Louisville Syracuse 1976 Indiana 86-68 Michigan UCLA Rutgers 1977 Marquette 67-59 North Carolina UNLV Charlotte 1978 Kentucky 94-88 Duke Arkansas Notre Dame 1979 Michigan St. 75-64 Indiana St. DePaul Penn 1980 Louisville 59-54 *UCLA Purdue Iowa 1981 Indiana 63-50 North Carolina Virginia LSU 1982 North Carolina 63-62 Georgetown † Houston † Louisville Question... 1983 North Carolina St. 54-52 Houston † Georgia † Louisville 1984 Georgetown 84-75 Houston † Kentucky † Virginia How many schools from Georgia 1985 Villanova 66-64 Georgetown † St. John’s (N.Y.) *† Memphis have played in the Final Four? 1986 Louisville 72-69 Duke † Kansas † LSU (Extra credit if you can name 1987 Indiana 74-73 Syracuse † UNLV † Providence 1988 Kansas 83-79 Oklahoma † Arizona † Duke them.) 1989 Michigan 80-79 + Seton Hall † Duke † Illinois 1990 UNLV 103-73 Duke † Arkansas † Georgia Tech 1991 Duke 72-65 Kansas † UNLV † North Carolina Answer... 1992 Duke 71-51 Michigan † Cincinnati † Indiana 1993 North Carolina 77-71 Michigan † Kansas † Kentucky Two: University of Georgia and 1994 Arkansas 76-72 Duke † Arizona † Florida