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2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2008 Final Four logo
Teams	65
Finals Site	Alamodome San Antonio, Texas
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «2007  2009»

The 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involves 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2008, and will conclude with the championship game between Memphis and Kansas on April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.^[1] The host institution will be the University of Texas at San Antonio. The tournament is notable in that for the first time ever, the top seeded team from each of the four regionals made it to the final four. The top four teams were Memphis, North Carolina, Kansas, and UCLA, with Kansas and Memphis advancing to the championship game. Image File history File links Soccerball_current_event. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. ... San Antonio redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... The 2007 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 2009 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament will involve 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is held each spring featuring 65 of the top college basketball teams in the United States. ... A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout or sudden death tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Division I (or DI) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States. ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship. ... The Memphis Tigers basketball team represents the University of Memphis in NCAA Division I mens college basketball. ... The Kansas Jayhawks mens basketball team has enjoyed considerable success, and has won four national championships. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. ... San Antonio redirects here. ... UTSA is San Antonios largest university. ...

Tournament procedure

The U.S. Airways Center held the West Regional semifinals and finals on March 27th and 29th, respectively.

Ford Field held the Midwest Regional semifinals and finals on March 28th and 30th, respectively.

The Alamodome, location of the Final Four on April 5th

For more details on this topic, see NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Tournament format.

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament featuring 65 teams representing all Division I Conferences in the nation. A "play-in" game determined which of the two lowest seeds will play in the first round of 64 against a top seed team. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65 within four regionals of 16 teams; Mount St. Mary's, as the winner of the play-in game, automatically received a 16 seed. The first and second round games were played at the following sites, which were not restricted to any one particular Tournament Region, because of the "pod system":^[1] US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena) is a sports and entertainment facility located in Phoenix. ... Ford Field is an indoor football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan that is the home of the Detroit Lions of the NFL. It is across the street from Comerica Park. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 303 KB) Photo by Nick Juhasz. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 303 KB) Photo by Nick Juhasz. ... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. ... This article is about NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship. ... The selection process for College Basketballs NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. ...

March 20 and 22

Honda Center, Anaheim, California (Host: Big West Conference)

Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Hosts: Colorado State University and Mountain West Conference)

Qwest Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Hosts: Creighton University and Missouri Valley Conference)

Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: Georgetown University)

March 21 and 23

BJCC Arena, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)

Alltel Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas (Host: University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)

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March 27 and 29

East Regional, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)

West Regional, US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona (Host: Arizona State University)

March 28 and 30

Midwest Regional, Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan (Host: University of Detroit Mercy)

South Regional, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas (Hosts: University of Houston and Rice University)

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April 5 and 7

Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)^[1]

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Qualifying teams

For more details on this topic, see 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Qualifying Teams.

A total of 31 teams received automatic bids for winning their conference tournament championship. Since the Ivy League does not hold a tournament, its regular season champion received the automatic bid. This left 34 at-large bids to be decided from the rest of the field by the NCAA Selection Committee. The at-large bids, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Sunday, March 16.^[2] Coppin State was the first team to make the tournament with 20 losses.^[3] Maryland-Baltimore County, American, Texas-Arlington, and Portland State all received their first tournament bids in school history.^[4][5][6][7] Three other teams returned after absences from the NCAA Tournament of 20 years or more—Drake (last appearing in 1971),^[8] Cal State Fullerton (1978)^[9] and Cornell (1988).^[10] is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1971 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1978 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 1988 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ...

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Brackets

* - Denotes overtime period

Opening Round Game – Dayton, Ohio

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East Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

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Midwest Regional – Detroit, Michigan

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South Regional – Houston, Texas

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West Regional – Phoenix, Arizona

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Final Four – Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

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Game summaries

East Region

First round

Top seed North Carolina defeated the play-in game winner Mount St. Mary's 113-74. Their high scoring tied the mark for second most in North Carolina tournament history, aided by Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson's 21 points each.^[11] They met Arkansas in the second round, a ninth seed who defeated eighth-seed Indiana 86-72. Indiana had struggled with several tough losses late in the season after a coaching scandal and were unable to stop Sonny Weems' career-high 31 points.^[12] Fifth seed Notre Dame advanced to the second round with a 68-50 win over 12th seed George Mason. George Mason had two starters from the 2006 final four team, but were unable to come back after a surge by the Irish early in the first half.^[13] In the same pod, fourth seeded Washington State defeated 13th-seed Winthrop 71-40, holding them to 11 points in the second half and leaving them far behind after a 25-1 run.^[14] In Birmingham, Alabama, the sixth seed Oklahoma defeated 11-th seeded St. Joseph's 72-64, led by David Godbold, a senior not normally known as a team leader who surprised many with his 25 points.^[15] Later in the evening, third seeded Louisville defeated WAC champion and 14th seed Boise State 79-61, sending the Broncos home for the second straight time. They had defeated Boise St. in the 1994 tournament as well, the last time the WAC team came to the tournament.^[16] In the afterafternoon session at Birmingham, seventh seeded Butler defeated 10th seed Southern Alabama in an 81-61 blowout, setting a school record for 30 wins in one season,^[17] and number two seed Tennessee survived a brief scare at the hands of 15th-seeded American, 72-57. American's star player, Garrison Carr, led his team with 26 points, tying the game at 40 with 11 minutes to go before Tennessee went on a 10-0 run to score the win.^[18] Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), is an American collegiate basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels mens basketball team. ... Tywon Lawson (born November 3, 1987 in Clinton, Maryland), is an American basketball player who began playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2006-07 season. ... The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (formerly Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center) is a sports, convention and entertainment complex located in Birmingham, Alabama. ...

Second round

Washington State, the region's fourth seed, was first to earn a spot in the Charlotte, North Carolina East Regional by handily beating fifth-seeded Notre Dame, 61-41 in Denver, Colorado. The rout came as a shock to many sportscasters, who expected Notre Dame's offense, which was averaging about 80 points a game, to outdo the Cougars. Instead, Notre Dame shot 24% from the field, their worst offensive effort since 1983 and the fifth-worst in the history of the NCAA tournament's opening rounds. Washington State's win brought them to their first-ever trip to the Sweet 16. Top-seeded North Carolina will challenge the Cougars after defeating Arkansas, the ninth seed, 108-77. The win marked only the third time the Tar Heels had won their first two tournament games by more than 20 points. The other two UNC teams to do this, in 1993 and 2005, went on to win the championship. With the win, North Carolina also set a school record for wins in a season, with 34.^[19] Second-seeded Tennessee survived an upset bid from number seven seed Butler, winning in overtime 76-71. Butler was behind throughout regulation, but managed to keep the game close and bring it to overtime, where they gained their first lead, 68-66, about 2 minutes in. Some key defensive stands and free throws by the Volunteers, however, pulled them ahead.^[20] They will play third seed Louisville, who beat sixth seed Oklahoma, 78-48. Sooner star Blake Griffin had trouble scoring against Louisville's double-teams, and Louisville's 30-point win was the school's best tournament win since 1968.^[21] Charlotte Bobcats Arena (also known locally as The Uptown Arena or, for short, Bobcats) is an entertainment and sports venue located in the Uptown (downtown) area of Charlotte, North Carolina. ... Pepsi Center is an arena located in Denver, Colorado, USA. The building is home to the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Mammoth and Colorado Crush. ...

Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)

Top-seeded North Carolina defeated fourth seeded Washington State 68-47. Washington State was held to 47 points, the least allowed by a Tar Heel team in the tournament since 1946. Tyler Hansbrough struggled in the first half, but North Carolina's other players stepped to give the team a 14-point lead a halftime. In the second half, he led the team with 16 points, contributing to what was at one point in the half a 26-point lead.^[22] Third-seeded Louisville would face the Tar Heels in the East finals after the Cardinals defeated the second seeded Tennessee Volunteers, 79-60, thanks to Earl Clark's 17 points, with 13 of them coming in the second half and 12 rebounds.^[23]

Regional final (Elite Eight)

In the East Regional finals in their home state, against third-seed Louisville, Tyler Hansbrough of the top-seeded Tar Heels carried the team with a 28-point performance, including five straight points after the Cardinals tied UNC midway through the second half to lead UNC to a 83-73 win.^[24] Andrew Tyler Hansbrough (born November 3, 1985 in Columbia, Missouri), is an American collegiate basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels mens basketball team. ...

Midwest Region

First round

The St. Pete Times Forum saw a record four upsets in four games in the tournament's first round.

The Midwest Region featured upsets knocking off the fourth through seventh seeds. Among these was the first upset of the tournament with 11th seed Kansas State's win over the sixth seeded Southern California Trojans 80-67 in Omaha, Nebraska. The media had focused a lot of attention on the freshman stars of both teams, the Wildcats' Michael Beasley and the Trojans' O. J. Mayo. In reality, while Beasley and Mayo did well, it was the other K-State players who made the difference, applying a strong defense to the Men of Troy's attack and coming up with the school's first tournament win since 1988.^[25] Also in the Midwest Region, #10 seed Davidson defeated seventh seeded Gonzaga 82-76 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stephen Curry led the Wildcats with 40 points, 30 of them in the second half. His 40 points are the fifth most in NCAA tournament history, and gave Davidson their first tournament win since 1969.^[26] In the same region, 13th seed Siena upset fourth seed Vanderbilt 83-62 in Tampa, Florida. The Saints never trailed in the game and became the first MAAC team to advance since 2004.^[27] The Midwest's first-round play ended with 12th seed Villanova's upset of fifth seed Clemson, 75-69, also in Tampa. Behind by eighteen late in the first half, the Wildcats came back, taking the lead at about the twelve minute mark and holding it for the win. The Wildcats have won more games as an underdog in the tournament since seedings began in 1979 than any other team. With Villanova's win, the Forum saw a tournament record four upsets in one day. Earlier in the day, Western Kentucky, San Diego, and Siena defeated Drake, UConn, and Vanderbilt, to set the record.^[28] The St. ... Qwest Center Omaha is an arena and convention center facility in Omaha, Nebraska. ... Michael Beasley (born January 9, 1989, in Frederick, MD) is an American basketball player. ... The RBC Center (originally the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... Stephen Curry (born March 14, 1988) is the starting shooting guard for the Wildcats of Davidson College. ... The St. ...

Earlier that day in Omaha, ninth seed Kent State tied an NCAA Tournament record for scoring lows with their 10 points in one half against UNLV. Eighth-seed UNLV won the game 71-58.^[29] Top seed Kansas defeated 16th seed Portland State 85-61, thoroughly dominating both inside and outside with the win.^[30] Second-seed Georgetown defeated fifteenth seed Maryland-Baltimore County 66-47 in their first round game, holding them to 31% shooting as compared to their 51%,^[31] and third seed Wisconsin stopped an upset threat from 14th seed Cal State Fullerton. The Titans' Josh Akognon scored 31 points, tying a career high, and Fullerton held the lead early in the second half, but were unable hold the lead under the Badgers' offensive pressure.^[32] Josh Emmanuel Akognon (born 10 February 1986) is a college basketball player of American and AFRICAN heritage with the Cal State Fullerton Titans. ...

Second round

The third-seeded Badgers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison defeated Kansas State, 72-55 to become the first school to advance to Detroit, Michigan and the Midwest Regional. KSU freshman star Michael Beasley was again dominant with 23 points and 14 rebounds, though he struggled in the second half with only six points due to the Badger defense.^[33] Top-seeded Kansas also advanced to the Sweet 16 by defeating eighth seed UNLV 75-56. Four Jayhawks scored in double figures and the team shot 58% from the field while holding the Rebels to 26.7%.^[34] On the following afternoon, the 12th-seeded Villanova Wildcats defeated the 13th-seeded Siena Saints in a 12-seed versus 13-seed Cinderella match-up by a score of 84-72 and will face Kansas on one semifinal. This was Villanova's third Sweet 16 in four years. The Wildcats took an early lead and never trailed the entire game.^[35] Tenth-seeded Davidson became the second double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen hours after Villanova's victory, ousting second-seeded Georgetown 74-70, and played Wisconsin in the other semifinal. Davidson won on the back of another tour-de-force performance in the second half by Stephen Curry. Curry singlehandedly outscored the Hoyas over the final 14:24, putting up 25 points to Georgetown's 22.^[36] Ford Field is an indoor football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan that is the home of the Detroit Lions of the NFL. It is across the street from Comerica Park. ... In American and Canadian sports, a Cinderella refers to a team or player who advances much further in a tournament than expected. ... Stephen Curry (born March 14, 1988) is the starting shooting guard for the Wildcats of Davidson College. ...

Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)

Stephen Curry scored 33 points to lead Davidson to a 73-56 victory over Wisconsin. Davidson, the 10-seed, advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since the 1969 tournament. Curry became only the fourth player in history to score 30 or more points in his first three tournament games. The Wisconsin defense, best in the nation at points allowed with 53.9, remained close until early in the second half, when some key steals and Davidson threes pulled the Wildcats far ahead.^[37] In the night game, top-seeded Kansas defeated # 12 Villanova, 72-57. The Jayhawks went on a 14-2 run early and never faltered—Villanova never getting within six. Brandon Rush, Russell Robinson, and Mario Chalmers each scored 16, 15, and 14 points, respectively.^[38] The 1969 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ...

Regional final (Elite Eight)

Kansas completed the first all-top seeded Final Four in NCAA Tournament history as they defeated 10th seeded Davidson 59-57.^[39]

South Region

First round

Top seed Memphis got a scare from Texas-Arlington, the region's 16th seed, but went on to win their opening round contest, 87-63, in North Little Rock, Arkansas.^[40] Memphis went on to meet Mississippi State, a eight seed which came back from 13-down early in the second half against Oregon to rally for the win, 76-69.^[41] Fifth-seed Michigan State handily defeated # 12 Temple, 72-61, adding to the Owls' four straight tournament losses in four straight appearances,^[42] and fourth-seed Pittsburgh defeated 13th seed Oral Roberts 82-63, leaving the Golden Eagles behind after an 18-0 run in the first half.^[43] Sixth-seeded Marquette won its first tournament game since 2003 with a 74-66 win over #11 Kentucky in Anaheim. Kentucky got to within two points with 22 seconds remaining, but two Marquette free throws and a late steal handed the Wildcats an early tournament loss.^[44] They met third seed Stanford in the next round, who handily defeated 14th seeded Cornell 77-53, never trailing the entire game, and never allowing the Big Red to get closer than 18 points in the second half.^[45] Miami (Florida), the seventh seed, defeated 10th seed Saint Mary's (California) 78-64, led by Jack McClinton and his 38 points.^[46] Their next opponent was second seed Texas, who never trailed in their 74-54 win over 15th seed Austin Peay, a game with four Longhorns scoring in double-figures.^[47] Alltel Arena is a 18,000-seat multi-purpose arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, directly across the Arkansas River from downtown Little Rock. ...

Second round

Third-seeded Stanford saw Brook Lopez make the difference in overtime with a basket with 1.3 seconds left to beat Marquette 82-81 and advance to Houston, Texas. Stanford coach Trent Johnson was ejected in the first half, and Stanford had to fight a six-point deficit at halftime to come back for the win.^[48] Michigan State became the first lower seed to win in the region, with a 65-54 victory over Pittsburgh. The game was extremely physical and hard-fought, with the Panther coming back from 10 down to take the lead in the middle of the second half, only to see it vanish in the final minutes with help from eight straight points from the Spartan's Drew Neitzel.^[49] The Spartans will play Memphis, the region's top seed after the Tigers beat eighth seed Missisippi State, 77-74. In their game, Memphis had four players scoring in double figures in what was a physical, defensive game—unlike what the games the Tigers were used to playing. Mississippi State gave them a late scare by coming to within two with four seconds left, but a free throw by Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis followed by a missed three on Mississippi's end gave the Tigers the win.^[50] Texas, the second seed, will play the Cardinal in their home state after a 75-72 victory over seventh-seed Miami (Florida). Leading 66-50 with 4:15 left in the game, the Longhorns saw their lead melt in the face of a strong Hurricane rally and a hostile Arkansas crowd. Two key free throws by A. J. Abrams with 9.5 seconds left carried them to a three point lead which held to the end of regulation.^[51] Brook Lopez is a 70 American basketball player who currently plays for Stanford in the Pacific-Ten Conference of the NCAA. Lopezs college career got off to a rocky start when he injured his back during summer workouts and had to have surgery in the fall of his... Reliant Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. ... Trent Johnson (September 12, 1956 – ) is a college mens basketball coach. ... Drew Neitzel is a senior point guard for the Michigan State Spartans mens basketball team. ...

Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)

Tens of thousands of Texas fans turned out to Reliant Stadium in Houston and saw the second seeded Longhorns defeat the number three seeded Stanford Cardinal, 82-62. The unlikely defensive star of the game was Texas' Dexter Pittman. Normally not even a starter, Pittman was effective on the court, throwing his size against the tall Lopez twins, high-scorers at Stanford. On the offensive end, D.J. Augustin scored twenty-three points to combine with Damion James' 18 for the win. Stanford made things close at about the 13 minute mark of the second half, bringing it to within one at 52-51, but Texas went on a 16-2 run and turned the game into a rout.^[52] Later in the day, top-seeded Memphis defeated fifth seed Michigan State, 92-74. Memphis entered the game as a bit of an underdog, with many predicting them the top seed most likely to lose. Instead, the Tigers went into halftime with a 30-point lead. Derrick Rose lead his team with 27 points, and Chris Douglas-Roberts followed with 25, while Spartan star Drew Neitzel was held to just six.^[53]

Regional final (Elite Eight)

Top seeded Memphis defeated the Texas Longhorns to earn the third pass into the Final Four for the first time in 23 years with a convincing 85-67 win.^[54]

West Region

Xavier coach Sean Miller during a practice before a tournament game

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First round

In the West Region, with a pod in Tampa as well, Western Kentucky entering as the 12th seed, defeated fifth seeded Drake in overtime 101-99. Drake had come back from sixteen down in the final eight minutes, bringing the game to overtime, and were ahead with 5.7 seconds left. Ty Rogers' three-pointer at the buzzer, the NCAA record-setting 30th three-point basket gave the Hilltoppers the walk-off victory.^[55] Also in the West, 13th seeded San Diego upset fourth seed Connecticut 70-69 in another overtime game. The Huskies struggled throughout the game, compounded by the loss of leading scorer A.J. Price to a torn ACL, and De'Jon Jackson's long jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining in the bonus period pulled the Toreros ahead for their first-ever tournament victory, and handed UConn their earliest egress from the tournament since 1979 as well as the first under coach Jim Calhoun.^[56] As regards to close games and record-breakers, West Region 15th seed Belmont nearly upset second-seeded Duke in Washington, DC, but a Gerald Henderson layup with 11.9 seconds left, together with a steal off the inbounds by DeMarcus Nelson in the final seconds, lifted the Blue Devils to victory. This would have been only the fifth time a 15 seed beat a 2 seed.^[57] The top seeded UCLA Bruins set several records in their win against 16th-seeded Mississippi Valley State at Anaheim, California, holding them to 29 points in a 70-29 victory. This was the lowest score in the first round in tournament history, and the lowest overall since 1946, before the shot clock rule was introduced.^[58] The Delta Devils' 19.7% shooting set another record for lowest shooting percentage in a game in tournament history.^[59] The Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... DeMarcus De’Juan Nelson (born November 2, 1985 in Oakland, California)[1] is a Guard on the Duke Universitys mens basketball team. ... Honda Center, previously known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim and sometimes colloquially called the Honda Ponda or simply The Pond, is an indoor arena in Anaheim, California. ... The Shot Clock Monument in Syracuse, New York A shot clock is a timer designed to increase the pace (and subsequently, the score) in a competitive sport. ...

Elsewhere in the West, third seed Xavier avoided an upset by 14th-seeded Georgia, coming back from nine down at the half to win 73-61.^[60] They were to play sixth-seeded Purdue next, who scored their 10th-straight first-round win by defeating the 10th seeded Baylor 90-79.^[61] Brigham Young, a eighth seed, lost to ninth-seeded Texas A&M 67-62. The Cougars suffered early, not scoring until about the 14-minute mark, but managed to bring the game to a tie at the half. Twenty-six points by Aggie forward Josh Carter, however, made the difference in Texas A&M's win.^[62] Lastly, West Virginia, seventh seed in the region, defeated 10th seed Arizona 75-65, scoring 11 three-point shots. With the win, the Mountaineers broke Arizona's streak of twenty straight 20-win seasons, previously the longest streak in the nation.^[63]

Second round

Seventh-seeded West Virginia began the second round of the tournament by defeating Duke, the second seed, 73-67. The Mountaineers trailed until about eight minutes into the second half, when they took a 43-40 lead. They outrebounded the Blue Devils 47-27, which, combined with several three-point shots, aided in the win.^[64] This loss marks Duke's second consecutive loss before the Sweet Sixteen round.^[65] West Virginia's Sweet Sixteen opposition in Phoenix, Arizona was #3 Xavier, who defeated Purdue, 85-78. Xavier trailed as late as the 5:30 mark of the second half, but a widespread showing of talent from the Musketeers proved too difficult to stop, as four Xavier players scored in double figures, with two more tied at eight points each.^[66] Later that day, the top-seeded UCLA Bruins defeated ninth-seeded Texas A&M, 51-49.^[67] The Bruins trailed by as much as ten early in the first half, but slowly chipped away at the lead as the half progressed. The winning basket was scored with 9.5 seconds left on a lay up by Darren Collison. Texas A&M had one final shot to tie it, but Donald Sloan's drive to the basket was stopped by two UCLA players. The ensuing dunk by UCLA's Russell Westbrook was later waived off by officials as occurring after time had expired making the final score 51-49.^[68] The Bruins then played Western Kentucky, a #12 seed who beat #13 seed San Diego by a 73-62 score. San Diego trailed by as much as 15 in the second half, but an 18-2 run gave them a one point lead with 6-and-a-half minutes remaining. Western Kentucky, however, managed to pull ahead once again for the win, making this tournament only the third in history to feature at least two 12-or-lower seeds in the Sweet 16.^[69] US Airways Arena (originally known as the Capital Centre and also known as the USAir Arena) was an indoor arena located in Landover, Maryland in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Completed in 1973, the arena sat 18,756 for basketball. ... Collison is the junior starting point guard for the UCLA Bruins. ...

Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)

Xavier, the third seed in the West, defeated seventh seed West Virginia, 79-75 in overtime thanks to two B.J. Raymond three-pointers in the final 78 seconds, scoring all eight of his points in the bonus canto after being held scoreless in regulation, and poor free-throw shooting by the Mountaineers, missing four out of six free throws.^[70] Number one seed UCLA would play the Musketeers in the final, after outlasting 12th seeded Western Kentucky, 88-78.^[71]

Regional final (Elite Eight)

UCLA was the first team to advance to the Final Four in San Antonio, Texas, the third straight year and the 18th time in school history they have done it, with a 76-57 victory over Xavier. Kevin Love led the Bruins with 19 points and ten rebounds, tied as high scorer with Darren Collison. Luc Richard Mbah a Moute contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds. Derrick Brown led the Musketeers with 13 points.^[72] Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. ... Image:Kevin Love. ... Collison is the junior starting point guard for the UCLA Bruins. ... Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (born 9 February 1986 in Yaounde, Cameroon) is a 68 Cameroonian basketball player who plays for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins in the Pacific Ten Conference of the NCAA. // From Montverde Academy in Florida, Mbah a Moute led the Pac-10...

Final Four

For the first time since the current seeding system started in 1979, all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four.^[73]

National Semifinals

Memphis vs. UCLA

Memphis became the first team ever to win 38 games in one season by defeating UCLA 78-63. Chris Douglas-Roberts, who scored a game-high of 28 points,^[74] combined with Derrick Rose to score a total of 53 of Memphis' 78 points.^[75] UCLA star Kevin Love was held to 12 points, and the Bruins lost their third straight Final Four game. Memphis had lost to Ohio State in the Alamodome in the 2007 tournament, and had made it a goal to win in the arena in this year's playoff.^[76]

KU students celebrating in downtown Lawrence after KU's win over UNC

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Kansas vs. North Carolina

The second semifinal game could be divided up as if it were three different games. The Jayhawks took a 40-12 lead in the first 15 minutes. North Carolina narrowed the deficit to 17 at halftime and opened the second half on a 23-10 run to close to within 4 points with 11 minutes to play. After the teams traded baskets for a few minutes, Kansas pulled away, closing on a 20-7 run for a 84-66 victory over the tournament's #1 overall seed. Brandon Rush led the Jayhawks with 25 points. Kansas's defense held the AP Player of the Year, Tyler Hansbrough, to 17 points and 9 rebounds. The Tar Heels were led by Wayne Ellington's 18 points.^[77]

National Championship Game

The National Championship game will pit Memphis against Kansas. Coming into the game, neither team's current conference or coach has won a national basketball title. Memphis guard Chris Douglas-Roberts has also been the leading scorer in the tournament, averaging 23.6 points in Memphis' five NCAA games.^[78] Memphis became the first team not from one of the six major conferences to advance to the championship game since 1998. Utah advanced to the championship game in 1998, and UNLV was the last team from a non-major conference to win the national title in 1990.^[79] Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ...

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Record by conference

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Sixteen conferences — America East Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial Athletic Association, Ivy League, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southland, SWAC, Summit League and WAC — went 0-1. The America East Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. ... The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference which operates primarily on the east coast of the United States. ... The Big Sky Conference (or BSC) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly Division I-AA). ... The Big South Conference is a College Athletic Conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I-AA in football and Division I in all other sports; it was founded in 1983. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... The Colonial Athletic Association, also known as the CAA, is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. ... For other uses, see Ivy League (disambiguation). ... The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a college athletic conference with a membership base that stretches from New York to Illinois. ... The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference which consists of historically black colleges in the southeastern United States. ... Former Missouri Valley Conference logo The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply The Valley) is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States. ... The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. ... The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. ... The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. ... The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a college athletic conference made up of historically black universities in the southern United States. ... The Summit League (or The Summit) is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, with outlying teams in Louisiana and Utah. ... The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced wack) was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAAs Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division I-A). ...

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Television and radio

Jim Nantz, CBS Sports TV Announcer for the 2008 Final Four along with Billy Packer

For the 27th consecutive year, CBS Sports will telecast the tournament, and for the 18th consecutive year, broadcast every game in the main bracket from the first round to the championship, with Jim Nantz and Billy Packer calling the Final Four. ESPN carried the 64th-seed Opening Round game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary's on March 18th, with Brent Musburger, Steve Lavin and Erin Andrews serving as the announcing team, as the network has done the Opening Round game since 2002.^[82] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 280 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (535 × 1145 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Jim Nantz, taken by me outside outdoor set of The NFL Today, 25 November 2001. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 280 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (535 × 1145 pixel, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Jim Nantz, taken by me outside outdoor set of The NFL Today, 25 November 2001. ... For the ex-NFL fullback, see Jim Nance. ... Billy Packer (born February 25, 1940 in Wellsville, New York) is an American sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author. ... CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. ... For the ex-NFL fullback, see Jim Nance. ... Billy Packer (born February 25, 1940 in Wellsville, New York) is an American sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Billings, Montana) is an American sportscaster for the ABC and ESPN television networks. ... Steve Lavin (born September 4, 1964 in San Francisco, California) was the head coach of the UCLA Bruins mens basketball team from 1996-2003. ... Erin Andrews (born on May 4, 1978 in Maine) is a television sports reporter. ...

The list of CBS announcing teams are as follows:^[83][84]

• Jim Nantz and Billy Packer - 1st & 2nd rounds at Raleigh; South Region at Houston; Final Four
• Gus Johnson and Len Elmore - 1st & 2nd rounds at Denver; Midwest Region at Detroit
• Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas - 1st & 2nd rounds at Anaheim (Carter Blackburn doing play-by-play on the first two games); East Region at Charlotte
• Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery - 1st & 2nd rounds at Birmingham; West Region at Phoenix
• Tim Brando and Mike Gminski - 1st & 2nd rounds at Tampa
• Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel - 1st & 2nd rounds at Little Rock
• Kevin Harlan and Dan Bonner - 1st & 2nd rounds at Omaha
• Craig Bolerjack and Bob Wenzel - 1st & 2nd rounds at Washington, DC

Greg Gumbel once again will serve as the studio host, joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. For the first time since the rights were acquired, the host team spent the entire tournament in their New York City studios, as the network cited cutbacks in budgets as a result. Sibling cable network CBS College Sports Network (formerly known as CSTV) picked up one CBS TV broadcast on each of the first two days of the tournament. It aired the Stanford-Cornell contest from Anaheim on March 20, and the St. Joseph's-Oklahoma game on March 21. Following the end of the CBS broadcast, CBS-CSN has a highlight show of each days' games. Greg Amsinger hosts with Steve Lappas as studio analyst.^{[citation needed]} For the ex-NFL fullback, see Jim Nance. ... Billy Packer (born February 25, 1940 in Wellsville, New York) is an American sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author. ... Gus Johnson (born August 10, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American sports announcer. ... Leonard J. Elmore (born March 28, 1952 in New York City, New York) is an American sportscaster, lawyer and former National Basketball Association player. ... Richard Alan Dick Enberg (born January 9, 1935 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is an American sportscaster. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Verne Lundquist (born July 17, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American sportscaster, currently employed by CBS Sports television. ... Bill Raftery (b. ... Tim Brando (b. ... Michael Thomas Gminski (born August 3, 1959 in Monroe, Connecticut) is a former college and professional basketball player. ... Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League (NFL) games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio. ... James (Jim) Gerard Spanarkel (born June 28, 1957, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American television analyst for the National Basketball Association. ... Kevin Harlan (born June 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American television sports announcer. ... Dan Bonner is an analyst and color commentator covering NCAA mens basketball. ... Craig Bolerjack is an American sportscaster. ... Greg Gumbel (born May 3, 1946) is an American television sportscaster. ... Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr. ... Seth Davis is a writer for Sports Illustrated magazine and he is an in-studio analyst for CBS NCAA mens college basketball coverage with Clark Kellogg and host Greg Gumble. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Steve Lappas (b. ...

Radio broadcasts are once again being handled again by CBS subsidiary Westwood One, hosted by Tommy Tighe.^[85][86] Westwood One, Inc. ...

• Bill Rosinski and Steve Lappas - Opening Round Game
• Mark Champion and Glenn Consor - 1st & 2nd rounds at Washington, DC
• Brad Sham and John Thompson - 1st & 2nd rounds at Raleigh
• Wayne Larrivee and Kevin Grevey - 1st & 2nd rounds at Tampa
• Joey Wahler and Pete Gillen - 1st & 2nd rounds at Birmingham
• Kevin Kugler and Reid Gettys - 1st & 2nd rounds at Omaha
• Spencer Ross and Kyle Macy - 1st & 2nd rounds at Little Rock
• Ted Robinson and Mike Montgomery - 1st & 2nd rounds at Denver
• Dave Sims and Bill Frieder - 1st & 2nd rounds at Anaheim

• Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen - West Regionals at Phoenix
• Ian Eagle and Bill Frieder - East Regionals at Charlotte
• Brad Sham and Reid Gettys - South Regionals at Houston
• Wayne Larrivee and John Thompson - Midwest Regionals at Detroit

Kugler will call his first Final Four replacing Harlan, with Raftery and Thompson on color commentary and Jim Gray as sideline reporter.^[87] Steve Lappas (b. ... Mark Champion is an American sportscaster. ... Brad Sham is a notable American sportscaster who is best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the Dallas Cowboys. ... For other persons named John Thompson, see John Thompson (disambiguation). ... Wayne Larrivee is an American sports broadcaster. ... Kevin Michael Grevey (born May 12, 1953 in Hamilton, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. ... Pete Gillen (June 20, 1947 – ) is an American basketball coach. ... A set up man in large part, Reid Gettys played a pivotal role in the success of the powerhouse Phi Slamma Jamma basketball teams at the University of Houston during the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Spencer Ross is an acclaimed sports broadcaster. ... Kyle Robert Macy (born April 9, 1957 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is the head mens basketball coach at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. ... Ted Robinson can refer to: American sportscaster Ted Robinson (b. ... To see the defensive end on the Green Bay Packers see Michael Montgomery Mike Montgomery (born February 27, 1947 in Long Beach, California, United States) is the former head coach of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. He was also the mens basketball coach of the Stanford Cardinal... Dave Sims is an American sportscaster. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Ian Eagle is an American sports announcer calling National Football League (NFL) games on CBS, New Jersey Nets games on the YES Network and hosts Full Court Press, a basketball talk show with former player Kenny Smith on Sirius Satellite Radio. ... For other persons named John Thompson, see John Thompson (disambiguation). ... Jim Gray may refer to: James N. Gray, computer scientist James P. Gray, judge and Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

• NCAA.com

References

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See also

• 2007-08 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Season
• 2008 National Invitation Tournament
• 2008 College Basketball Invitational
• 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2008 NCAA Womens Division I Basketball Tournament commenced on March 22, 2008 and will conclude on April 8, 2008. ...