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Encyclopedia > 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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2008 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
2008 Final Four logo
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. ...

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[edit] Tournament procedure

The U.S. Airways Center held the West Regional semifinals and finals on March 27th and 29th, respectively.
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.
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
The Alamodome, location of the Final Four on April 5th

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)

The four regionals are officially named after their geographic areas, a practice which resumed in 2007. Between 2004 and 2006, the regionals were named for their host cities. The following arenas/stadia and cities were the sites for the 2008 regionals:[1] is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Anaheim redirects here. ... The Big West Conference (BWC) is an NCAA-affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A American football. ... 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. ... Denver redirects here. ... Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. ... “Mountain West” redirects here. ... Qwest Center Omaha is an arena and convention center facility in Omaha, Nebraska. ... Omaha redirects here. ... Creighton University is a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America. ... 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 Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications. ... ... Georgetown University is a Jesuit private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Bishop John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex (formerly Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center) is a sports, convention and entertainment complex located in Birmingham, Alabama. ... Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State Counties Jefferson, Shelby Incorporated December 19, 1871 Government  - Type Mayor - Council  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (Current) Larry Langford (Mayor-Elect) Area  - City 151. ... The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which operates in the southeastern part of the United States. ... Alltel Arena is a 18,000-seat multi-purpose arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas, directly across the Arkansas River from downtown Little Rock. ... North Little Rock is a city located in central Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. ... Dickinson Hall University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the third largest university, by enrollment, in Arkansas. ... The RBC Center (originally the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... The St. ... Tampa redirects here. ... The University of South Florida (USF), known within its system as USF Tampa[2][3][4], is a public university system located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. ...

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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[edit] 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. ...

East Regional - Charlotte
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
1 North Carolina ACC 32-2 Tournament Champion
2 Tennessee SEC 29-4 At-Large Bid
3 Louisville Big East 24-8 At-Large Bid
4 Washington State Pac-10 24-8 At-Large Bid
5 Notre Dame Big East 24-7 At-Large Bid
6 Oklahoma Big 12 22-11 At-Large Bid
7 Butler Horizon 29-3 Tournament Champion
8 Indiana Big Ten 25-7 At-Large Bid
9 Arkansas SEC 22-11 At-Large Bid
10 South Alabama Sun Belt 26-6 At-Large Bid
11 Saint Joseph's Atlantic 10 21-12 At-Large Bid
12 George Mason CAA 23-10 Tournament Champion
13 Winthrop Big South 22-11 Tournament Champion
14 Boise State WAC 25-8 Tournament Champion
15 American Patriot 21-11 Tournament Champion
16A Mount St. Mary's
(Play-in Winner)
Northeast 18-14 Tournament Champion
16B Coppin State
(Play-in Loser)
MEAC 16-20 Tournament Champion
West Regional - Phoenix
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
1 UCLA Pac-10 31-3 Tournament Champion
2 Duke ACC 27-5 At-Large Bid
3 Xavier Atlantic 10 27-6 At-Large Bid
4 Connecticut Big East 24-8 At-Large Bid
5 Drake Missouri Valley 28-4 Tournament Champion
6 Purdue Big Ten 24-8 At-Large Bid
7 West Virginia Big East 24-10 At-Large Bid
8 Brigham Young Mountain West 27-7 At-Large Bid
9 Texas A&M Big 12 24-10 At-Large Bid
10 Arizona Pac-10 19-14 At-Large Bid
11 Baylor Big 12 21-10 At-Large Bid
12 Western Kentucky Sun Belt 27-6 Tournament Champion
13 San Diego WCC 21-13 Tournament Champion
14 Georgia SEC 17-16 Tournament Champion
15 Belmont Atlantic Sun 25-8 Tournament Champion
16 Mississippi Valley State SWAC 17-15 Tournament Champion
Midwest Regional - Detroit
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
1 Kansas Big 12 31-3 Tournament Champion
2 Georgetown Big East 27-5 At-Large Bid
3 Wisconsin Big Ten 29-4 Tournament Champion
4 Vanderbilt SEC 26-7 At-Large Bid
5 Clemson ACC 24-9 At-Large Bid
6 Southern California Pac-10 21-11 At-Large Bid
7 Gonzaga WCC 25-7 At-Large Bid
8 UNLV Mountain West 26-7 Tournament Champion
9 Kent State Mid-American 28-6 Tournament Champion
10 Davidson SoCon 26-6 Tournament Champion
11 Kansas State Big 12 20-11 At-Large Bid
12 Villanova Big East 20-12 At-Large Bid
13 Siena MAAC 22-10 Tournament Champion
14 Cal State Fullerton Big West 24-8 Tournament Champion
15 UMBC America East 24-8 Tournament Champion
16 Portland State Big Sky 23-9 Tournament Champion
South Regional - Houston
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
1 Memphis C-USA 33-1 Tournament Champion
2 Texas Big 12 28-6 At-Large Bid
3 Stanford Pac-10 26-7 At-Large Bid
4 Pittsburgh Big East 26-9 Tournament Champion
5 Michigan State Big Ten 25-8 At-Large Bid
6 Marquette Big East 24-9 At-Large Bid
7 Miami (Fla.) ACC 22-10 At-Large Bid
8 Mississippi State SEC 22-10 At-Large Bid
9 Oregon Pac-10 18-13 At-Large Bid
10 Saint Mary's (Cal.) WCC 25-6 At-Large Bid
11 Kentucky SEC 18-12 At-Large Bid
12 Temple Atlantic 10 21-12 Tournament Champion
13 Oral Roberts Summit 24-8 Tournament Champion
14 Cornell Ivy 22-5 Regular Season Champion
15 Austin Peay Ohio Valley 24-10 Tournament Champion
16 Texas-Arlington Southland 21-11 Tournament Champion

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[edit] Brackets

* - Denotes overtime period


[edit] Opening Round Game – Dayton, Ohio

Winner advances to 16th seed in East Regional vs. (1) North Carolina. : Gem City : Birthplace of Aviation United States Ohio Montgomery 56. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ...

  Opening Round Game
March 18
       
16a  Mount St. Mary's 69
16b  Coppin St. 60

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[edit] East Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

  First round
March 20-21
Second round
March 22-23
Regional semifinals
March 27
Regional finals
March 29
                                     
1  North Carolina 113  
16  Mount St. Mary's 74  
  1  North Carolina 108  
Raleigh
  9  Arkansas 77  
8  Indiana 72
9  Arkansas 86  
  1  North Carolina 68  
  4  Washington St. 47  
5  Notre Dame 68  
12  George Mason 50  
  5  Notre Dame 41
Denver
  4  Washington St. 61  
4  Washington St. 71
13  Winthrop 40  
  1  North Carolina 83
  3  Louisville 73
6  Oklahoma 72  
11  St. Joseph's 64  
  6  Oklahoma 48
Birmingham
  3  Louisville 78  
3  Louisville 79
14  Boise St. 61  
  3  Louisville 79
  2  Tennessee 60  
7  Butler 81  
10  South Alabama 61  
  7  Butler 71
Birmingham
  2  Tennessee 76*  
2  Tennessee 72
15  American 57  

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