1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1991 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament
Season	1990–91
Teams	64
Finals site	Hoosier Dome; Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions	Duke Blue Devils (1st title, 5th title game,; 9th Final Four)
Runner-up	Kansas Jayhawks (6th title game,; 9th Final Four)
Semifinalists	North Carolina Tar Heels (10th Final Four); UNLV Runnin' Rebels (4th Final Four);
Winning coach	Mike Krzyzewski (1st title)
MOP	Christian Laettner (Duke)
Attendance	665,707
Top scorer	Christian Laettner Duke; (125 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1990	1992»

The 1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1991, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 63 games were played.

Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, won a rematch of the previous year's national final matchup against undefeated UNLV 79–77 in the semifinal,[1] then won the national title with a 72–65 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Roy Williams.[2] This was the first National Championship game for Williams as a head coach. Kansas defeated Williams' mentor Dean Smith and North Carolina (where Williams now coaches) in the semifinal. Kansas made its second trip to the National Championship game in four seasons, the prior appearance being 1988 when they defeated Oklahoma. Christian Laettner of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

This tournament adopted the NBA's 10ths-second timer during the final minute of each period in all arenas.

Locations

Atlanta

College Park

Louisville

Dayton

Syracuse

Minneapolis

Tucson

Salt Lake City

1991 first and second rounds

Seattle

Charlotte

Pontiac

E. Rutherford

Indianapolis

1991 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

First & Second Rounds

Region	Site	Venue	Host(s)
East	College Park, Maryland	Cole Field House	Maryland
East	Syracuse, New York	Carrier Dome	Syracuse
Midwest	Dayton, Ohio	University of Dayton Arena	Dayton
Midwest	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minnesota
Southeast	Atlanta, Georgia	Omni Coliseum	Georgia Tech
Southeast	Louisville, Kentucky	Freedom Hall	Louisville
West	Salt Lake City, Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	Utah
West	Tucson, Arizona	McKale Center	Arizona

Regional Sites and Final Four

Region	Site	Venue	Host(s)
East	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Brendan Byrne Arena	Seton Hall
Midwest	Pontiac, Michigan	Pontiac Silverdome	Detroit-Mercy/Oakland
Southeast	Charlotte, North Carolina	Charlotte Coliseum	UNC Charlotte
West	Seattle, Washington	The Kingdome	Seattle/Washington
Final Four	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome	Butler/IUPUI

For the second time, Indianapolis was the host of the Final Four, this time at the Hoosier Dome, which would host the Final Four three more times. The tournament also returned to Charlotte in 1991, this time to the new Charlotte Coliseum, then the off-campus home of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team. This year also saw the final appearance of the Pontiac Silverdome and two former Final Four venues, in Cole Field House and Freedom Hall. Games played in Detroit since have either been at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Ford Field or, starting in 2018, Little Caesars Arena. While both Cole Field House and Freedom Hall have both been replaced, only Freedom Hall's replacement, the KFC Yum! Center, has hosted games since. Games in the Washington area have since been played at either Baltimore, Landover or in Washington itself at Capital One Arena. All subsequent tournament games played in Atlanta are now played at either the Georgia Dome or Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Any future tournament games played in Charlotte would be played at Spectrum Center (although the Coliseum did host the Final Four in 1994).

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	1	North Carolina	Dean Smith	National Semifinals	3 Kansas	L 79–73
East	2	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Round of 64	15 Richmond	L 73–69
East	3	Oklahoma State	Eddie Sutton	Sweet Sixteen	10 Temple	L 72–63
East	4	UCLA	Jim Harrick	Round of 64	13 Penn State	L 74–69
East	5	Mississippi State	Richard Williams	Round of 64	12 Eastern Michigan	L 76–56
East	6	NC State	Les Robinson	Round of 32	3 Oklahoma State	L 73–64
East	7	Purdue	Gene Keady	Round of 64	10 Temple	L 80–63
East	8	Princeton	Pete Carril	Round of 64	9 Villanova	L 50–48
East	9	Villanova	Rollie Massimino	Round of 32	1 North Carolina	L 84–69
East	10	Temple	John Chaney	Regional Runner-up	1 North Carolina	L 75–72
East	11	Southern Miss	M.K. Turk	Round of 64	6 NC State	L 114–85
East	12	Eastern Michigan	Ben Braun	Sweet Sixteen	1 North Carolina	L 93–67
East	13	Penn State	Bruce Parkhill	Round of 32	12 Eastern Michigan	L 71–68
East	14	New Mexico	Dave Bliss	Round of 64	3 Oklahoma State	L 67–54
East	15	Richmond	Dick Tarrant	Round of 32	10 Temple	L 77–64
East	16	Northeastern	Karl Fogel	Round of 64	1 North Carolina	L 101–66
Midwest
Midwest	1	Ohio State	Randy Ayers	Sweet Sixteen	4 St. John's	L 91–74
Midwest	2	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Champion	3 Kansas	W 72–65
Midwest	3	Nebraska	Danny Nee	Round of 64	14 Xavier	L 89–84
Midwest	4	St. John's	Lou Carnesecca	Regional Runner-up	2 Duke	L 78–61
Midwest	5	Texas	Tom Penders	Round of 32	4 St. John's	L 84–76
Midwest	6	LSU	Dale Brown	Round of 64	11 Connecticut	L 79–62
Midwest	7	Iowa	Tom Davis	Round of 32	2 Duke	L 85–70
Midwest	8	Georgia Tech	Bobby Cremins	Round of 32	1 Ohio State	L 65–61
Midwest	9	DePaul	Joey Meyer	Round of 64	8 Georgia Tech	L 87–70
Midwest	10	East Tennessee State	Alan LeForce	Round of 64	7 Iowa	L 76–73
Midwest	11	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	Sweet Sixteen	2 Duke	L 81–67
Midwest	12	Saint Peter's	Ted Fiore	Round of 64	5 Texas	L 73–65
Midwest	13	Northern Illinois	Jim Molinari	Round of 64	4 St. John's	L 75–68
Midwest	14	Xavier	Pete Gillen	Round of 32	11 Connecticut	L 66–50
Midwest	15	Northeast Louisiana	Mike Vining	Round of 64	2 Duke	L 102–73
Midwest	16	Towson State	Terry Truax	Round of 64	1 Ohio State	L 97–86
Southeast
Southeast	1	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Regional Runner-up	3 Kansas	L 93–81
Southeast	2	Indiana	Bob Knight	Sweet Sixteen	3 Kansas	L 83–65
Southeast	3	Kansas	Roy Williams	Runner Up	2 Duke	L 72–65
Southeast	4	Alabama	Wimp Sanderson	Sweet Sixteen	1 Arkansas	L 93–70
Southeast	5	Wake Forest	Dave Odom	Round of 32	4 Alabama	L 96–88
Southeast	6	Pittsburgh	Paul Evans	Round of 32	3 Kansas	L 77–66
Southeast	7	Florida State	Pat Kennedy	Round of 32	2 Indiana	L 82–60
Southeast	8	Arizona State	Bill Frieder	Round of 32	1 Arkansas	L 97–90
Southeast	9	Rutgers	Bob Wenzel	Round of 64	8 Arizona State	L 79–76
Southeast	10	USC	George Raveling	Round of 64	7 Florida State	L 75–72
Southeast	11	Georgia	Hugh Durham	Round of 64	6 Pittsburgh	L 76–68
Southeast	12	Louisiana Tech	Jerry Loyd	Round of 64	5 Wake Forest	L 71–65
Southeast	13	Murray State	Steve Newton	Round of 64	4 Alabama	L 89–79
Southeast	14	New Orleans	Tim Floyd	Round of 64	3 Kansas	L 55–49
Southeast	15	Coastal Carolina	Russ Bergman	Round of 64	2 Indiana	L 79–69
Southeast	16	Georgia State	Bob Reinhart	Round of 64	1 Arkansas	L 117–76
West
West	1	UNLV	Jerry Tarkanian	National Semifinals	2 Duke	L 79–77
West	2	Arizona	Lute Olson	Sweet Sixteen	3 Seton Hall	L 81–77
West	3	Seton Hall	P.J. Carlesimo	Regional Runner-up	1 UNLV	L 77–65
West	4	Utah	Rick Majerus	Sweet Sixteen	1 UNLV	L 83–66
West	5	Michigan State	Jud Heathcote	Round of 32	4 Utah	L 85–84
West	6	New Mexico State	Neil McCarthy	Round of 64	11 Creighton	L 64–56
West	7	Virginia	Jeff Jones	Round of 64	10 BYU	L 61–48
West	8	Georgetown	John Thompson	Round of 32	1 UNLV	L 62–54
West	9	Vanderbilt	Eddie Fogler	Round of 64	8 Georgetown	L 70–60
West	10	BYU	Roger Reid	Round of 32	2 Arizona	L 76–61
West	11	Creighton	Tony Barone	Round of 32	3 Seton Hall	L 81–69
West	12	Green Bay	Dick Bennett	Round of 64	5 Michigan State	L 60–58
West	13	South Alabama	Ronnie Arrow	Round of 64	4 Utah	L 82–72
West	14	Pepperdine	Tom Asbury	Round of 64	3 Seton Hall	L 71–51
West	15	Saint Francis (PA)	Jim Baron	Round of 64	2 Arizona	L 93–80
West	16	Montana	Stew Morrill	Round of 64	1 UNLV	L 99–65

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round			Second round			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals


1	North Carolina	101

16	Northeastern	66
			1	North Carolina	84
Syracuse
			9	Villanova	69
8	Princeton	48

9	Villanova	50
						1	North Carolina	93

						12	Eastern Michigan	67
5	Mississippi State	56

12	Eastern Michigan	76
			12	Eastern Michigan	71
Syracuse
			13	Penn State	68*
4	UCLA	69

13	Penn State	74
									1	North Carolina	75

									10	Temple	72
6	NC State	114

11	Southern Miss	85
			6	NC State	64
College Park
			3	Oklahoma State	73
3	Oklahoma State	67

14	New Mexico	54
						3	Oklahoma State	63*

						10	Temple	72
7	Purdue	63

10	Temple	80
			10	Temple	77
College Park
			15	Richmond	64
2	Syracuse	69

15	Richmond	73

Southeast Regional – Charlotte, North Carolina

First round			Second round			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals


1	Arkansas	117

16	Georgia State	76
			1	Arkansas	97
Atlanta
			8	Arizona State	90
8	Arizona State	79

9	Rutgers	76
						1	Arkansas	93

						4	Alabama	70
5	Wake Forest	71

12	Louisiana Tech	65
			5	Wake Forest	88
Atlanta
			4	Alabama	96
4	Alabama	89

13	Murray State	79
									1	Arkansas	81

									3	Kansas	93
6	Pittsburgh	76

11	Georgia	68*
			6	Pittsburgh	66
Louisville
			3	Kansas	77
3	Kansas	55

14	New Orleans	49
						3	Kansas	83

						2	Indiana	65
7	Florida State	75

10	Southern California	72
			7	Florida State	60
Louisville
			2	Indiana	82
2	Indiana	79

15	Coastal Carolina	69

Midwest Regional – Pontiac, Michigan

First round			Second round			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals


1	Ohio State	97

16	Towson State	86
			1	Ohio State	65
Dayton
			8	Georgia Tech	61
8	Georgia Tech	87

9	DePaul	70
						1	Ohio State	74

						4	St. John's	91
5	Texas	73

12	Saint Peters	65
			5	Texas	76
Dayton
			4	St. John's	84
4	St. John's	75

13	Northern Illinois	68
									4	St. John's	61

									2	Duke	78
6	LSU	62

11	Connecticut	79
			11	Connecticut	66
Minneapolis
			14	Xavier	50
3	Nebraska	84

14	Xavier	89
						11	Connecticut	67

						2	Duke	81
7	Iowa	76

10	East Tennessee State	73
			7	Iowa	70
Minneapolis
			2	Duke	85
2	Duke	102

15	Northeast Louisiana	73

West Regional – Seattle, Washington

First round			Second round			Regional Semifinals			Regional Finals


1	UNLV	99

16	Montana	65
			1	UNLV	62
Tucson
			8	Georgetown	54
8	Georgetown	70

9	Vanderbilt	60
						1	UNLV	83

						4	Utah	66
5	Michigan State	60

12	Wisconsin–Green Bay	58
			5	Michigan State	84**
Tucson
			4	Utah	85
4	Utah	82

13	South Alabama	72
									1	UNLV	77

									3	Seton Hall	65
6	New Mexico State	56

11	Creighton	64
			11	Creighton	69
Salt Lake City
			3	Seton Hall	81
3	Seton Hall	71

14	Pepperdine	51
						3	Seton Hall	81

						2	Arizona	77
7	Virginia	48

10	BYU	61
			10	BYU	61
Salt Lake City
			2	Arizona	76
2	Arizona	93

15	Saint Francis (PA)	80

Final Four – Indianapolis, Indiana

National Semifinals			National Championship Game


E1	North Carolina	73

S3	Kansas	79
			S3	Kansas	65

			M2	Duke	72
M2	Duke	79

W1	UNLV	77

Broadcast information

For the first time, CBS Sports showed all 63 tournament games. In the first three rounds, games were shown on a regional basis, except for one game each on Saturday and Sunday in the second round. Usual start times were noon and 7:30 or 8 p.m. Eastern time on each of the Thursdays and Fridays. During the weekend of the second round, the national telecast began at noon, with the regional windows (three on Saturday, two on Sunday) following. Although the times would be adjusted, the same basic format was in place until 2010. As of 2011, the regional broadcasts have been replaced by simulcast feeds on non-broadcast networks owned by Turner Sports.

Announcers

Jim Nantz and Billy Packer – Midwest Regional at Pontiac, Michigan; Final Four at Indianapolis, Indiana
Dick Stockton and Billy Cunningham – First and Second Rounds at Minneapolis, Minnesota; West Regional at Seattle, Washington
James Brown and Bill Raftery – First and Second Rounds at Dayton, Ohio; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey
Greg Gumbel and Quinn Buckner – First and Second Rounds at Tucson, Arizona; Southeast Regional at Charlotte, North Carolina
Verne Lundquist and Len Elmore – First and Second Rounds at College Park, Maryland
Brad Nessler and Mimi Griffin – First and Second Rounds at Atlanta, Georgia
Tim Ryan and Dan Bonner – First and Second Rounds at Syracuse, New York
Sean McDonough and Bill Walton – First and Second Rounds at Louisville, Kentucky
Mel Proctor and Jack Givens – First and Second Rounds at Salt Lake City, Utah

Miscellaneous

Duke's 79-77 win over UNLV in the Final Four became one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. Duke was an 8-point underdog in the game. UNLV's juggernaut 1990–91 squad ranked #2 on ESPN Classic's Who's #1? for Best Teams Not To Win a Title. UNLV was undefeated entering the 1991 tournament, which was unmatched until Wichita State in 2014 and Kentucky in 2015. (Saint Joseph's went unbeaten in the 2004 regular season, finishing 27–0, but lost in their conference tournament before the NCAAs. Alcorn State went unbeaten in the 1979 regular season, but got invited to the NIT since the Southwestern Athletic Conference did not have an automatic bid to the NCAAs, and lost to eventual winner Indiana in the 2nd round. Indiana is the last team to win the championship undefeated in 1976).
This was Duke's fourth consecutive Final Four trip, the first team to achieve such a feat since UCLA. Since freshmen were not eligible at the time of UCLA's run, Duke's Greg Koubek became the first player to play in four Final Fours, a record matched by Duke teammates Christian Laettner and Brian Davis the next year when the team repeated as national champions.
For the first time in tournament history a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed. Richmond defeated Syracuse 73–69. Since then this has happened seven additional times: in 1993, Santa Clara defeated Arizona 64–61; in 1997, Coppin State defeated South Carolina 78–65; in 2001, Hampton defeated Iowa State 58–57, on the same day in 2012 Norfolk State defeated Missouri 86–84 and Lehigh defeated Duke 75–70, in 2013 Florida Gulf Coast defeated Georgetown 78–68,[3] and in 2016, Middle Tennessee defeated Michigan State 90–81.
In the Final Four against Kansas, legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith was ejected from the game for leaving the coach's box.[4]
For bracketologists, this tournament is notable for several reasons. The first is the upset-heavy opening round, which led to every seed number except 16 being represented by at least one team in the second round. The East region, in particular, featured first round victories by seeds 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15. Two 11's and a 14-seed advanced in the other regions. The second round is equally remarkable because there were no upsets in this round whatsoever. The combination of these two anomalies led to an unprecedented occurrence in which a 10 (Temple), an 11 (Connecticut), and a 12-seed (Eastern Michigan) advanced to the Sweet Sixteen without any of the teams pulling off consecutive upsets. The reason for this was that the first round successes of 15-seed Richmond, 14-seed Xavier, and 13-seed Penn State led to Temple, Connecticut, and Eastern Michigan (respectively) being considered favorites for their second round matchups.
This was the first NCAA Tournament to feature all four North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference teams: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Duke, and Wake Forest.
The Final Four was the first to include both halves of the North Carolina–Duke rivalry. Had both teams won, they would have faced each other for the national championship, but to this day, the teams have only faced each other once in the NCAA Tournament or NIT – the 1971 NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden, which North Carolina won 73–67.
This tournament featured three play-in games before the tournament field was announced, featuring the champions of the six conferences with the lowest computer ratings the previous season.[5] The results were: Saint Francis, Pennsylvania (NEC) defeated Fordham (Patriot) 70-64,[6] Coastal Carolina (Big South) over Jackson State (SWAC) 78-59,[7] and NE Louisiana (Southland) over Florida A&M (MEAC) 87-63.[7] These are not opening round games and the losers are not credited with a NCAA tournament appearance.

References

1991 1991 NCAA Basketball Semifinal Game on YouTube
1991 NCAA Basketball National Championship Game on YouTube
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330810046
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/31/sports/college-basketball-smith-ejected-on-2-technicals.html
Moran, Malcolm (March 6, 1991). "Fordham takes aim at an NCAA berth". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
Moran, Malcolm (March 7, 1991). "Fordham's road to NCAA blocked by St. Francis, 70-64". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
"Northeast Louisiana wins NCAA bid". The New York Times. March 7, 1991. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

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[1] 1991 1991 NCAA Basketball Semifinal Game on YouTube

[2] 1991 NCAA Basketball National Championship Game on YouTube

[3] ttp://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=330810046

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/31/sports/college-basketball-smith-ejected-on-2-technicals.html

[5] Moran, Malcolm (March 6, 1991). "Fordham takes aim at an NCAA berth". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[6] Moran, Malcolm (March 7, 1991). "Fordham's road to NCAA blocked by St. Francis, 70-64". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

[NELA-7] "Northeast Louisiana wins NCAA bid". The New York Times. March 7, 1991. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

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