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The 2009 tournament was the first time the Final Four had a minimum seating capacity of 70,000, and by having most of the tournament in the February Sweeps of the Nielsen Ratings due to the digital television transition in the United States on June 12, 2009, this was the last NCAA basketball tournament, in all three divisions, to air on analog ...
Rex Chapman (2013 NCAA Tournament) Mateen Cleaves (2014–2015) Mike Francesca (1989–1993) Mike Krzyzewski (1993 and 1995 NCAA Tournaments) Grant Hill (2014 NCAA Tournament) Rick Majerus (1999 NCAA Tournament) Digger Phelps (1992–1993) Rick Pitino (1994 NCAA Tournament, 2000–2001) Bill Raftery; Dean Smith (1998 NCAA Tournament)
The game was played on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan as the final game of the Final Four. The game was played between the South Regional Champions, No. 1-seeded North Carolina, and the Midwest Regional Champions, No. 2-seeded Michigan State. The Tar Heels defeated the Spartans 89–72. [2]
That remains the lone first-round upset of an NCAA women's No. 1 seed since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994. In fact, it's the only time a team seeded 14-16 has ever recorded a win.
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Colorado (200-to-1): The Buffaloes ended the season hot, and at least one team almost always makes noise in the NCAA Tournament after escaping the First Four. It wouldn’t come as a big surprise ...
The 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2008, and ended with the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament's championship game on April 6, 2009, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The season saw six different teams achieve the AP #1 ranking during the year (just one shy of the NCAA record).
NCAA Tournament predictions, college basketball expert picks for the first round Thursday games