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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 .
The 1991–92 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team was a Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Led by All-American Christian Laettner and Grant Hill , Duke won its 2nd national championship in as many years to become the first repeating team since UCLA 's seven-year dynasty from 1967 to 1973.
Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. [11] In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.
Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team." [8] The 2024 tournament saw a total of 9 upsets, with seven in the first round, one in the Sweet Sixteen and one in the Elite Eight.
Duke and North Carolina were on a collision course to meet in the national title game 31 years ago. It's a scenario that still haunts former Tar Heels to this day.
Duke basketball is on a slide entering March Madness, but the Blue Devils will likely be a No. 3 or No. 4 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.. For the fifth time in program history, Duke enters the ...
The UNC Tar Heels would be the No. 5 national seed while the Duke Blue Devils would be the No. 12 national seed if the NCAA Tournament bracket ... 2024 at 10:02 AM ... Duke (19-5) is at No. 12 on ...
The game was played on April 1, 1991, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana, and featured the Midwest Regional Champion, #2-seeded Duke versus the Southeast Regional Champion, #3-seeded Kansas.