🏀 The 1988-89 men’s college basketball season

What the record holds for this season: the champion, the tournament bracket, the AP poll week by week, the conference tables, and the Elo ratings with the biggest upsets.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database · 33 conferences · 64-team tournament

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1988-89 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Michigan

30-73 seedFinal AP #10

Title gameMichigan 80, Seton Hall 79 (Apr 3)

Final FourMichiganSeton HallIllinoisDuke

The 1989 NCAA tournament

64 teams. Winners in bold, seeds before each team.

64-team field · 4 regions

First Round

1Georgetown50

16Princeton49

8Vanderbilt65

9Notre Dame81

4Iowa87

13Rutgers73

5North Carolina State81

12South Carolina66

2Duke90

15South Carolina State69

7West Virginia84

10Tennessee68

6Kansas State75

11Minnesota86

3Stanford78

14Siena80

Second Round

1Georgetown81

9Notre Dame74

4Iowa96

5North Carolina State102

2Duke70

7West Virginia63

11Minnesota80

14Siena67

Regional Semifinals

1Georgetown69

5North Carolina State61

2Duke87

11Minnesota70

Regional Finals

1Georgetown77

2Duke95

East region

First Round

1Georgetown50

16Princeton49

8Vanderbilt65

9Notre Dame81

4Iowa87

13Rutgers73

5North Carolina State81

12South Carolina66

2Duke90

15South Carolina State69

7West Virginia84

10Tennessee68

6Kansas State75

11Minnesota86

3Stanford78

14Siena80

Second Round

1Georgetown81

9Notre Dame74

4Iowa96

5North Carolina State102

2Duke70

7West Virginia63

11Minnesota80

14Siena67

Regional Semifinals

1Georgetown69

5North Carolina State61

2Duke87

11Minnesota70

Regional Finals

1Georgetown77

2Duke95

West region

First Round

2Indiana99

15George Mason85

7UTEP85

10LSU74

3Seton Hall60

14SW Missouri State51

6Oregon State90

11Evansville94

1Arizona94

16Robert Morris60

8St. Mary's70

9Clemson83

4UNLV68

13Idaho56

5Memphis State63

12DePaul66

Second Round

2Indiana92

7UTEP69

3Seton Hall87

11Evansville73

1Arizona94

9Clemson68

4UNLV85

12DePaul70

Regional Semifinals

2Indiana65

3Seton Hall78

1Arizona67

4UNLV68

Regional Finals

3Seton Hall84

4UNLV61

Midwest region

First Round

1Illinois77

16McNeese State71

8Pittsburgh64

9Ball State68

4Louisville76

13Arkansas-Little Rock71

5Arkansas120

12Loyola Marymount101

2Syracuse104

15Bucknell81

7Florida46

10Colorado State68

3Missouri85

14Creighton69

6Georgia Tech70

11Texas76

Second Round

1Illinois72

9Ball State60

4Louisville93

5Arkansas84

2Syracuse65

10Colorado State50

3Missouri108

11Texas89

Regional Semifinals

1Illinois83

4Louisville69

2Syracuse83

3Missouri80

Regional Finals

1Illinois89

2Syracuse86

Southeast region

First Round

2North Carolina93

15Southern79

7UCLA84

10Iowa State74

3Michigan92

14Xavier87

6Alabama84

11South Alabama86

1Oklahoma72

16East Tennessee State71

8La Salle74

9Louisiana Tech83

5Virginia100

12Providence97

4Florida State83

13Middle Tennessee State97

Second Round

2North Carolina88

7UCLA81

3Michigan91

11South Alabama82

1Oklahoma124

9Louisiana Tech81

5Virginia104

13Middle Tennessee State88

Regional Semifinals

2North Carolina87

3Michigan92

1Oklahoma80

5Virginia86

Regional Finals

3Michigan102

5Virginia65

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

2Duke78

3Seton Hall95

East vs West · Apr 1

1Illinois81

3Michigan83

Midwest vs Southeast · Apr 1

Championship game: Michigan

3Michigan80

3Seton Hall79

Southeast vs West · Apr 3

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 1988-89.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
American South	Louisiana Tech 84-62, Mar 5	New Orleans	84-62, Mar 5
Atlantic 10	Rutgers 70-66, Mar 7	Penn State	70-66, Mar 7
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 77-74, Mar 12	Duke	77-74, Mar 12
Big East	Georgetown 88-79, Mar 12	Syracuse	88-79, Mar 12
Big Eight	Missouri 98-86, Mar 12	Oklahoma	98-86, Mar 12
Big Sky	Idaho 59-52, Mar 11	Boise State	59-52, Mar 11
Big South	NC-Asheville 93-78, Mar 4	Campbell	93-78, Mar 4
Big West	UNLV 68-62, Mar 11	New Mexico State	68-62, Mar 11
Colonial	George Mason 78-72, Mar 6	NC-Wilmington	78-72, Mar 6
East Coast	Bucknell 71-65, Mar 6	Lafayette	71-65, Mar 6
Metro	Louisville 87-80, Mar 11	Florida State	87-80, Mar 11
Metro Atlantic	La Salle 71-58, Mar 4	St. Peter's	71-58, Mar 4
Mid-American	Ball State 67-65, Mar 12	Kent	67-65, Mar 12
Mid-Continent	SW Missouri State	Illinois-Chicago
Mid-Eastern	South Carolina State 83-79, Mar 5	Florida A&M	83-79, Mar 5
Midwestern	Xavier 85-78, Mar 11	Evansville	85-78, Mar 11
Missouri Valley	Creighton 79-77, Mar 7	Southern Illinois	79-77, Mar 7
North Atlantic	Siena 68-67, Mar 11	Boston University	68-67, Mar 11
Northeast	Robert Morris 67-66, Mar 3	Fairleigh Dickinson	67-66, Mar 3
Ohio Valley	Middle Tennessee State 82-79, Mar 9	Austin Peay	82-79, Mar 9
Pacific-10	Arizona	Stanford
Southeastern	Alabama 72-60, Mar 12	Florida	72-60, Mar 12
Southern	East Tennessee State 96-73, Mar 5	Marshall	96-73, Mar 5
Southland	McNeese State 85-68, Mar 6	North Texas	85-68, Mar 6
Southwest	Arkansas 100-76, Mar 12	Texas	100-76, Mar 12
Southwestern Athletic	Southern 86-81, Mar 11	Texas Southern	86-81, Mar 11
Sun Belt	South Alabama 105-59, Mar 6	Jacksonville	105-59, Mar 6
Trans America	Arkansas-Little Rock 100-72, Mar 9	Centenary	100-72, Mar 9
West Coast	Loyola Marymount 75-70, Mar 6	Santa Clara	75-70, Mar 6
Western Athletic	UTEP 73-60, Mar 11	Colorado State	73-60, Mar 11

The 1988-89 AP poll, week by week

Each team's rank in every poll. Tap a rank to read it.

Team	Nov15	22	29	Dec5	12	19	26	Jan3	10	17	24	31	Feb7	14	21	28	Mar7	14
Arizona	11	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	12	9	6	4	1	2	2	1	1	1
Georgetown	2	2	3	4	5	6	5	5	7	3	2	6	2	4	3	2	3	2
Illinois	9	9	7	7	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	2	7	5	10	8	4	3
Oklahoma	5	4	5	6	7	7	6	4	3	5	4	1	5	1	1	4	2	4
North Carolina	6	5	10	8	8	8	7	6	8	13	7	3	6	8	5	5	9	5
Missouri	14	13	8	11	10	10	11	11	10	8	5	5	3	3	7	7	10	6
Syracuse	8	6	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	11	14	14	9	6	6	6	5	7
Indiana		20								19	16	17	13	9	4	3	6	8
Duke	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	12	14	11	9	9	7	9
Michigan	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	7	6	6	10	11	10	13	13	10	8	10
Seton Hall				20	17	15	13	10	13	12	9	10	11	12	15	12	11	11
Louisville	4	12	13	15	15	14	14	13	9	4	3	7	4	10	8	14	16	12
Stanford	20									20	19	20	18	17	16	13	12	13
Iowa	7	7	6	5	4	4	9	9	5	7	12	9	8	15	14	11	15	14
UNLV	10	8	9	9	13	13	12	12	11	10	13	16	19	18	18	18	18	15
Florida State	16	17	14	13	12	11	10	15	14	14	11	8	12	7	12	16	14	16
West Virginia												18	15	14	11	15	13	17
Ball State															20	19	19	18
North Carolina State	18	18	16	19	18	17	18	16	15	15	15	13	17	19	17	20	17	19
Alabama																		20
St. Mary's															19	17	20
Ohio State	17	16	15	14	14	12	15	14	18	16	17	15	16	16
LSU												19		20
Georgia Tech	13	14	12	12	11	16	17	19	19				20
Kansas						20	20	18	16	17	18
Providence									20		20
Tennessee			20	16	16	19	19	17	17	18
Georgia								20
South Carolina						18	16
Notre Dame					19
UCLA					20
Villanova	12	11	18	17
Connecticut				18
Temple	19	19	17
Florida	15	15	19

Tap a rank to read it.

1989 final AP Top 20

The last Associated Press ranking of the season, with each team's record.

1989 final AP Top 20AP

1Arizona29-4
2Georgetown29-5
3Illinois31-5
4Oklahoma30-6
5North Carolina29-8
6Missouri29-8
7Syracuse30-8
8Indiana27-8
9Duke28-8
10Michigan30-7

11Seton Hall31-7
12Louisville24-9
13Stanford26-7
14Iowa23-10
15UNLV29-8
16Florida State22-8
17West Virginia26-5
18Ball State29-3
19North Carolina State22-9
20Alabama23-8

1989 standings by conference

Overall and conference record. A star marks the regular-season champion, a trophy the conference-tournament champion.

1989 standings by conference33 conferences

American South6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Orleans	19-11	7-3	★
Louisiana Tech	23-9	6-4	🏆 9 seed
Arkansas State	20-10	6-4
SW Louisiana	17-12	4-6
Texas-Pan American	15-13	4-6
Lamar	12-16	3-7

Atlantic 1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
West Virginia	26-5	17-1	★ 7 seed AP 17
Temple	18-12	15-3
Rutgers	18-13	13-5	🏆 13 seed
Penn State	20-12	12-6
Rhode Island	13-15	9-9
St. Bonaventure	13-15	7-11
Duquesne	13-16	7-11
Massachusetts	10-18	5-13
St. Joseph's	8-21	4-14
George Washington	1-27	1-17

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina State	22-9	10-4	★ 5 seed AP 19
North Carolina	29-8	9-5	🏆 2 seed AP 5
Duke	28-8	9-5	2 seed AP 9
Virginia	22-11	9-5	5 seed
Georgia Tech	20-12	8-6	6 seed
Clemson	19-11	7-7	9 seed
Wake Forest	13-15	3-11
Maryland	9-20	1-13

Big East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Georgetown	29-5	13-3	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 2
Seton Hall	31-7	11-5	3 seed AP 11
Syracuse	30-8	10-6	2 seed AP 7
Pittsburgh	17-13	9-7	8 seed
Providence	18-11	7-9	12 seed
Villanova	18-16	7-9
St. John's	20-13	6-10
Connecticut	18-13	6-10
Boston College	12-17	3-13

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Oklahoma	30-6	12-2	★ 1 seed AP 4
Missouri	29-8	10-4	🏆 3 seed AP 6
Kansas State	19-11	8-6	6 seed
Iowa State	17-12	7-7	10 seed
Oklahoma State	17-13	7-7
Kansas	19-12	6-8
Nebraska	17-16	4-10
Colorado	7-21	2-12

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Idaho	25-6	13-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Boise State	23-7	13-3	★
Montana	20-11	11-5
Nevada	16-12	10-6
Weber State	17-11	9-7
Montana State	14-15	6-10
Eastern Washington	8-22	5-11
Idaho State	9-18	4-12
Northern Arizona	2-25	1-15

Big South7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coastal Carolina	14-14	9-3	★
Campbell	18-12	8-4
NC-Asheville	16-14	6-6	🏆
Baptist	12-16	6-6
Winthrop	16-13	5-7
Radford	15-13	5-7
Augusta State	5-23	3-9

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Indiana	27-8	15-3	★ 2 seed AP 8
Illinois	31-5	14-4	1 seed AP 3
Michigan	30-7	12-6	3 seed AP 10
Iowa	23-10	10-8	4 seed AP 14
Minnesota	19-12	9-9	11 seed
Wisconsin	18-12	8-10
Purdue	15-16	8-10
Ohio State	19-15	6-12
Michigan State	18-15	6-12
Northwestern	9-19	2-16

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UNLV	29-8	16-2	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 15
New Mexico State	21-11	12-6
UC Santa Barbara	21-9	11-7
CSU-Fullerton	16-13	10-8
Long Beach State	13-15	10-8
Utah State	12-16	10-8
Fresno State	15-14	9-9
UC Irvine	12-17	8-10
Pacific	7-21	3-15
San Jose State	5-23	1-17

Colonial8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Richmond	21-10	13-1	★
George Mason	20-11	10-4	🏆 15 seed
American	17-11	9-5
NC-Wilmington	16-14	9-5
James Madison	16-14	6-8
East Carolina	15-14	6-8
William & Mary	5-23	2-12
Navy	6-22	1-13

East Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Bucknell	23-8	11-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Towson	19-10	10-4
Lafayette	20-10	8-6
Hofstra	14-15	7-7
Drexel	12-16	7-7
Delaware	14-14	6-8
Lehigh	10-18	5-9
Rider	5-23	2-12

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	19-8	11-3	★ 16 seed
Dartmouth	17-9	10-4
Pennsylvania	13-13	9-5
Harvard	11-15	7-7
Cornell	10-16	7-7
Yale	11-17	6-8
Columbia	8-18	4-10
Brown	7-19	2-12

Metro7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Florida State	22-8	9-3	★ 4 seed AP 16
Louisville	24-9	8-4	🏆 4 seed AP 12
Memphis State	21-11	8-4	5 seed
South Carolina	19-11	8-4	12 seed
Cincinnati	15-12	5-7
Virginia Tech	11-17	2-10
Southern Mississippi	10-17	2-10

Metro Atlantic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
La Salle	26-6	13-1	★ 🏆 8 seed
St. Peter's	22-9	11-3
Iona	15-16	8-6
Fordham	14-15	8-6
Army	12-16	6-8
Holy Cross	13-15	5-9
Manhattan	7-21	3-11
Fairfield	7-21	2-12

Mid-American9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ball State	29-3	14-2	★ 🏆 9 seed AP 18
Kent	20-11	11-5
Toledo	16-15	9-7
Miami (OH)	13-15	8-8
Eastern Michigan	16-13	7-9
Bowling Green	12-16	6-10
Central Michigan	12-16	6-10
Western Michigan	12-16	6-10
Ohio	12-17	5-11

Mid-Continent7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
SW Missouri State	21-10	10-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
Northern Iowa	19-9	8-4
Eastern Illinois	16-16	7-5
Wisconsin-Green Bay	14-14	6-6
Valparaiso	10-19	4-8
Western Illinois	9-19	4-8
Illinois-Chicago	13-17	3-9

Mid-Eastern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Carolina State	25-8	14-2	★ 🏆 15 seed
Florida A&M	20-10	12-4
Coppin State	18-11	11-5
Morgan State	16-13	9-7
Bethune-Cookman	12-16	8-8
Delaware State	11-17	6-10
North Carolina A&T	9-18	6-10
Howard	9-19	5-11
MD-Eastern Shore	1-26	1-15

Midwestern7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Evansville	25-6	10-2	★ 11 seed
Saint Louis	27-10	8-4
Xavier	21-12	7-5	🏆 14 seed
Dayton	12-17	6-6
Loyola-Chicago	11-17	4-8
Detroit	7-21	4-8
Butler	11-17	3-9

Missouri Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Creighton	20-11	11-3	★ 🏆 14 seed
Wichita State	19-11	10-4
Tulsa	18-13	10-4
Bradley	13-14	7-7
Southern Illinois	20-14	6-8
Illinois State	13-17	6-8
Drake	12-17	6-8
Indiana State	4-24	0-14

North Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Siena	25-5	16-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
Boston University	21-9	14-4
Northeastern	17-11	12-5
Canisius	13-15	11-7
Hartford	15-13	10-7
Maine	9-19	7-11
Niagara	9-19	6-12
Colgate	6-22	5-13
Vermont	6-21	4-14
New Hampshire	4-22	3-14

Northeast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Robert Morris	21-9	12-4	★ 🏆 16 seed
Fairleigh Dickinson	17-12	11-5
Monmouth	15-13	9-7
Marist	13-15	9-7
Loyola (MD)	10-18	7-9
LIU-Brooklyn	9-19	7-9
St. Francis (PA)	13-16	6-10
Wagner	11-16	6-10
St. Francis (NY)	14-16	5-11

Ohio Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Middle Tennessee State	23-8	10-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Murray State	19-11	10-2	★
Austin Peay	18-12	8-4
Morehead State	15-16	5-7
Eastern Kentucky	7-22	4-8
Tennessee Tech	10-20	3-9
Tennessee State	4-24	2-10

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	29-4	17-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Stanford	26-7	15-3	3 seed AP 13
Oregon State	22-8	13-5	6 seed
UCLA	21-10	13-5	7 seed
California	20-13	10-8
Washington	12-16	8-10
Arizona State	12-16	5-13
Washington State	10-19	4-14
Oregon	8-21	3-15
USC	10-22	2-16

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Florida	21-13	13-5	★ 7 seed
Alabama	23-8	12-6	🏆 6 seed AP 20
Vanderbilt	19-14	12-6	8 seed
Tennessee	19-11	11-7	10 seed
LSU	20-12	11-7	10 seed
Mississippi	15-15	8-10
Kentucky	13-19	8-10
Mississippi State	13-15	7-11
Georgia	15-16	6-12
Auburn	9-19	2-16

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UT-Chattanooga	18-12	10-4	★
Furman	17-12	9-5
Appalachian State	20-8	8-6
East Tennessee State	20-11	7-7	🏆 16 seed
Citadel	16-12	7-7
Marshall	15-15	6-8
VMI	11-17	5-9
Western Carolina	12-16	4-10

Southland8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Texas	14-15	10-4	★
Northeast Louisiana	17-12	9-5
McNeese State	16-14	9-5	🏆 16 seed
Sam Houston State	12-16	8-6
Northwestern State	13-16	7-7
SW Texas State	13-17	6-8
Texas-Arlington	7-21	4-10
Stephen F. Austin	10-18	3-11

Southwest9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas	25-7	13-3	★ 🏆 5 seed
Texas	25-9	12-4	11 seed
TCU	17-13	9-7
Houston	17-14	8-8
Texas A&M	16-14	8-8
Texas Tech	13-15	8-8
SMU	13-16	7-9
Rice	12-16	6-10
Baylor	5-22	1-15

Southwestern Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern	20-11	10-4	★ 🏆 15 seed
Texas Southern	17-13	10-4	★
Grambling	15-14	10-4	★
Jackson State	15-13	7-7
Alabama State	13-16	7-7
Prairie View	11-16	5-9
Alcorn State	5-23	4-10
Mississippi Valley State	8-20	3-11

Sun Belt8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Alabama	23-9	11-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
UNC Charlotte	17-12	10-4
Virginia Commonwealth	13-15	9-5
UAB	22-12	8-6
Old Dominion	15-13	7-7
Jacksonville	14-16	5-9
Western Kentucky	14-15	4-10
South Florida	7-21	2-12

Trans America10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Georgia Southern	23-6	16-2	★
Arkansas-Little Rock	23-8	14-4	🏆 13 seed
Stetson	17-12	10-8
Centenary	16-14	9-9
Georgia State	14-14	9-9
Mercer	14-14	9-9
TX-San Antonio	15-13	8-10
Houston Baptist	9-20	6-12
Samford	8-19	5-13
Hardin-Simmons	8-19	4-14

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Mary's	25-5	12-2	★ 8 seed
Loyola Marymount	20-11	10-4	🏆 12 seed
Pepperdine	20-13	10-4
San Francisco	16-12	8-6
Santa Clara	20-11	7-7
Gonzaga	14-14	5-9
San Diego	8-20	2-12
Portland	2-26	2-12

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Colorado State	23-10	12-4	★ 10 seed
UTEP	26-7	11-5	🏆 7 seed
New Mexico	22-11	11-5
Hawaii	17-13	9-7
BYU	14-15	7-9
Air Force	14-14	6-10
Utah	16-17	6-10
Wyoming	14-17	6-10
San Diego State	12-17	4-12

Independent23 teams

School	W-L	Note
Akron	21-8
Notre Dame	21-9	9 seed
DePaul	21-12	12 seed
Miami (FL)	19-12
MD-Baltimore County	17-11
Wright State	17-11
Cleveland State	16-12
Marquette	13-15
Mount St. Mary's	12-15
Chicago State	12-16
Nicholls State	12-16
Northern Illinois	11-17
US International	11-17
Liberty	10-17
Central Connecticut State	10-18
Florida International	10-18
Southern Utah	10-18
Oral Roberts	8-20
Central Florida	7-20
Davidson	7-24
Youngstown State	5-23
Brooklyn	4-23
SE Louisiana	3-24

Elo ratings and upsets use the games in our record for this season, which is incomplete before 1995-96; team records come from the season standings.

1989 Elo and upsets

The ten highest-rated teams when the season ended, and the results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of.

1989 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1Illinois2135
2Seton Hall2131
3Arizona2124
4Michigan2119
5Georgetown2084
6Syracuse2078
7Duke2073
8North Carolina2067
9Missouri2039
10Oklahoma2013

Biggest upsets

Oral Roberts 100, LSU 96
Nov 30 · regular season · 2.4% win chance
Oral Roberts 91, Alabama 86
Dec 2 · regular season · 4.2% win chance
Siena 80, Pittsburgh 79
Nov 28 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
Alcorn State 98, Southern 97
Feb 4 · regular season · 4.8% win chance
Northwestern State 85, Kentucky 82
Dec 7 · regular season · 5.2% win chance
Georgia State 109, UC Irvine 84
Nov 25 · regular season · 5.2% win chance
San Francisco 62, St. Mary's 55
Jan 27 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
Hardin-Simmons 75, TX-San Antonio 66
Feb 25 · regular season · 6.2% win chance
Mercer 75, Arkansas-Little Rock 72
Feb 23 · regular season · 6.3% win chance
New Hampshire 81, Niagara 80
Jan 21 · regular season · 6.5% win chance

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, brackets, polls and standings are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college basketball database, one season at a time. A section appears only where the database holds its data: the NCAA tournament began in 1939 (earlier champions are retroactive selections), the AP poll in 1949, and game-by-game results, and so the Elo ratings and upsets, in 1950.

Elo ratings and upsets come from the site’s own men’s college basketball Elo, built from every game since 1950. An upset’s win chance is the winner’s pre-game probability from those ratings.