🏀 The 1989-90 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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1990season

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1989-90 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

UNLV

35-51 seedFinal AP #2

Title gameUNLV 103, Duke 73 (Apr 2)

Final FourUNLVDukeArkansasGeorgia Tech

The 1990 NCAA tournament

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

64-team field · 4 regions

First Round

1Connecticut76

16Boston University52

8Indiana63

9California65

4La Salle79

13Southern Mississippi63

5Clemson49

12BYU47

3Duke81

14Richmond46

6St. John's81

11Temple65

2Kansas79

15Robert Morris71

7UCLA68

10UAB56

Second Round

1Connecticut74

9California54

4La Salle75

5Clemson79

3Duke76

6St. John's72

2Kansas70

7UCLA71

Regional Semifinals

1Connecticut71

5Clemson70

3Duke90

7UCLA81

Regional Finals

1Connecticut78

3Duke79

East region

First Round

1Connecticut76

16Boston University52

8Indiana63

9California65

4La Salle79

13Southern Mississippi63

5Clemson49

12BYU47

3Duke81

14Richmond46

6St. John's81

11Temple65

2Kansas79

15Robert Morris71

7UCLA68

10UAB56

Second Round

1Connecticut74

9California54

4La Salle75

5Clemson79

3Duke76

6St. John's72

2Kansas70

7UCLA71

Regional Semifinals

1Connecticut71

5Clemson70

3Duke90

7UCLA81

Regional Finals

1Connecticut78

3Duke79

Midwest region

First Round

4Arkansas68

13Princeton64

5Illinois86

12Dayton88

1Oklahoma77

16Towson68

8North Carolina83

9SW Missouri State70

3Georgetown70

14Texas Southern52

6Xavier87

11Kansas State79

2Purdue75

15Northeast Louisiana63

7Georgia88

10Texas100

Second Round

4Arkansas86

12Dayton84

1Oklahoma77

8North Carolina79

3Georgetown71

6Xavier74

2Purdue72

10Texas73

Regional Semifinals

4Arkansas96

8North Carolina73

6Xavier89

10Texas102

Regional Finals

4Arkansas88

10Texas85

West region

First Round

1UNLV102

16Arkansas-Little Rock72

8Ohio State84

9Providence83

4Louisville78

13Idaho59

5Oregon State53

12Ball State54

2Arizona79

15South Florida67

7Alabama91

10Colorado State54

3Michigan96

14Illinois State70

6New Mexico State92

11Loyola Marymount111

Second Round

1UNLV76

8Ohio State65

4Louisville60

12Ball State62

2Arizona55

7Alabama77

3Michigan115

11Loyola Marymount149

Regional Semifinals

1UNLV69

12Ball State67

7Alabama60

11Loyola Marymount62

Regional Finals

1UNLV131

11Loyola Marymount101

Southeast region

First Round

1Michigan State75

16Murray State71

8Houston66

9UC Santa Barbara70

4Georgia Tech99

13East Tennessee State83

5LSU70

12Villanova63

2Syracuse70

15Coppin State48

7Virginia75

10Notre Dame67

6Minnesota64

11UTEP61

3Missouri71

14Northern Iowa74

Second Round

1Michigan State62

9UC Santa Barbara58

4Georgia Tech94

5LSU91

2Syracuse63

7Virginia61

6Minnesota81

14Northern Iowa78

Regional Semifinals

1Michigan State80

4Georgia Tech81

2Syracuse75

6Minnesota82

Regional Finals

4Georgia Tech93

6Minnesota91

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

3Duke97

4Arkansas83

East vs Midwest · Mar 31

1UNLV90

4Georgia Tech81

West vs Southeast · Mar 31

Championship game: UNLV

1UNLV103

3Duke73

West vs East · Apr 2

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 29 conference tournaments held in 1989-90.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
American South	New Orleans 48-44, Mar 4	Texas-Pan American	48-44, Mar 4
Atlantic 10	Temple 53-51, Mar 6	Massachusetts	53-51, Mar 6
Atlantic Coast	Georgia Tech 70-61, Mar 11	Virginia	70-61, Mar 11
Big East	Connecticut 78-75, Mar 11	Syracuse	78-75, Mar 11
Big Eight	Oklahoma 92-80, Mar 11	Colorado	92-80, Mar 11
Big Sky	Idaho 65-62, Mar 10	Eastern Washington	65-62, Mar 10
Big South	Coastal Carolina 76-73, Mar 3	NC-Asheville	76-73, Mar 3
Big West	UNLV 92-74, Mar 10	Long Beach State	92-74, Mar 10
Colonial	Richmond 77-72, Mar 5	James Madison	77-72, Mar 5
East Coast	Towson 73-60, Mar 5	Lehigh	73-60, Mar 5
Metro	Louisville 83-80, Mar 10	Southern Mississippi	83-80, Mar 10
Metro Atlantic	La Salle 71-61, Mar 5	Fordham	71-61, Mar 5
Mid-American	Ball State 78-56, Mar 11	Central Michigan	78-56, Mar 11
Mid-Continent	Northern Iowa	Wisconsin-Green Bay
Mid-Eastern	Coppin State 54-50, Mar 3	North Carolina A&T	54-50, Mar 3
Midwestern	Dayton 98-89, Mar 10	Xavier	98-89, Mar 10
Missouri Valley	Illinois State 81-78, Mar 5	Southern Illinois	81-78, Mar 5
North Atlantic	Boston University 75-57, Mar 8	Vermont	75-57, Mar 8
Northeast	Robert Morris 71-66, Mar 1	Monmouth	71-66, Mar 1
Ohio Valley	Murray State 63-57, Mar 5	Eastern Kentucky	63-57, Mar 5
Pacific-10	Arizona 94-78, Mar 11	UCLA	94-78, Mar 11
Southeastern	Alabama 70-51, Mar 11	Mississippi	70-51, Mar 11
Southern	East Tennessee State 96-75, Mar 4	Appalachian State	96-75, Mar 4
Southland	Northeast Louisiana 84-68, Mar 7	North Texas	84-68, Mar 7
Southwest	Arkansas 96-84, Mar 11	Houston	96-84, Mar 11
Southwestern Athletic	Texas Southern 94-89, Mar 9	Southern	94-89, Mar 9
Sun Belt	South Florida 81-74, Mar 5	UNC Charlotte	81-74, Mar 5
Trans America	Arkansas-Little Rock 105-95, Mar 8	Centenary	105-95, Mar 8
Western Athletic	UTEP 75-58, Mar 10	Hawaii	75-58, Mar 10

The 1989-90 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov19	27	Dec5	12	19	26	Jan2	9	16	23	30	Feb6	13	20	27	Mar6	13
Oklahoma	16	17	12	8	7	6	6	4	3	9	9	13	11	10	5	1	1
UNLV	1	6	5	14	13	12	10	7	9	5	12	9	7	4	2	3	2
Connecticut										20	13	8	10	6	4	8	3
Michigan State				25	25							23	21	15	14	7	4
Kansas		5	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	5
Syracuse	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	11	7	6	4	11	10	4	6
Arkansas	9	11	10	7	10	11	14	12	12	6	3	3	8	13	12	9	7
Georgetown	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	6	5	3	5	7	5	8
Georgia Tech	22	21	18	15	14	14	12	9	11	13	17	16	13	8	11	14	9
Purdue									24	13	8	10	12	9	9	10	10
Missouri	11	4	4	4	4	7	7	5	4	1	1	1	2	1	3	6	11
La Salle					23	20	17	21	17	18	15	14	14	14	13	11	12
Michigan	4	10	8	6	6	5	5	3	6	7	4	7	5	7	8	13	13
Arizona	6	2	20	20	22	21	19	18	23	19	24	22	20	21	23	15	14
Duke	10	7	6	12	12	13	13	10	8	8	5	4	6	3	5	12	15
Louisville	12	13	11	10	9	8	8	11	10	4	10	15	18	16	21	18	16
Clemson														23	20	17	17
Illinois	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	8	7	10	11	12	15	19	18	20	18
LSU	2	9	9	9	8	9	11	14	13	16	14	11	9	12	15	16	19
Minnesota	20					25	24	16	22	21	19	17	17	18	17	19	20
Loyola Marymount							25	23	21	22	20	20	19	22	22	21	21
Oregon State			24	23	21	23	23	22	18	17	21	18	16	17	16	22	22
Alabama			21	19	20	22	22	24	25	24							23
New Mexico State													25	24	24	23	24
Xavier								25	20	25	23	21	22	19	19	24	25
Georgia															25	25
Indiana	14	14	14	11	11	10	9	13	14	12	22	25		25
UCLA	13	15	13	13	18	16	15	19	16	23	16	19	23
St. John's	25	20	15	18	19	17	16	15	15	15	18	24	24
North Carolina	7	12	17			24					25
North Carolina State	19	25	19	16	15	19	18	17	19
Memphis State	24	22	16	17	17	15	21	20
Iowa				21	16	18	20
Oklahoma State	21	23		22	24
Florida	23	24	25	24
Pittsburgh	18	18	22
Temple	15	16	23
Notre Dame	17	19

Tap a rank to read it.

1990 final AP Top 25

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

1990 final AP Top 25AP

1Oklahoma27-5
2UNLV35-5
3Connecticut31-6
4Michigan State28-6
5Kansas30-5
6Syracuse26-7
7Arkansas30-5
8Georgetown24-7
9Georgia Tech28-7
10Purdue22-8
11Missouri26-6
12La Salle30-2
13Michigan23-8

14Arizona25-7
15Duke29-9
16Louisville27-8
17Clemson26-9
18Illinois21-8
19LSU23-9
20Minnesota23-9
21Loyola Marymount26-6
22Oregon State22-7
23Alabama26-9
24New Mexico State26-5
25Xavier28-5

1990 standings by conference

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

1990 standings by conference33 conferences

American South6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisiana Tech	20-8	8-2	★
New Orleans	21-11	8-2	★ 🏆
Texas-Pan American	21-9	7-3
SW Louisiana	20-9	4-6
Arkansas State	15-13	2-8
Lamar	7-21	1-9

Atlantic 1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Temple	20-11	15-3	★ 🏆 11 seed
Penn State	25-9	13-5
West Virginia	16-12	11-7
Rhode Island	15-13	11-7
Rutgers	18-17	11-7
Massachusetts	17-14	10-8
George Washington	14-17	6-12
St. Joseph's	7-21	5-13
Duquesne	7-22	5-13
St. Bonaventure	8-20	3-15

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Clemson	26-9	10-4	★ 5 seed AP 17
Duke	29-9	9-5	3 seed AP 15
Georgia Tech	28-7	8-6	🏆 4 seed AP 9
North Carolina	21-13	8-6	8 seed
Virginia	20-12	6-8	7 seed
North Carolina State	18-12	6-8
Maryland	19-14	6-8
Wake Forest	12-16	3-11

Big East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Connecticut	31-6	12-4	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 3
Syracuse	26-7	12-4	★ 2 seed AP 6
Georgetown	24-7	11-5	3 seed AP 8
St. John's	24-10	10-6	6 seed
Providence	17-12	8-8	9 seed
Villanova	18-15	8-8	12 seed
Seton Hall	12-16	5-11
Pittsburgh	12-17	5-11
Boston College	8-20	1-15

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Missouri	26-6	12-2	★ 3 seed AP 11
Kansas	30-5	11-3	2 seed AP 5
Oklahoma	27-5	11-3	🏆 1 seed AP 1
Kansas State	17-15	7-7	11 seed
Oklahoma State	17-14	6-8
Iowa State	10-18	4-10
Nebraska	10-18	3-11
Colorado	12-18	2-12

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Idaho	25-6	13-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
Eastern Washington	18-11	11-5
Montana	18-11	10-6
Nevada	15-13	9-7
Montana State	17-12	8-8
Weber State	14-15	8-8
Boise State	12-15	7-9
Northern Arizona	8-20	3-13
Idaho State	6-21	3-13

Big South7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coastal Carolina	23-6	11-1	★ 🏆
NC-Asheville	18-12	7-5
Campbell	15-13	7-5
Winthrop	19-10	6-6
Charleston Southern	9-19	4-8
Augusta State	8-20	4-8
Radford	7-22	3-9

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan State	28-6	15-3	★ 1 seed AP 4
Purdue	22-8	13-5	2 seed AP 10
Michigan	23-8	12-6	3 seed AP 13
Illinois	21-8	11-7	5 seed AP 18
Minnesota	23-9	11-7	6 seed AP 20
Ohio State	17-13	10-8	8 seed
Indiana	18-11	8-10	8 seed
Wisconsin	14-17	4-14
Iowa	12-16	4-14
Northwestern	9-19	2-16

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UNLV	35-5	16-2	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 2
New Mexico State	26-5	16-2	6 seed AP 24
UC Santa Barbara	21-9	13-5	9 seed
Long Beach State	23-9	12-6
Utah State	14-16	8-10
Pacific	15-14	7-11
CSU-Fullerton	13-16	6-12
San Jose State	8-20	5-13
Fresno State	10-19	4-14
UC Irvine	5-23	3-15

Colonial8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
James Madison	20-11	11-3	★
American	20-9	10-4
Richmond	22-10	10-4	🏆 14 seed
George Mason	20-12	10-4
East Carolina	13-18	6-8
Navy	5-23	4-10
NC-Wilmington	8-20	3-11
William & Mary	6-22	2-12

East Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Lehigh	18-12	8-6	★
Towson	18-13	8-6	★ 🏆 16 seed
Hofstra	13-15	8-6	★
Delaware	16-13	7-7
Lafayette	15-13	7-7
Drexel	13-15	7-7
Bucknell	15-14	6-8
Rider	10-18	5-9

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	20-7	11-3	★ 13 seed
Yale	19-7	10-4
Dartmouth	12-14	7-7
Harvard	12-14	7-7
Pennsylvania	12-14	7-7
Brown	10-16	7-7
Cornell	12-17	5-9
Columbia	4-22	2-12

Metro8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	27-8	12-2	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 16
Southern Mississippi	20-12	9-5	13 seed
Cincinnati	20-14	9-5
Memphis State	18-12	8-6
Florida State	16-15	6-8
South Carolina	14-14	6-8
Virginia Tech	13-18	5-9
Tulane	4-24	1-13

Metro Atlantic12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
La Salle	30-2	16-0	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 12
Holy Cross	24-6	14-2	★
Siena	16-13	11-5
Fordham	20-13	10-6
Iona	13-15	8-8
St. Peter's	14-14	7-9
Manhattan	11-17	7-9
Fairfield	10-19	6-10
Canisius	11-18	5-11
Army	10-19	5-11
Niagara	6-22	5-11
Loyola (MD)	4-24	2-14

Mid-American9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ball State	26-7	13-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
Kent	21-8	12-4
Bowling Green	18-11	9-7
Miami (OH)	14-15	9-7
Eastern Michigan	19-13	8-8
Toledo	12-16	7-9
Central Michigan	13-17	6-10
Ohio	12-16	5-11
Western Michigan	9-18	3-13

Mid-Continent7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
SW Missouri State	22-7	11-1	★ 9 seed
Wisconsin-Green Bay	24-8	9-3
Northern Iowa	23-9	6-6	🏆 14 seed
Illinois-Chicago	16-12	6-6
Western Illinois	16-13	6-6
Eastern Illinois	10-18	3-9
Valparaiso	4-24	1-11

Mid-Eastern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coppin State	26-7	15-1	★ 🏆 15 seed
Florida A&M	18-11	13-3
Delaware State	14-14	9-7
South Carolina State	13-16	8-8
Bethune-Cookman	10-18	8-8
North Carolina A&T	12-17	6-10
Howard	8-19	5-11
MD-Eastern Shore	10-17	4-12
Morgan State	8-20	4-12

Midwestern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Xavier	28-5	12-2	★ 6 seed AP 25
Dayton	22-10	10-4	🏆 12 seed
Saint Louis	21-12	9-5
Marquette	15-14	9-5
Evansville	17-15	8-6
Detroit	10-18	3-11
Loyola-Chicago	7-22	3-11
Butler	6-22	2-12

Missouri Valley8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern Illinois	26-8	10-4	★
Creighton	21-12	9-5
Illinois State	18-13	9-5	🏆 14 seed
Tulsa	17-13	9-5
Bradley	11-20	6-8
Wichita State	10-19	6-8
Drake	13-18	5-9
Indiana State	8-20	2-12

North Atlantic7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Boston University	18-12	9-3	🏆 16 seed
Northeastern	16-12	9-3	★
Hartford	17-11	8-4
Maine	11-17	6-6
Vermont	13-17	4-8
Colgate	8-21	3-9
New Hampshire	5-23	3-9

Northeast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Robert Morris	22-8	12-4	★ 🏆 15 seed
Monmouth	17-12	11-5
Marist	17-11	10-6
St. Francis (PA)	17-11	10-6
Mount St. Mary's	16-12	10-6
Fairleigh Dickinson	16-13	8-8
Wagner	11-17	6-10
St. Francis (NY)	9-18	4-12
LIU-Brooklyn	3-23	1-15

Ohio Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	21-9	10-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Tennessee Tech	19-9	9-3
Morehead State	16-13	7-5
Eastern Kentucky	13-17	7-5
Middle Tennessee State	12-15	5-7
Austin Peay	10-19	2-10
Tennessee State	7-20	2-10

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	25-7	15-3	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 14
Oregon State	22-7	15-3	★ 5 seed AP 22
California	22-10	12-6	9 seed
UCLA	22-11	11-7	7 seed
Oregon	15-14	10-8
Stanford	18-12	9-9
Arizona State	15-16	6-12
USC	12-16	6-12
Washington	11-17	5-13
Washington State	7-22	1-17

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Georgia	20-9	13-5	★ 7 seed
Alabama	26-9	12-6	🏆 7 seed AP 23
LSU	23-9	12-6	5 seed AP 19
Tennessee	16-14	10-8
Kentucky	14-14	10-8
Mississippi	13-17	8-10
Auburn	13-18	8-10
Vanderbilt	21-14	7-11
Mississippi State	16-14	7-11
Florida	7-21	3-15

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
East Tennessee State	27-7	12-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Marshall	15-13	9-5
Appalachian State	19-11	8-6
UT-Chattanooga	14-14	7-7
VMI	14-15	7-7
Furman	15-16	5-9
Citadel	12-16	5-9
Western Carolina	10-18	3-11

Southland8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northeast Louisiana	22-8	13-1	★ 🏆 15 seed
McNeese State	14-13	11-3
SW Texas State	13-15	9-5
Sam Houston State	10-18	8-6
Texas-Arlington	13-16	6-8
Northwestern State	10-19	5-9
North Texas	5-25	3-11
Stephen F. Austin	2-25	1-13

Southwest9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas	30-5	14-2	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 7
Houston	25-8	13-3	8 seed
Texas	24-9	12-4	10 seed
TCU	16-13	9-7
Baylor	16-14	7-9
Texas A&M	14-17	7-9
Rice	11-17	5-11
SMU	10-18	5-11
Texas Tech	5-22	0-16

Southwestern Athletic8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern	25-6	12-2	★
Texas Southern	19-12	10-4	🏆 14 seed
Alabama State	15-13	7-7
Mississippi Valley State	11-18	7-7
Alcorn State	7-22	6-8
Prairie View	9-18	5-9
Grambling	9-19	5-9
Jackson State	9-19	4-10

Sun Belt8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UAB	22-9	12-2	★ 10 seed
South Florida	20-11	9-5	🏆 15 seed
Old Dominion	14-14	7-7
Western Kentucky	13-17	7-7
UNC Charlotte	16-14	6-8
Jacksonville	13-16	5-9
South Alabama	11-17	5-9
Virginia Commonwealth	11-17	5-9

Trans America9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Centenary	22-8	14-2	★
TX-San Antonio	22-7	13-3
Arkansas-Little Rock	20-10	12-4	🏆 16 seed
Georgia Southern	17-11	11-5
Stetson	15-17	8-8
Hardin-Simmons	9-18	5-11
Samford	6-22	4-12
Georgia State	5-23	3-13
Mercer	7-20	2-14

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Loyola Marymount	26-6	13-1	★ 11 seed AP 21
Pepperdine	17-11	10-4
San Diego	16-12	9-5
Portland	11-17	7-7
Santa Clara	9-19	6-8
San Francisco	8-20	4-10
St. Mary's	7-20	4-10
Gonzaga	8-20	3-11

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
BYU	21-9	11-5	★ 12 seed
Colorado State	21-9	11-5	★ 10 seed
Hawaii	25-10	10-6
UTEP	21-11	10-6	🏆 11 seed
New Mexico	20-14	9-7
Utah	16-14	7-9
Wyoming	15-14	7-9
San Diego State	13-18	4-12
Air Force	12-20	3-13

Independent20 teams

School	W-L	Note
Wright State	21-7
Northern Illinois	17-11
Akron	16-12
DePaul	20-15
Notre Dame	16-13	10 seed
Cleveland State	15-13
Miami (FL)	13-15
Southern Utah	13-15
UMKC	13-15
MD-Baltimore County	12-16
US International	12-16
Liberty	11-17
Youngstown State	8-20
Brooklyn	7-21
Central Florida	7-21
Florida International	7-21
Central Connecticut State	6-22
Chicago State	6-22
Nicholls State	4-23
Davidson	4-24

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.

1990 Elo and upsets

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

1990 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1UNLV2174
2Michigan State2102
3Connecticut2096
4Oklahoma2092
5Georgia Tech2090
6Syracuse2050
7Arizona2035
8Duke2023
9Georgetown2012
10Illinois2010

Biggest upsets

UC Irvine 98, UC Santa Barbara 97
Feb 17 · regular season · 2.5% win chance
Tennessee Tech 89, Vanderbilt 76
Nov 29 · regular season · 2.6% win chance
Fordham 65, Seton Hall 60
Dec 16 · regular season · 2.8% win chance
Navy 57, Richmond 46
Jan 17 · regular season · 4.1% win chance
Robert Morris 67, West Virginia 64
Nov 25 · regular season · 4.8% win chance
Portland 90, Pepperdine 88
Jan 19 · regular season · 5.4% win chance
Tennessee State 102, UT-Chattanooga 98
Dec 8 · regular season · 5.8% win chance
East Tennessee State 92, North Carolina State 82
Dec 19 · regular season · 6.0% win chance
Notre Dame 66, Syracuse 65
Feb 17 · regular season · 6.4% win chance
Pacific 65, UC Santa Barbara 62
Mar 8 · conference tournament · 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.