🏀 The 1990-91 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 · 34 conferences · 64-team tournament

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1991season

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1990-91 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

Duke

32-72 seedFinal AP #6

Title gameDuke 72, Kansas 65 (Apr 1)

Final FourDukeKansasNorth CarolinaUNLV

The 1991 NCAA tournament

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

64-team field · 4 regions

First Round

1North Carolina101

16Northeastern66

8Princeton48

9Villanova50

5Mississippi State56

12Eastern Michigan76

4UCLA69

13Penn State74

3Oklahoma State67

14New Mexico54

6North Carolina State114

11Southern Mississippi85

7Purdue63

10Temple80

2Syracuse69

15Richmond73

Second Round

1North Carolina84

9Villanova69

12Eastern Michigan71

13Penn State68

3Oklahoma State73

6North Carolina State64

10Temple77

15Richmond64

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina93

12Eastern Michigan67

3Oklahoma State63

10Temple72

Regional Finals

1North Carolina75

10Temple72

East region

First Round

1North Carolina101

16Northeastern66

8Princeton48

9Villanova50

5Mississippi State56

12Eastern Michigan76

4UCLA69

13Penn State74

3Oklahoma State67

14New Mexico54

6North Carolina State114

11Southern Mississippi85

7Purdue63

10Temple80

2Syracuse69

15Richmond73

Second Round

1North Carolina84

9Villanova69

12Eastern Michigan71

13Penn State68

3Oklahoma State73

6North Carolina State64

10Temple77

15Richmond64

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina93

12Eastern Michigan67

3Oklahoma State63

10Temple72

Regional Finals

1North Carolina75

10Temple72

Southeast region

First Round

1Arkansas117

16Georgia State76

8Arizona State79

9Rutgers76

4Alabama89

13Murray State79

5Wake Forest71

12Louisiana Tech65

2Indiana79

15Coastal Carolina69

7Florida State75

10USC72

3Kansas55

14New Orleans49

6Pittsburgh76

11Georgia68

Second Round

1Arkansas97

8Arizona State90

4Alabama96

5Wake Forest88

2Indiana82

7Florida State60

3Kansas77

6Pittsburgh66

Regional Semifinals

1Arkansas93

4Alabama70

2Indiana65

3Kansas83

Regional Finals

1Arkansas81

3Kansas93

West region

First Round

1UNLV99

16Montana65

8Georgetown70

9Vanderbilt60

4Utah82

13South Alabama72

5Michigan State60

12Wisconsin-Green Bay58

2Arizona93

15St. Francis (PA)80

7Virginia48

10BYU61

3Seton Hall71

14Pepperdine51

6New Mexico State56

11Creighton64

Second Round

1UNLV62

8Georgetown54

4Utah85

5Michigan State84

2Arizona76

10BYU61

3Seton Hall81

11Creighton69

Regional Semifinals

1UNLV83

4Utah66

2Arizona77

3Seton Hall81

Regional Finals

1UNLV77

3Seton Hall65

Midwest region

First Round

2Duke102

15Northeast Louisiana73

7Iowa76

10East Tennessee State73

6LSU62

11Connecticut79

3Nebraska84

14Xavier89

1Ohio State97

16Towson86

8Georgia Tech87

9DePaul70

4St. John's75

13Northern Illinois68

5Texas73

12St. Peter's65

Second Round

2Duke85

7Iowa70

11Connecticut66

14Xavier50

1Ohio State65

8Georgia Tech61

4St. John's84

5Texas76

Regional Semifinals

2Duke81

11Connecticut67

1Ohio State74

4St. John's91

Regional Finals

2Duke78

4St. John's61

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1North Carolina73

3Kansas79

East vs Southeast · Mar 30

1UNLV77

2Duke79

West vs Midwest · Mar 30

Championship game: Duke

2Duke72

3Kansas65

Midwest vs Southeast · Apr 1

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 1990-91.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
American South	Louisiana Tech 61-56, Mar 3	New Orleans	61-56, Mar 3
Atlantic 10	Penn State 81-75, Mar 7	George Washington	81-75, Mar 7
Atlantic Coast	North Carolina 96-74, Mar 10	Duke	96-74, Mar 10
Big East	Seton Hall 74-62, Mar 10	Georgetown	74-62, Mar 10
Big Eight	Missouri 90-82, Mar 10	Nebraska	90-82, Mar 10
Big Sky	Montana 76-68, Mar 9	Idaho	76-68, Mar 9
Big South	Coastal Carolina 89-54, Mar 2	Augusta State	89-54, Mar 2
Big West	UNLV 98-74, Mar 10	Fresno State	98-74, Mar 10
Colonial	Richmond 81-78, Mar 4	George Mason	81-78, Mar 4
East Coast	Towson 69-63, Mar 4	Rider	69-63, Mar 4
Metro	Florida State 76-69, Mar 9	Louisville	76-69, Mar 9
Metro Atlantic	St. Peter's 64-58, Mar 3	Iona	64-58, Mar 3
Mid-American	Eastern Michigan 67-66, Mar 10	Toledo	67-66, Mar 10
Mid-Continent	Wisconsin-Green Bay	Northern Illinois
Mid-Eastern	Florida A&M 84-80, Mar 2	Delaware State	84-80, Mar 2
Midwestern	Xavier 81-65, Mar 9	Saint Louis	81-65, Mar 9
Missouri Valley	Creighton 68-52, Mar 4	SW Missouri State	68-52, Mar 4
North Atlantic	Northeastern 57-46, Mar 7	Maine	57-46, Mar 7
Northeast	St. Francis (PA) 97-82, Feb 28	Fairleigh Dickinson	97-82, Feb 28
Ohio Valley	Murray State 79-67, Mar 4	Middle Tennessee State	79-67, Mar 4
Patriot	Fordham 84-81, Mar 2	Holy Cross	84-81, Mar 2
Southeastern	Alabama 88-69, Mar 10	Tennessee	88-69, Mar 10
Southern	East Tennessee State 101-82, Mar 3	Appalachian State	101-82, Mar 3
Southland	Northeast Louisiana 87-60, Mar 1	Texas-Arlington	87-60, Mar 1
Southwest	Arkansas 120-89, Mar 10	Texas	120-89, Mar 10
Southwestern Athletic	Jackson State 70-66, Mar 2	Texas Southern	70-66, Mar 2
Sun Belt	South Alabama 86-81, Mar 4	Old Dominion	86-81, Mar 4
Trans America	Georgia State 80-60, Mar 7	Arkansas-Little Rock	80-60, Mar 7
West Coast	Pepperdine 71-68, Mar 4	St. Mary's	71-68, Mar 4
Western Athletic	BYU 51-49, Mar 9	Utah	51-49, Mar 9

The 1990-91 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov20	27	Dec4	11	18	25	Jan1	8	15	22	29	Feb5	12	19	26	Mar5	12
UNLV	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Arkansas	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	5	2
Indiana	8	10	7	7	6	5	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	3
North Carolina	5	4	10	9	8	7	7	5	5	7	9	9	8	6	4	7	4
Ohio State	10	11	9	8	7	6	6	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	5
Duke	6	8	5	10	9	8	8	14	12	9	7	6	5	7	8	6	6
Syracuse	13	7	4	3	3	3	3	8	8	6	8	7	7	5	6	4	7
Arizona	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	6	5	6	9	7	9	8
Kentucky			25	18	18	18	16	11	9	8	10	10	16	12	13	10	9
Utah									23	20	13	17	14	10	9	8	10
Nebraska					22	22	19	18	17	14	11	15	17	14	15	13	11
Kansas											24	18	11	8	10	12	12
Seton Hall									25		25			24	20	21	13
Oklahoma State												22	21	16	12	14	14
New Mexico State						24	23	23	21	23	20	16	12	15	11	11	15
UCLA	11	12	8	6	5	10	10	7	7	11	12	14	15	17	16	17	16
East Tennessee State				24	21	20	17	16	15	12	16	13	10	13	19	15	17
Princeton					25								25	23	21	19	18
Alabama	7	6	12	20											24	24	19
St. John's	25	21	17	14	13	9	9	10	10	10	5	8	13	18	17	20	20
Mississippi State													23	21	23	18	21
LSU	14	20	18	12	10	15	14	20	20	16	14	19	20	19	18	16	22
Texas	22	22	23	25	23								24			23	23
DePaul																25	24
Southern Mississippi	24	19	15	22	20	21	21	19	18	15	17	12	9	11	14	22	25
Pittsburgh	12	13	11	15	14	11	11	17	16	17	19	24	22	22	22
Virginia	18	16	21	19	19	19	18	13	14	18	15	11	19	20	25
Georgetown	9	9	6	5	12	16	15	15	19	21	18	20	18	25
New Orleans										24	22	21
Oklahoma	15	18	16	13	11	14	13	12	11	13	21	23
Michigan State	4	5	19	21	24	25	25			22		25
Georgia Tech	16	14	20	23			24	24			23
Connecticut	17	15	14	16	15	13	12	9	13	19
South Carolina			21	17	16	12	20	21	22	25
Iowa						23	22	22	24
UTEP								25
Georgia	21	17	13	11	17	17
Temple	19		24
Missouri	20	23
Villanova		24
Louisville	23	25

Tap a rank to read it.

1991 final AP Top 25

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

1991 final AP Top 25AP

1UNLV34-1
2Arkansas34-4
3Indiana29-5
4North Carolina29-6
5Ohio State27-4
6Duke32-7
7Syracuse26-6
8Arizona28-7
9Kentucky22-6
10Utah30-4
11Nebraska26-8
12Kansas27-8
13Seton Hall25-9

1991 standings by conference

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

1991 standings by conference34 conferences

American South7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
New Orleans	23-8	9-3	★ 14 seed
Arkansas State	23-9	9-3	★
Louisiana Tech	21-10	8-4	🏆 12 seed
SW Louisiana	21-10	6-6
Lamar	15-13	4-8
Central Florida	10-17	3-9
Texas-Pan American	7-21	3-9

Atlantic 1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Rutgers	19-10	14-4	★ 9 seed
Temple	24-10	13-5	10 seed
Penn State	21-11	10-8	🏆 13 seed
George Washington	19-12	10-8
Massachusetts	20-13	10-8
West Virginia	17-14	10-8
Duquesne	13-15	10-8
St. Joseph's	13-17	7-11
Rhode Island	11-17	6-12
St. Bonaventure	5-23	0-18

Atlantic Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Duke	32-7	11-3	★ 2 seed AP 6
North Carolina	29-6	10-4	🏆 1 seed AP 4
North Carolina State	20-11	8-6	6 seed
Wake Forest	19-11	8-6	5 seed
Virginia	21-12	6-8	7 seed
Georgia Tech	17-13	6-8	8 seed
Maryland	16-12	5-9
Clemson	11-17	2-12

Big East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Syracuse	26-6	12-4	★ 2 seed AP 7
St. John's	23-9	10-6	4 seed AP 20
Seton Hall	25-9	9-7	🏆 3 seed AP 13
Connecticut	20-11	9-7	11 seed
Pittsburgh	21-12	9-7	6 seed
Georgetown	19-13	8-8	8 seed
Providence	19-13	7-9
Villanova	17-15	7-9	9 seed
Boston College	11-19	1-15

Big Eight8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	27-8	10-4	★ 3 seed AP 12
Oklahoma State	24-8	10-4	★ 3 seed AP 14
Nebraska	26-8	9-5	3 seed AP 11
Missouri	20-10	8-6	🏆
Iowa State	12-19	6-8
Colorado	19-14	5-9
Oklahoma	20-15	5-9
Kansas State	13-15	3-11

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Montana	23-8	13-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
Nevada	17-14	12-4
Idaho	19-11	11-5
Boise State	18-11	10-6
Weber State	12-16	7-9
Idaho State	11-18	7-9
Montana State	12-16	6-10
Eastern Washington	11-16	5-11
Northern Arizona	4-23	1-15

Big South8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coastal Carolina	24-8	13-1	★ 🏆 15 seed
Radford	22-7	12-2
Augusta State	14-16	9-5
Davidson	10-19	6-8
Winthrop	8-20	5-9
Charleston Southern	9-19	4-10
NC-Asheville	8-20	4-10
Campbell	9-19	3-11

Big Ten10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Ohio State	27-4	15-3	★ 1 seed AP 5
Indiana	29-5	15-3	★ 2 seed AP 3
Illinois	21-10	11-7
Michigan State	19-11	11-7	5 seed
Iowa	21-11	9-9	7 seed
Purdue	17-12	9-9	7 seed
Wisconsin	15-15	8-10
Michigan	14-15	7-11
Minnesota	12-16	5-13
Northwestern	5-23	0-18

Big West10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UNLV	34-1	18-0	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
New Mexico State	23-6	15-3	6 seed AP 15
Pacific	14-15	9-9
UC Santa Barbara	14-15	8-10
Utah State	11-17	8-10
CSU-Fullerton	14-14	7-11
Fresno State	14-16	7-11
Long Beach State	11-17	7-11
UC Irvine	11-19	6-12
San Jose State	7-20	5-13

Colonial8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
James Madison	19-10	12-2	★
Richmond	22-10	10-4	🏆 15 seed
American	15-14	8-6
George Mason	14-16	8-6
William & Mary	13-15	6-8
NC-Wilmington	11-17	6-8
East Carolina	12-16	4-10
Navy	8-21	2-12

East Coast7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Towson	19-11	10-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Delaware	16-13	8-4
Hofstra	14-14	7-5
Drexel	12-16	7-5
Rider	14-16	4-8
MD-Baltimore County	7-22	4-8
Central Connecticut State	4-24	2-10

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Princeton	24-3	14-0	★ 8 seed AP 18
Yale	15-11	9-5
Cornell	13-13	6-8
Brown	11-15	6-8
Harvard	9-17	6-8
Pennsylvania	9-17	6-8
Columbia	7-19	5-9
Dartmouth	9-17	4-10

Metro8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Southern Mississippi	21-8	10-4	★ 11 seed AP 25
Florida State	21-11	9-5	🏆 7 seed
Cincinnati	18-12	8-6
Tulane	15-13	7-7
Memphis State	17-15	7-7
Virginia Tech	13-16	6-8
South Carolina	20-13	5-9
Louisville	14-16	4-10

Metro Atlantic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Siena	25-10	12-4	★
La Salle	19-10	12-4
St. Peter's	24-7	11-5	🏆 12 seed
Iona	17-13	11-5
Manhattan	13-15	8-8
Niagara	8-20	6-10
Loyola (MD)	12-16	5-11
Fairfield	8-20	4-12
Canisius	10-19	3-13

Mid-American9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Eastern Michigan	26-7	13-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
Ball State	21-10	10-6
Miami (OH)	16-12	10-6
Ohio	16-12	9-7
Bowling Green	17-13	9-7
Central Michigan	14-14	8-8
Toledo	17-16	7-9
Kent	10-18	4-12
Western Michigan	5-22	2-14

Mid-Continent9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northern Illinois	25-6	14-2	★ 13 seed
Wisconsin-Green Bay	24-7	13-3	🏆 12 seed
Eastern Illinois	17-12	10-6
Cleveland State	12-16	8-8
Northern Iowa	13-19	8-8
Akron	15-13	6-10
Western Illinois	13-15	6-10
Illinois-Chicago	15-15	5-11
Valparaiso	5-22	2-14

Mid-Eastern9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Coppin State	19-11	14-2	★
Delaware State	19-11	10-6
North Carolina A&T	17-10	10-6
South Carolina State	13-15	10-6
Florida A&M	17-14	9-7	🏆
Howard	8-20	7-9
Morgan State	7-22	6-10
MD-Eastern Shore	5-23	3-13
Bethune-Cookman	5-24	3-13

Midwestern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Xavier	22-10	11-3	★ 🏆 14 seed
Butler	18-11	10-4
Saint Louis	19-14	8-6
Dayton	14-15	8-6
Evansville	14-14	7-7
Marquette	11-18	7-7
Loyola-Chicago	10-19	3-11
Detroit	9-19	2-12

Missouri Valley9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Creighton	24-8	12-4	★ 🏆 11 seed
SW Missouri State	22-12	11-5
Tulsa	18-12	10-6
Southern Illinois	18-14	9-7
Indiana State	14-14	9-7
Wichita State	14-17	7-9
Bradley	8-20	6-10
Drake	8-21	4-12
Illinois State	5-23	4-12

North Atlantic6 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northeastern	22-11	8-2	★ 🏆 16 seed
Maine	13-16	7-3
Vermont	15-13	5-5
Hartford	13-16	5-5
Boston University	11-18	5-5
New Hampshire	3-25	0-10

Northeast9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
St. Francis (PA)	24-8	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Fairleigh Dickinson	22-9	13-3	★
Robert Morris	17-11	12-4
Monmouth	19-10	10-6
St. Francis (NY)	15-14	8-8
Mount St. Mary's	8-19	6-10
LIU-Brooklyn	10-18	4-12
Marist	6-22	4-12
Wagner	4-26	2-14

Ohio Valley7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Murray State	24-9	10-2	★ 🏆 13 seed
Eastern Kentucky	19-10	9-3
Middle Tennessee State	21-9	6-6
Austin Peay	15-14	6-6
Tennessee Tech	12-16	6-6
Morehead State	16-13	4-8
Tennessee State	5-23	1-11

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arizona	28-7	14-4	★ 2 seed AP 8
UCLA	23-9	11-7	4 seed AP 16
Arizona State	20-10	10-8	8 seed
USC	19-10	10-8	10 seed
Stanford	20-13	8-10
Washington State	16-12	8-10
Oregon State	14-14	8-10
California	13-15	8-10
Oregon	13-15	8-10
Washington	14-14	5-13

Patriot7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Fordham	25-8	11-1	★ 🏆
Lehigh	19-10	10-2
Holy Cross	18-12	8-4
Bucknell	18-13	7-5
Army	6-22	3-9
Colgate	5-23	2-10
Lafayette	7-21	1-11

Southeastern10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kentucky	22-6	14-4	AP 9
Mississippi State	20-9	13-5	★ 5 seed AP 21
LSU	20-10	13-5	★ 6 seed AP 22
Alabama	23-10	12-6	🏆 4 seed AP 19
Vanderbilt	17-13	11-7	9 seed
Georgia	17-13	9-9	11 seed
Florida	11-17	7-11
Auburn	13-16	5-13
Tennessee	12-22	3-15
Mississippi	9-19	3-15

Southern8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
East Tennessee State	28-5	11-3	★ 🏆 10 seed AP 17
Furman	20-9	11-3	★
UT-Chattanooga	19-10	11-3	★
Appalachian State	16-14	7-7
Marshall	14-14	7-7
VMI	10-18	5-9
Western Carolina	11-17	3-11
Citadel	6-22	1-13

Southland8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Northeast Louisiana	25-8	13-1	★ 🏆 15 seed
Texas-Arlington	20-9	11-3
North Texas	17-13	11-3
Stephen F. Austin	11-17	6-8
Sam Houston State	7-20	5-9
SW Texas State	10-17	4-10
McNeese State	8-19	4-10
Northwestern State	6-22	2-12

Southwest9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas	34-4	15-1	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 2
Texas	23-9	13-3	5 seed AP 23
Houston	18-11	10-6
TCU	18-10	9-7
Rice	16-14	9-7
SMU	12-17	6-10
Baylor	12-15	4-12
Texas Tech	8-23	4-12
Texas A&M	8-21	2-14

Southwestern Athletic7 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Jackson State	17-13	10-2	★ 🏆
Southern	19-9	8-4
Alabama State	18-11	7-5
Texas Southern	13-17	7-5
Mississippi Valley State	9-19	4-8
Alcorn State	8-21	3-9
Grambling	6-22	3-9

Sun Belt8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
South Alabama	22-9	11-3	★ 🏆 13 seed
UAB	18-13	9-5
South Florida	19-11	8-6
Western Kentucky	14-14	8-6
Virginia Commonwealth	14-17	7-7
UNC Charlotte	14-14	6-8
Old Dominion	14-18	5-9
Jacksonville	6-22	2-12

Trans America8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
TX-San Antonio	21-8	12-2	★
Centenary	17-12	10-4
Georgia Southern	14-13	9-5
Stetson	15-16	9-5
Georgia State	16-15	7-7	🏆 16 seed
Arkansas-Little Rock	10-20	6-8
Samford	6-22	2-12
Mercer	2-25	1-13

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Pepperdine	22-9	13-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
Loyola Marymount	16-15	9-5
San Diego	17-12	8-6
Santa Clara	16-13	7-7
St. Mary's	13-17	7-7
Gonzaga	14-14	5-9
San Francisco	12-17	4-10
Portland	5-23	3-11

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah	30-4	15-1	★ 4 seed AP 10
BYU	21-13	11-5	🏆 10 seed
New Mexico	20-10	10-6	14 seed
Wyoming	20-12	8-8
Hawaii	16-13	7-9
UTEP	16-13	7-9
Colorado State	15-14	6-10
San Diego State	13-16	6-10
Air Force	9-20	2-14

Independent18 teams

School	W-L	Note
DePaul	20-9	9 seed AP 24
Wright State	19-9
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	18-10
Southern Utah	16-12
UMKC	15-14
Youngstown State	12-16
Brooklyn	11-16
Notre Dame	12-20
Miami (FL)	9-19
SE Louisiana	9-19
CSU-Northridge	8-20
Florida International	6-22
Liberty	5-23
Prairie View	4-21
Chicago State	4-24
Nicholls State	3-25
Northeastern Illinois	2-25
US International	2-26

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.

1991 Elo and upsets

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

1991 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

1UNLV2230
2Duke2174
3North Carolina2134
4Kansas2082
5Indiana2075
6Seton Hall2041
7Arkansas2028
8Arizona1996
9Ohio State1994
10Syracuse1993

Biggest upsets

Stetson 58, Purdue 56
Nov 24 · regular season · 2.7% win chance
Illinois-Chicago 71, Illinois 60
Nov 29 · regular season · 3.1% win chance
Rhode Island 63, Temple 62
Feb 19 · regular season · 3.7% win chance
South Carolina 76, North Carolina 74
Nov 30 · regular season · 4.4% win chance
Valparaiso 58, Wisconsin-Green Bay 55
Jan 14 · regular season · 4.7% win chance
Cincinnati 72, Minnesota 64
Dec 20 · regular season · 4.7% win chance
New Hampshire 42, Yale 39
Jan 22 · regular season · 5.1% win chance
Santa Clara 100, Loyola Marymount 93
Nov 23 · regular season · 5.4% win chance
Western Illinois 96, Northwestern 91
Dec 8 · regular season · 5.6% win chance
Georgia State 90, Georgia Southern 86
Feb 14 · regular season · 6.6% 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.