🏀 The 2008-09 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 · 32 conferences · 65-team tournament

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2008-09 national champion

The NCAA tournament winner.

National champion

North Carolina

34-41 seedFinal AP #2

Title gameNorth Carolina 89, Michigan State 72 (Apr 6)

Final FourNorth CarolinaMichigan StateConnecticutVillanova

The 2009 NCAA tournament

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

65-team field · 4 regions

First Four

16Morehead State58

Alabama State43

Midwest · Mar 17

First Round

1Connecticut103

16UT-Chattanooga47

8BYU66

9Texas A&M79

4Washington71

13Mississippi State58

5Purdue61

12Northern Iowa56

2Memphis81

15CSU-Northridge70

7California71

10Maryland84

3Missouri78

14Cornell59

6Marquette58

11Utah State57

Second Round

1Connecticut92

9Texas A&M66

4Washington74

5Purdue76

2Memphis89

10Maryland70

3Missouri83

6Marquette79

Regional Semifinals

1Connecticut72

5Purdue60

2Memphis91

3Missouri102

Regional Finals

1Connecticut82

3Missouri75

West region

First Round

1Connecticut103

16UT-Chattanooga47

8BYU66

9Texas A&M79

4Washington71

13Mississippi State58

5Purdue61

12Northern Iowa56

2Memphis81

15CSU-Northridge70

7California71

10Maryland84

3Missouri78

14Cornell59

6Marquette58

11Utah State57

Second Round

1Connecticut92

9Texas A&M66

4Washington74

5Purdue76

2Memphis89

10Maryland70

3Missouri83

6Marquette79

Regional Semifinals

1Connecticut72

5Purdue60

2Memphis91

3Missouri102

Regional Finals

1Connecticut82

3Missouri75

Midwest region

First Round

1Louisville74

16Morehead State54

8Ohio State72

9Siena74

5Utah71

12Arizona84

4Wake Forest69

13Cleveland State84

2Michigan State77

15Robert Morris62

7Boston College55

10USC72

3Kansas84

14North Dakota State74

6West Virginia60

11Dayton68

Second Round

1Louisville79

9Siena72

12Arizona71

13Cleveland State57

2Michigan State74

10USC69

3Kansas60

11Dayton43

Regional Semifinals

1Louisville103

12Arizona64

2Michigan State67

3Kansas62

Regional Finals

1Louisville52

2Michigan State64

South region

First Round

1North Carolina101

16Radford68

8LSU75

9Butler71

4Gonzaga77

13Akron64

5Illinois72

12Western Kentucky76

2Oklahoma82

15Morgan State54

7Clemson59

10Michigan62

3Syracuse59

14Stephen F. Austin44

6Arizona State66

11Temple57

Second Round

1North Carolina84

8LSU70

4Gonzaga83

12Western Kentucky81

2Oklahoma73

10Michigan63

3Syracuse78

6Arizona State67

Regional Semifinals

1North Carolina98

4Gonzaga77

2Oklahoma84

3Syracuse71

Regional Finals

1North Carolina72

2Oklahoma60

East region

First Round

1Pittsburgh72

16East Tennessee State62

8Oklahoma State77

9Tennessee75

4Xavier77

13Portland State59

5Florida State59

12Wisconsin61

2Duke86

15Binghamton62

7Texas76

10Minnesota62

3Villanova80

14American67

6UCLA65

11Virginia Commonwealth64

Second Round

1Pittsburgh84

8Oklahoma State76

4Xavier60

12Wisconsin49

2Duke74

7Texas69

3Villanova89

6UCLA69

Regional Semifinals

1Pittsburgh60

4Xavier55

2Duke54

3Villanova77

Regional Finals

1Pittsburgh76

3Villanova78

Final Four and the title game

Final Four

1Connecticut73

2Michigan State82

West vs Midwest · Apr 4

1North Carolina83

3Villanova69

South vs East · Apr 4

Championship game: North Carolina

1North Carolina89

2Michigan State72

South vs Midwest · Apr 6

Conference tournaments

The champion and the other finalist of each of the 30 conference tournaments held in 2008-09.

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	Final
America East	Binghamton 61-51, Mar 14	MD-Baltimore County	61-51, Mar 14
Atlantic 10	Temple 69-64, Mar 14	Duquesne	69-64, Mar 14
Atlantic Coast	Duke 79-69, Mar 15	Florida State	79-69, Mar 15
Atlantic Sun	East Tennessee State 85-68, Mar 7	Jacksonville	85-68, Mar 7
Big 12	Missouri 73-60, Mar 14	Baylor	73-60, Mar 14
Big East	Louisville 76-66, Mar 14	Syracuse	76-66, Mar 14
Big Sky	Portland State 79-77, Mar 11	Montana State	79-77, Mar 11
Big South	Radford 108-94, Mar 7	VMI	108-94, Mar 7
Big Ten	Purdue 65-61, Mar 15	Ohio State	65-61, Mar 15
Big West	CSU-Northridge 71-66, Mar 14	Pacific	71-66, Mar 14
Colonial	Virginia Commonwealth 71-50, Mar 9	George Mason	71-50, Mar 9
Conference USA	Memphis 64-39, Mar 14	Tulsa	64-39, Mar 14
Horizon	Cleveland State 57-54, Mar 10	Butler	57-54, Mar 10
Metro Atlantic	Siena 77-70, Mar 9	Niagara	77-70, Mar 9
Mid-American	Akron 65-53, Mar 14	Buffalo	65-53, Mar 14
Mid-Eastern	Morgan State 83-69, Mar 14	Norfolk State	83-69, Mar 14
Missouri Valley	Northern Iowa 60-57, Mar 8	Illinois State	60-57, Mar 8
Mountain West	Utah 52-50, Mar 14	San Diego State	52-50, Mar 14
Northeast	Robert Morris 48-46, Mar 11	Mount St. Mary's	48-46, Mar 11
Ohio Valley	Morehead State 67-65, Mar 7	Austin Peay	67-65, Mar 7
Pacific-10	USC 66-63, Mar 14	Arizona State	66-63, Mar 14
Patriot	American 73-57, Mar 13	Holy Cross	73-57, Mar 13
Southeastern	Mississippi State 64-61, Mar 15	Tennessee	64-61, Mar 15
Southern	UT-Chattanooga 80-69, Mar 9	College of Charleston	80-69, Mar 9
Southland	Stephen F. Austin 68-57, Mar 15	TX-San Antonio	68-57, Mar 15
Southwestern Athletic	Alabama State 65-58, Mar 14	Jackson State	65-58, Mar 14
Summit	North Dakota State 66-64, Mar 10	Oakland	66-64, Mar 10
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky 64-56, Mar 10	South Alabama	64-56, Mar 10
West Coast	Gonzaga 83-58, Mar 9	St. Mary's	83-58, Mar 9
Western Athletic	Utah State 72-62, Mar 14	Nevada	72-62, Mar 14

The 2008-09 AP poll, week by week

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

Team	Nov10	17	24	Dec1	8	15	22	29	Jan5	12	19	26	Feb2	9	16	23	Mar2	9	16
Louisville	3	3	3	11	9	9	19	18	23	20	9	7	5	5	7	6	6	5	1
North Carolina	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	5	5	3	3	3	4	2	1	2
Memphis	13	13	18	18	17	23					22	18	14	8	5	5	5	4	3
Pittsburgh	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	4	3	6	4	4	1	3	2	4
Connecticut	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	5
Duke	8	10	7	4	7	6	5	5	2	3	2	1	4	6	9	7	7	9	6
Oklahoma	12	12	11	6	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	2	2	2	3	4	6	7
Michigan State	6	5	5	13	18	19	11	10	8	7	7	9	13	9	6	9	8	7	8
Missouri							25							17	11	11	15	14	9
Gonzaga	10	9	9	5	4	8	7	16			23	20	18	19	17	17	14	12	10
Villanova	23	23	20	17	15	18	18	15	18	23	20	21	17	13	12	10	11	10	11
Wake Forest	21	20	19	15	11	10	6	6	4	2	1	6	7	7	8	13	10	8	12
Syracuse				16	13	11	17	13	11	8	8	15	20	23	24		25	18	13
Kansas	24	24	22		25								21	16	15	15	9	11	14
Washington												23	22		22	21	16	13	15
Florida State														25		23	24	22	16
Purdue	11	11	10	9	14	13	10	9	14	19	18	16	12	20	19	16	19	24	17
UCLA	4	4	13	12	16	14	13	12	10	9	13	17	15	11	20	22	20	15	18
Arizona State	15	15	14	19	20	20	20	17	20	16	17	14	24	18	14	14	21	23	19
Xavier			16	14	10	7	14	22	16	15	15	10	9	14	16	19	17	19	20
LSU															23	18	12	20	21
Butler								25	21	17	16	13	11	15	21	24	22	16	22
Marquette	16	15	15	25	24	24			18	14	11	8	8	10	10	8	13	21	23
Clemson						25	22	20	12	10	10	12	10	12	13	12	18	17	24
Utah																			25
BYU																		25
Illinois											25	19	23	22	18	20	23
Texas	7	7	6	8	6	5	9	8	7	11	14	11	16			25
Dayton															25
Utah State													25	21
Ohio State					21	17	15	24						24
Minnesota							23	21	22	18	21		19
St. Mary's												22
Kentucky												24
Georgetown	22	22	21	20	19	15	12	11	9	13	12	25
Notre Dame	9	8	8	7	12	12	8	7	13	12	19
Florida	19	18	17	23							24
Baylor				24	22	21	21	19	23	21
California										22
Tennessee	14	14	12	10	8	16	16	14	15	24
Michigan							24	23		25
Boston College									17
West Virginia									25
Davidson	20	21	24	22	23	22
Miami (FL)	17	17	22	21
Wisconsin	25	25	25
USC	18	19

Tap a rank to read it.

2009 final AP Top 25

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

2009 final AP Top 25AP

1Louisville31-6
2North Carolina34-4
3Memphis33-4
4Pittsburgh31-5
5Connecticut31-5
6Duke30-7
7Oklahoma30-6
8Michigan State31-7
9Missouri31-7
10Gonzaga28-6
11Villanova30-8
12Wake Forest24-7
13Syracuse28-10

14Kansas27-8
15Washington26-9
16Florida State25-10
17Purdue27-10
18UCLA26-9
19Arizona State25-10
20Xavier27-8
21LSU27-8
22Butler26-6
23Marquette25-10
24Clemson23-9
25Utah24-10

2009 standings by conference

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

2009 standings by conference32 conferences

America East9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Vermont	24-9	13-3	★
Binghamton	23-9	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Boston University	17-13	11-5
Stony Brook	16-14	8-8
New Hampshire	14-16	8-8
MD-Baltimore County	15-17	7-9
Albany	15-16	6-10
Maine	9-21	4-12
Hartford	7-26	2-14

Atlantic 1014 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Xavier	27-8	12-4	★ 4 seed AP 20
Dayton	27-8	11-5	11 seed
Rhode Island	23-11	11-5
Temple	22-12	11-5	🏆 11 seed
Duquesne	21-13	9-7
La Salle	18-13	9-7
Richmond	20-16	9-7
St. Joseph's	17-15	9-7
Saint Louis	18-14	8-8
Massachusetts	12-18	7-9
St. Bonaventure	15-15	6-10
Charlotte	11-20	5-11
George Washington	10-18	4-12
Fordham	3-25	1-15

Atlantic Coast12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Carolina	34-4	13-3	★ 1 seed AP 2
Duke	30-7	11-5	🏆 2 seed AP 6
Wake Forest	24-7	11-5	4 seed AP 12
Florida State	25-10	10-6	5 seed AP 16
Clemson	23-9	9-7	7 seed AP 24
Boston College	22-12	9-7	7 seed
Maryland	21-14	7-9	10 seed
Miami (FL)	19-13	7-9
Virginia Tech	19-15	7-9
North Carolina State	16-14	6-10
Virginia	10-18	4-12
Georgia Tech	12-19	2-14

Atlantic Sun11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Jacksonville	18-14	15-5	★
East Tennessee State	23-11	14-6	🏆 16 seed
Belmont	20-13	14-6
Lipscomb	17-14	12-8
Mercer	17-15	11-9
Campbell	14-16	11-9
Stetson	13-17	9-11
SC-Upstate	9-21	8-12
Florida Gulf Coast	11-20	7-13
North Florida	8-22	6-14
Kennesaw State	7-22	3-17

Big 1212 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Kansas	27-8	14-2	★ 3 seed AP 14
Oklahoma	30-6	13-3	2 seed AP 7
Missouri	31-7	12-4	🏆 3 seed AP 9
Texas A&M	24-10	9-7	9 seed
Oklahoma State	23-12	9-7	8 seed
Texas	23-12	9-7	7 seed
Kansas State	22-12	9-7
Nebraska	18-13	8-8
Baylor	24-15	5-11
Iowa State	15-17	4-12
Texas Tech	14-19	3-13
Colorado	9-22	1-15

Big East16 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Louisville	31-6	16-2	★ 🏆 1 seed AP 1
Connecticut	31-5	15-3	1 seed AP 5
Pittsburgh	31-5	15-3	1 seed AP 4
Villanova	30-8	13-5	3 seed AP 11
Marquette	25-10	12-6	6 seed AP 23
Syracuse	28-10	11-7	3 seed AP 13
West Virginia	23-12	10-8	6 seed
Providence	19-14	10-8
Notre Dame	21-15	8-10
Cincinnati	18-14	8-10
Seton Hall	17-15	7-11
Georgetown	16-15	7-11
St. John's	16-18	6-12
South Florida	9-22	4-14
Rutgers	11-21	2-16
DePaul	9-24	0-18

Big Sky9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Weber State	21-10	15-1	★
Portland State	23-10	11-5	🏆 13 seed
Montana	17-12	11-5
Idaho State	13-19	9-7
Northern Colorado	14-18	8-8
Montana State	14-17	6-10
Eastern Washington	12-18	6-10
Northern Arizona	8-19	5-11
Sacramento State	2-27	1-15

Big South10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Radford	21-12	15-3	★ 🏆 16 seed
VMI	24-8	13-5
Liberty	23-12	12-6
NC-Asheville	15-16	10-8
Gardner-Webb	13-17	9-9
Presbyterian	12-17	9-9
Winthrop	11-19	9-9
Coastal Carolina	11-20	5-13
Charleston Southern	9-20	4-14
High Point	9-21	4-14

Big Ten11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Michigan State	31-7	15-3	★ 2 seed AP 8
Purdue	27-10	11-7	🏆 5 seed AP 17
Illinois	24-10	11-7	5 seed
Penn State	27-11	10-8
Ohio State	22-11	10-8	8 seed
Wisconsin	20-13	10-8	12 seed
Minnesota	22-11	9-9	10 seed
Michigan	21-14	9-9	10 seed
Northwestern	17-14	8-10
Iowa	15-17	5-13
Indiana	6-25	1-17

Big West9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
CSU-Northridge	17-14	11-5	★ 🏆 15 seed
Pacific	21-13	10-6
Long Beach State	15-15	10-6
UC Riverside	17-13	8-8
UC Santa Barbara	16-15	8-8
UC Irvine	12-19	8-8
CSU-Fullerton	15-17	7-9
UC Davis	13-19	7-9
Cal Poly-SLO	7-21	3-13

Colonial12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Virginia Commonwealth	24-10	14-4	★ 🏆 11 seed
George Mason	22-11	13-5
Old Dominion	25-10	12-6
Northeastern	19-13	12-6
Hofstra	21-11	11-7
Drexel	15-14	10-8
James Madison	21-15	9-9
Georgia State	12-20	8-10
Delaware	13-19	6-12
Towson	12-22	5-13
William & Mary	10-20	5-13
NC-Wilmington	7-25	3-15

Conference USA12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Memphis	33-4	16-0	★ 🏆 2 seed AP 3
Tulsa	25-11	12-4
UAB	22-12	11-5
Houston	21-12	10-6
UTEP	23-14	10-6
Central Florida	17-14	7-9
Marshall	15-17	7-9
Tulane	14-17	7-9
East Carolina	13-17	5-11
Southern Mississippi	15-17	4-12
Rice	10-22	4-12
SMU	9-21	3-13

Horizon10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Butler	26-6	15-3	★ 9 seed AP 22
Wisconsin-Green Bay	22-11	13-5
Cleveland State	26-11	12-6	🏆 13 seed
Wright State	20-13	12-6
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	17-14	11-7
Illinois-Chicago	16-15	7-11
Youngstown State	11-19	7-11
Loyola-Chicago	14-18	6-12
Valparaiso	9-22	5-13
Detroit	7-23	2-16

Ivy8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Cornell	21-10	11-3	★ 14 seed
Princeton	13-14	8-6
Yale	13-15	8-6
Columbia	12-16	7-7
Dartmouth	9-19	7-7
Harvard	14-14	6-8
Pennsylvania	10-18	6-8
Brown	9-19	3-11

Metro Atlantic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Siena	27-8	16-2	★ 🏆 9 seed
Niagara	26-9	14-4
Rider	19-13	12-6
Manhattan	16-14	9-9
Fairfield	17-15	9-9
St. Peter's	11-19	8-10
Iona	12-19	7-11
Loyola (MD)	12-20	7-11
Canisius	11-20	4-14
Marist	10-23	4-14

Mid-American12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Buffalo	21-12	11-5	★
Bowling Green	19-14	11-5	★
Akron	23-13	10-6	🏆 13 seed
Miami (OH)	17-13	10-6
Kent State	19-15	10-6
Ohio	15-17	7-9
Ball State	14-17	7-9	★
Central Michigan	12-19	7-9	★
Western Michigan	10-21	7-9	★
Eastern Michigan	8-24	6-10
Northern Illinois	10-20	5-11
Toledo	7-25	5-11

Mid-Eastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Morgan State	23-12	13-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
South Carolina State	17-14	10-6
Bethune-Cookman	17-16	9-7
North Carolina A&T	16-16	9-7
Norfolk State	13-18	9-7
Coppin State	13-19	9-7
Hampton	16-16	8-8
Florida A&M	10-21	6-10
Howard	8-23	6-10
Delaware State	8-24	6-10
MD-Eastern Shore	7-23	3-13
Winston-Salem State	8-22

Missouri Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Creighton	27-8	14-4	★
Northern Iowa	23-11	14-4	★ 🏆 12 seed
Illinois State	24-10	11-7
Bradley	21-15	10-8
Evansville	17-14	8-10
Wichita State	17-17	8-10
Southern Illinois	13-18	8-10
Drake	17-16	7-11
Indiana State	11-21	7-11
Missouri State	11-20	3-15

Mountain West9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
BYU	25-8	12-4	★ 8 seed
Utah	24-10	12-4	★ 🏆 5 seed AP 25
New Mexico	22-12	12-4	★
San Diego State	26-10	11-5
UNLV	21-11	9-7
Wyoming	19-14	7-9
TCU	14-17	5-11
Colorado State	9-22	4-12
Air Force	10-21	0-16

Northeast11 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Robert Morris	24-11	15-3	★ 🏆 15 seed
Mount St. Mary's	19-14	12-6
Sacred Heart	17-14	12-6
LIU-Brooklyn	16-14	12-6
Quinnipiac	15-16	10-8
Wagner	16-14	8-10
Central Connecticut State	13-17	8-10
St. Francis (NY)	10-20	7-11
Monmouth	8-23	6-12
Fairleigh Dickinson	7-23	6-12
St. Francis (PA)	6-23	3-15

Ohio Valley10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
UT-Martin	22-10	14-4	★
Murray State	19-12	13-5
Austin Peay	19-14	13-5
Morehead State	20-16	12-6	🏆 16 seed
Eastern Kentucky	18-13	10-8
Tennessee State	12-18	9-9
Eastern Illinois	12-18	8-10
Tennessee Tech	12-18	6-12
Jacksonville State	11-17	5-13
SE Missouri State	3-27	0-18

Pacific-1010 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Washington	26-9	14-4	★ 4 seed AP 15
UCLA	26-9	13-5	6 seed AP 18
Arizona State	25-10	11-7	6 seed AP 19
California	22-11	11-7	7 seed
USC	22-13	9-9	🏆 10 seed
Arizona	21-14	9-9	12 seed
Washington State	17-16	8-10
Oregon State	18-18	7-11
Stanford	20-14	6-12
Oregon	8-23	2-16

Patriot8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
American	24-8	13-1	★ 🏆 14 seed
Holy Cross	18-14	11-3
Navy	19-11	8-6
Army	11-19	6-8
Lehigh	15-14	5-9
Colgate	10-20	5-9
Lafayette	8-22	4-10
Bucknell	7-23	4-10

Southeastern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
LSU	27-8	13-3	★ 8 seed AP 21
South Carolina	21-10	10-6	★
Auburn	24-12	10-6
Tennessee	21-13	10-6	★ 9 seed
Florida	25-11	9-7
Mississippi State	23-13	9-7	🏆 13 seed
Vanderbilt	19-12	8-8
Kentucky	22-14	8-8
Alabama	18-14	7-9
Mississippi	16-15	7-9
Georgia	12-20	3-13
Arkansas	14-16	2-14

Southern12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Davidson	27-8	18-2	★
College of Charleston	27-9	15-5
Citadel	20-13	15-5
Wofford	16-14	12-8
Western Carolina	16-15	11-9	★
UT-Chattanooga	18-17	11-9	★ 🏆 16 seed
Samford	16-16	9-11
Appalachian State	13-18	9-11
Elon	11-20	7-13
Georgia Southern	8-22	5-15
Furman	6-24	4-16
NC-Greensboro	5-25	4-16

Southland12 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Stephen F. Austin	24-8	13-3	★ 🏆 14 seed
Nicholls State	20-11	12-4
Sam Houston State	18-12	12-4	★
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	18-15	11-5
Texas-Arlington	16-14	9-7
TX-San Antonio	19-13	8-8
Texas State	14-16	7-9
SE Louisiana	13-17	7-9
Lamar	15-15	6-10
McNeese State	11-18	5-11
Northwestern State	11-20	3-13
Central Arkansas	10-19	3-13

Southwestern Athletic10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Alabama State	22-10	16-2	★ 🏆 NCAA
Jackson State	18-15	15-3
Prairie View	17-16	12-6
Arkansas-Pine Bluff	13-18	11-7
Southern	8-23	8-10
Mississippi Valley State	7-25	7-11
Texas Southern	7-25	7-11
Alabama A&M	8-19	6-12
Grambling	6-23	4-14
Alcorn State	6-25	4-14

Summit10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
North Dakota State	26-7	16-2	★ 🏆 14 seed
Oral Roberts	16-15	14-4
Oakland	23-13	13-5
IUPUI	16-14	9-9
IPFW	13-17	8-10
Southern Utah	11-20	8-10
South Dakota State	13-20	7-11
Western Illinois	9-20	6-12
Centenary	8-23	6-12
UMKC	7-24	3-15

Sun Belt13 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Arkansas-Little Rock	23-8	15-3	★
Western Kentucky	25-9	15-3	★ 🏆 12 seed
Troy	19-13	14-4
North Texas	20-12	11-7
South Alabama	20-13	10-8
Middle Tennessee State	18-14	10-8
Denver	15-16	9-9
Florida International	13-20	7-11
LA-Lafayette	10-20	7-11
New Orleans	11-19	6-12
LA-Monroe	10-20	6-12
Arkansas State	13-17	5-13
Florida Atlantic	6-26	2-16

West Coast8 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Gonzaga	28-6	14-0	★ 🏆 4 seed AP 10
St. Mary's	28-7	10-4
Portland	19-13	9-5
Santa Clara	16-17	7-7
San Diego	16-16	6-8
Pepperdine	9-23	5-9
San Francisco	11-19	3-11
Loyola Marymount	3-28	2-12

Western Athletic9 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah State	30-5	14-2	★ 🏆 11 seed
Nevada	21-13	11-5
Boise State	19-13	9-7
New Mexico State	17-15	9-7
Idaho	17-16	9-7
Louisiana Tech	15-18	6-10
San Jose State	13-17	6-10
Hawaii	13-17	5-11
Fresno State	13-21	3-13

Independent10 teams

School	W-L	Conf	Note
Utah Valley	17-11
Chicago State	19-13
Longwood	17-14
Savannah State	15-14
Texas-Pan American	10-17
Bryant	8-21
CSU-Bakersfield	8-21
Houston Baptist	5-25
North Carolina Central	4-27
NJIT	1-30

2009 Elo and upsets

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

2009 Elo and upsetsElo

Elo, top 10

Biggest upsets

Loyola-Chicago 71, Butler 67
Feb 15 · regular season · 1.8% win chance
Mercer 72, Alabama 69
Nov 16 · regular season · 3.5% win chance
Alcorn State 79, Alabama State 74
Jan 26 · regular season · 3.7% win chance
Harvard 82, Boston College 70
Jan 7 · regular season · 4.1% win chance
Indiana State 75, Illinois State 73
Feb 8 · regular season · 4.3% win chance
Southern Utah 74, North Dakota State 69
Feb 14 · regular season · 4.3% win chance
Oregon State 69, California 65
Jan 22 · regular season · 4.5% win chance
Jacksonville State 75, Massachusetts 74
Nov 24 · regular season · 5.1% win chance
SC-Upstate 70, Jacksonville 59
Feb 1 · regular season · 5.2% win chance
VMI 111, Kentucky 103
Nov 14 · regular season · 6.0% 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.