Saturday, April 5, 2003
NCAA Tournament facts and figures
Top scoring performances
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| Name | Year | Pts. |
| Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 1970 | 61 |
| Bill Bradley, Princeton | 1965 | 58 |
| Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati | 1958 | 56 |
| Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 1970 | 52 |
| Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 1971 | 52 |
| David Robinson, Navy | 1987 | 50 |
| Elvin Hayes, Houston | 1968 | 49 |
| Hal Lear, Temple | 1956 | 48 |
| Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 1971 | 47 |
| Dave Corzine, DePaul | 1978 | 46 |
| Bob Houbregs, Washington | 1953 | 45 |
| Austin Carr, Notre Dame | 1970 | 45 |
| Bo Kimble, Loy. Marymount | 1990 | 45 |
Most Titles
11 - UCLA
7 - Kentucky
5 - Indiana
3 - Duke
3 - North Carolina
2 - Cincinnati
2 - Kansas
2 - Louisville
2 - No. Carolina St.
2 - Oklahoma St
2 - San Francisco
2 - Michigan St
Most Final Four Appearances
15 - North Carolina
14 - UCLA
13 - Duke
13 - Kentucky
12 - Kansas
9 - Ohio St
8 - Indiana
7 - Louisville
6 - Arkansas
6 - Cincinnati
Most Final Four Wins
24 - UCLA
17 - Kentucky
13 - Duke
11 - North Carolina
Final Four Records
Points - 58, Bill Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., third place, Portland, Ore., 1965
Three-Point Field Goals - 10 (19), Freddie Banks, UNLV vs. Indiana, semifinal, New Orleans, La., 1987
Rebounds - 27, Bill Russell, San Francisco vs. Iowa, championship, Evanston, Ill., 1956
Assists - 18, Mark Wade, UNLV vs. Indiana, semifinal, New Orleans, La., 1987
Blocked Shots - 6, Danny Manning, Kansas vs. Duke, semifinal, Kansas City, Mo., 1988; Marcus Camby, Massachusetts vs. Kentucky, semifinal, East Rutherford, N.J., 1996
Final Four Team Winning Percentages
The overall winning percentage of the participants, entering the Final Four, since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985:
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| Year | W | L | Pct. |
| 1985 | 119 | 18 | .869 |
| 1986 | 127 | 22 | .852 |
| 1987 | 120 | 19 | .863 |
| 1988 | 122 | 22 | .847 |
| 1989 | 117 | 24 | .830 |
| 1990 | 119 | 23 | .838 |
| 1991 | 119 | 19 | .862 |
| 1992 | 112 | 20 | .848 |
| 1993 | 121 | 17 | .877 |
| 1994 | 114 | 20 | .851 |
| 1995 | 115 | 22 | .839 |
| 1996 | 121 | 18 | .871 |
| 1997 | 116 | 22 | .841 |
| 1998 | 126 | 14 | .900 |
| 1999 | 126 | 15 | .894 |
| 2000 | 102 | 40 | .718 |
| 2001 | 113 | 25 | .819 |
| 2002 | 118 | 22 | .843 |
| 2003 | 110 | 23 | .827 |
One or None No. 1 seeds Final Fours
Final Fours in which only one or no No. 1 seeds participated (champion in CAPS):
1979 - No. 1 Indiana State, No. 2 MICHIGAN STATE and DePaul, No. 9 Pennsylvania
1980 - No. 2 LOUISVILLE, No. 5 Iowa, No. 6 Purdue, No. 8 UCLA
1989 - No. 1 Illinois, No. 2 Duke, No. 3 MICHIGAN and Seton Hall
1990 - No. 1 UNLV, No. 3 Duke, No. 4 Georgia Tech and Arkansas
1992 - No. 1 DUKE, No. 2 Indiana, No. 4 Cincinnati, No. 6 Michigan
1994 - No. 1 ARKANSAS, No. 2 Arizona, No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Florida
1995 - No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Arkansas and North Carolina, No. 4 Oklahoma State
1998 - No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 KENTUCKY, No. 3 Stanford and Utah
2000 - No. 1 MICHIGAN STATE, No. 5 Florida, No. 8 North Carolina and Wisconsin
2003 - No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Kansas, No. 3 Marquette and Syracuse
NCAA conference records
(Selections in parentheses)
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| Conference | W | L | Pct. |
| Big East (4) | 10 | 3 | .769 |
| Big 12 (6) | 13 | 4 | .765 |
| Conference USA (4) | 5 | 3 | .625 |
| Big Ten (5) | 8 | 5 | .615 |
| Pac 10 (5) | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| Atlantic Coast (4) | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| Southeastern (6) | 6 | 6 | .500 |
| Horizon League (2) | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Big South (1) | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Mid-American (1) | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Western Athletic (1) | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| West Coast (2) | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Atlantic 10 (3) | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| Mountain West (3) | 1 | 3 | .250 |
| America East (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Atlantic Sun (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Big Sky (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Big West (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Colonial (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ivy League (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Metro Atlantic (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Mid-Continent (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Md-East.Athltc (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Northeast (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Ohio Valley (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Patriot League (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Southern (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Southland (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Southwestern Athletic (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sun Belt (1) | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Missouri Valley (2) | 0 | 2 | .000 |
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