Scoonie Penn and Michael Redd are as good as any guard tandem in college basketball. Redd is very athletic, left-handed scorer, who is more of a slasher. Penn runs the show. He is more of a scoring point guard, while Mateen Cleaves is more pure point guard.
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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY Overall Record: 35-17 (.673) Final Four Appearances: 9 (1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1999) NCAA Tournament Championships: 1 (1960) 1999--Fourth seed in South Region Defeated Murray State in first round, 72-58 Defeated Detroit in second round, 75-44 Defeated Auburn in regional semifinal, 72-64 Defeated St. John's in regional final, 77-74 1992--First seed in Southeast Region Defeated Mississippi Valley State in first round, 83-56 Defeated Connecticut in second round, 78-55 Defeated North Carolina in regional semifinals, 80-73 Lost to Michigan in regional final, 75-71 (OT) 1991--First seed in Midwest Region Defeated Towson in first round, 97-86 Defeated Georgia Tech in second round, 65-61 Lost to St. John's in regional semifinal, 91-74 1990--Eighth seed in West Region Defeated Providence in first round, 84-83 (OT) Lost to UNLV in second round, 76-65 1987--Ninth seed in Southeast Region Defeated Kentucky in first round, 91-77 Lost to Georgetown in second round, 82-79 1985--Fourth seed in Midwest Region Defeated Iowa State in first round, 75-64 Lost to Louisiana Tech in second round, 79-67 1983--Third seed in East Region Defeated Syracuse in second round, 79-74 Lost to North Carolina in regional semifinals, 64-51 1982--Eighth seed in East Region Lost to James Madison in first round, 55-48 1980--Fourth seed in West Region Defeated Arizona State in second round, 89-75 Lost to UCLA in regional semifinals, 72-68 1971--Mideast Region Defeated Marquette in regional semifinals, 60-59 Lost to Western Kentucky in regional final, 81-78 (OT) 1968--Mideast Region Defeated East Tennessee State in regional semifinals, 79-72 Defeated Kentucky in regional final, 82-81 Lost to North Carolina in National Semifinals, 80-66 Defeated Houston for National Third Place, 89-85 1962--Mideast Region Defeated Western Kentucky in regional semifinals, 93-73 Defeated Kentucky in regional final, 74-64 Defeated Wake Forest in National Semifinals, 84-68 Lost to Cincinnati in National Championship, 71-59 1961--Mideast Region Defeated Louisville in regional semifinals, 56-55 Defeated Kentucky in regional final, 84-74 Defeated St. Joseph's in National Semifinals, 95-69 Lost to Cincinnati in National Championship, 70-65 (OT) 1960--Mideast Region Defeated Western Kentucky in regional semifinals, 98-79 Defeated Georgia Tech in regional final, 86-69 Defeated New York University in National Semifinals, 76-54 Defeated California in National Championship, 75-55 1950--Eastern Regionals Lost to CCNY in regional semifinals, 56-55 Defeated Holy Cross for regional third place, 72-52 1946--Eastern Regionals Defeated Harvard in regional semifinals, 46-38 Lost to North Carolina in regional final, 60-57 (OT) 1945--Eastern Regionals Defeated Kentucky in regional semifinals, 45-37 Lost to New York University in regional final, 70-65 (OT) 1944--Eastern Regionals Defeated Temple in regional semifinals, 57-47 Lost to Dartmouth in regional final, 60-53 1939--Eastern Regionals Defeated Wake Forest in regional semifinals, 64-52 Defeated Villanova in regional final, 53-36 Lost to Oregon in National Championship, 46-33 Record by Region: In East: 7-7 (.500) In South/Southeast: 8-2 (.800) In Midwest: 3-2 (.600) In West: 2-2 (.500) In Mideast: 14-4 (.778) Record by Seed: As 1st seed: 5-2 (.714) As 3rd seed: 1-1 (.500) As 4th seed: 6-2 (.750) As 8th seed: 1-2 (.333) As 9th seed: 1-1 (.500) |
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