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Seed, Region and Bid: 8, West, At-large Total NCAA Tournament Bids: 6 NCAA Tournament Record: 5-4 (.556) Final Four Appearances: 1 (1941) NCAA Tournament Championships: 1 (1941) Best NCAA Tournament Finish: National champions (1941) Final ESPN/USA Today ranking: NR Final Associated Press ranking: NR Final Ratings Percentage Index: 32 Final Sagarin Computer Ranking: 25 RECORD VS. RANKED TEAMS (6-8) Nov. 13 -- Lost to No. 17 Suracuse, 68-49 Nov. 30 -- Lost to Wake Forest, 67-48 Dec. 7 -- Beat No. 12 Texas, 61-45 Dec. 29 -- Beat No. 17 Temple, 62-44 Jan. 5 -- Lost to No. 11 Indiana, 71-67 Jan. 8 -- Beat No. 17 Illinois, 63-59 Jan. 13 -- Lost to No. 18 Ohio State, 53-51 Jan. 15 -- Lost to Purdue, 63-52 Jan. 26 -- Beat Purdue, 55-45 Feb. 2 -- Lost to No. 8 Ohio State, 51-48 Feb. 12 -- Lost to No. 5 Michigan State, 61-44 Feb. 19 -- Lost to No. 5 Michigan State, 59-54 Mar. 5 -- Beat No. 12 Indiana, 56-53 Mar. 10 -- Beat No. 21 Purdue, 78-66 Mar. 11 -- Lost to No. 4 Michigan State, 55-46 (Opponents ranking reflects ranking on game day) TOURNAMENT HISTORY Overall Record: 5-4 (.556) Final Four Appearances: 1 (1941) National Championships: 1 (1941) 1999--Fifth seed in East Region Lost to Southwest Missouri State in first round, 43-32 1997--Seventh seed in East Region Lost to Texas in first round, 71-58 1994--Ninth seed in West Region Defeated Cincinnati in first round, 80-72 Lost to Missouri in second round, 109-96 1947--Eastern Regionals Lost to City College of New York in regional semifinal, 70-56 Defeated Navy for regional third place, 50-49 1941--Eastern Regionals Defeated Dartmouth in regional semifinal, 51-50 Defeated Pittsburgh in regional final, 36-30 Defeated Washington State in National Championship, 39-34 Record by Region: in East: 4-3 (.571) in South/Southeast: 0-0 (.000) In Midwest: 0-0 (.000) In West: 1-1 (.500) Record by Seed: As a 5th seed: 0-1 (.000) As a 7th seed: 0-1 (.000) As a 9th seed: 1-1 (.500) |
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