2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
2007 Final Four logo
Teams	65
Finals Site	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Florida (2nd title)
Runner-Up	Ohio State (5th title game)
Semifinalists	Georgetown (5th Final Four) UCLA (17th Final Four)
Winning Coach	Billy Donovan (2nd title)
MOP	Corey Brewer Florida
Attendance
Top scorer	Ron Lewis Ohio State (108 points)

The 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 NCAA schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. Team selections were announced on March 11, 2007, and the tournament began on March 13, 2007 with the play-in game between Florida A&M and Niagara, and concluded with the championship game on April 2, 2007 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] The Florida Gators repeated as national champions with an 84-75 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes. Florida's Corey Brewer was named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament.^[2] Florida became the first team to repeat since the 1991-92 Duke Blue Devils, and this was the first time in history that the exact same starting five were able to repeat as champions.^[2]

This tournament was significant for bracketologists because of its lack of major upsets.^{[citation needed]} There were only 12 games in which a lower-seeded team defeated a higher-seeded team, and eight of these "upsets" were by teams ranked only one seed lower than their opponent. UNLV, seeded seventh in the Midwest Regional, was the lowest-seeded team to make it to the Sweet Sixteen. This marked the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams that no team seeded eighth or lower played in the Sweet Sixteen.^{[citation needed]}

Tournament procedure

For more details on this topic, see NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Tournament format.

A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.

The first and second-round games were played at the following sites:

March 15 and 17: HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York (Hosts: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Canisius College and Niagara University); ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Host: University of the Pacific); Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky); Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Host: Wake Forest University)

March 16 and 18: United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Big Ten Conference); Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University); Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University); New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University)

The NCAA had also resumed naming the regionals after geographic directions. Regionals were named after their host cities from 2004 to 2006. The regional final sites were:

March 22 and 24: South Regional, Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio); West Regional, HP Pavilion, San José, California (Host: San José State University)
March 23 and 25: East Regional, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Host: Rutgers University); Midwest Regional, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four at the Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by Georgia Tech. The semi-final games were held on March 31 and the final on April 2, 2007

Qualifying teams

Main article: 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: Qualifying Teams

Team names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first round matchups. Only UCLA, UNLV, and USC (Southern California) use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation "A&M".^[3]^[4]^[5]

Listed by Grouping & Seeding

Midwest Regional - St. Louis
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Florida	SEC	29-5	Tournament Champion
#2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	29-5	At-Large Bid
#3	Oregon	Pac-10	26-7	Tournament Champion
#4	Maryland	ACC	24-8	At-Large Bid
#5	Butler	Horizon	27-6	At-Large Bid
#6	Notre Dame	Big East	24-7	At-Large Bid
#7	UNLV	Mountain West	28-6	Tournament Champion
#8	Arizona	Pac-10	20-10	At-Large Bid
#9	Purdue	Big Ten	21-11	At-Large Bid
#10	Georgia Tech	ACC	20-11	At-Large Bid
#11	Winthrop	Big South	28-4	Tournament Champion
#12	Old Dominion	CAA	24-8	At-Large Bid
#13	Davidson	Southern	29-4	Tournament Champion
#14	Miami (Ohio)	Mid-American	18-14	Tournament Champion
#15	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Southland	26-6	Tournament Champion
#16	Jackson State	SWAC	21-13	Tournament Champion

East Regional - East Rutherford
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	North Carolina	ACC	28-6	Tournament Champion
#2	Georgetown	Big East	26-6	Tournament Champion
#3	Washington State	Pac-10	25-7	At-Large Bid
#4	Texas	Big 12	24-9	At-Large Bid
#5	USC	Pac-10	23-11	At-Large Bid
#6	Vanderbilt	SEC	20-11	At-Large Bid
#7	Boston College	ACC	20-11	At-Large Bid
#8	Marquette	Big East	24-9	At-Large Bid
#9	Michigan State	Big Ten	22-11	At-Large Bid
#10	Texas Tech	Big 12	21-12	At-Large Bid
#11	George Washington	Atlantic 10	23-8	Tournament Champion
#12	Arkansas	SEC	21-13	At-Large Bid
#13	New Mexico State	WAC	25-8	Tournament Champion
#14	Oral Roberts	Mid-Continent	23-10	Tournament Champion
#15	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	23-9	Tournament Champion
#16	Eastern Kentucky	Ohio Valley	21-11	Tournament Champion

South Regional - San Antonio
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Ohio State	Big Ten	30-3	Tournament Champion
#2	Memphis	C-USA	30-3	Tournament Champion
#3	Texas A&M	Big 12	25-6	At-Large Bid
#4	Virginia	ACC	20-10	At-Large Bid
#5	Tennessee	SEC	22-10	At-Large Bid
#6	Louisville	Big East	23-9	At-Large Bid
#7	Nevada	WAC	28-4	At-Large Bid
#8	Brigham Young	Mountain West	25-8	At-Large Bid
#9	Xavier	Atlantic 10	24-8	At-Large Bid
#10	Creighton	Missouri Valley	22-10	Tournament Champion
#11	Stanford	Pac-10	18-12	At-Large Bid
#12	Long Beach State	Big West	24-7	Tournament Champion
#13	Albany	America East	23-9	Tournament Champion
#14	Penn	Ivy	22-8	Regular Season Champion
#15	North Texas	Sun Belt	23-10	Tournament Champion
#16	Central Connecticut State	Northeast	22-11	Tournament Champion

West Regional - San Jose
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth Type
#1	Kansas	Big 12	31-4	Tournament Champion
#2	UCLA	Pac-10	26-5	At-Large Bid
#3	Pittsburgh	Big East	27-7	At-Large Bid
#4	Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	27-6	At-Large Bid
#5	Virginia Tech	ACC	21-11	At-Large Bid
#6	Duke	ACC	22-10	At-Large Bid
#7	Indiana	Big Ten	20-10	At-Large Bid
#8	Kentucky	SEC	21-11	At-Large Bid
#9	Villanova	Big East	22-10	At-Large Bid
#10	Gonzaga	WCC	23-10	Tournament Champion
#11	Virginia Commonwealth	CAA	27-6	Tournament Champion
#12	Illinois	Big Ten	23-11	At-Large Bid
#13	Holy Cross	Patriot	25-8	Tournament Champion
#14	Wright State	Horizon	23-9	Tournament Champion
#15	Weber State	Big Sky	20-11	Tournament Champion
#16	Niagara (Play-in Winner)	MAAC	22-11	Tournament Champion
#16B	Florida A&M (Play-in Loser)	MEAC	21-13	Tournament Champion

Brackets

(*) - Number of asterisks denotes number of overtimes.

Final Four – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia

National Semifinals March 31			National Championship April 2

W2	UCLA	66
MW1	Florida	76
			MW1	Florida	84
			S1	Ohio State	75
S1	Ohio State	67
E2	Georgetown	60

East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey

First round March 15-16			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	North Carolina	86
16	Eastern Kentucky	65
			1	North Carolina	81

			9	Michigan State	67
8	Marquette	49

9	Michigan State	61
						1	North Carolina	74

						5	USC	64
5	USC	77

12	Arkansas	60
			5	USC	87

			4	Texas	68
4	Texas	79

13	New Mexico State	67
									1	North Carolina	84

									2	Georgetown	96*
6	Vanderbilt	77

11	George Washington	44
			6	Vanderbilt	78**

			3	Washington State	74
3	Washington State	70

14	Oral Roberts	54
						6	Vanderbilt	65

						2	Georgetown	66
7	Boston College	84

10	Texas Tech	75
			7	Boston College	55

			2	Georgetown	62
2	Georgetown	80

15	Belmont	55

Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri

First round March 15-16			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	Florida	112
16	Jackson State	69
			1	Florida	74

			9	Purdue	67
8	Arizona	63

9	Purdue	72
						1	Florida	65

						5	Butler	57
5	Butler	57

12	Old Dominion	46
			5	Butler	62

			4	Maryland	59
4	Maryland	82

13	Davidson	70
									1	Florida	85

									3	Oregon	77
6	Notre Dame	64

11	Winthrop	74
			11	Winthrop	61

			3	Oregon	75
3	Oregon	58

14	Miami (Ohio)	56
						3	Oregon	76

						7	UNLV	72
7	UNLV	67

10	Georgia Tech	63
			7	UNLV	74

			2	Wisconsin	68
2	Wisconsin	76

15	Texas A&M-CC ¹	63

South Regional – San Antonio, Texas

First round March 15-16			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24

1	Ohio State	78
16	Central Connecticut State	57
			1	Ohio State	78*

			9	Xavier	71
8	BYU	77

9	Xavier	79
						1	Ohio State	85

						5	Tennessee	84
5	Tennessee	121

12	Long Beach State	86
			5	Tennessee	77

			4	Virginia	74
4	Virginia	84

13	Albany	57
									1	Ohio State	92

									2	Memphis	76
6	Louisville	78

11	Stanford	58
			6	Louisville	69

			3	Texas A&M	72
3	Texas A&M	68

14	Penn	52
						3	Texas A&M	64

						2	Memphis	65
7	Nevada	77*

10	Creighton	71
			7	Nevada	62

			2	Memphis	78
2	Memphis	73

15	North Texas	58

West Regional – San Jose, California

First round March 15-16			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24

1	Kansas	107
16	Niagara	67
			1	Kansas	88

			8	Kentucky	76
8	Kentucky	67

9	Villanova	58
						1	Kansas	61

						4	Southern Illinois	58
5	Virginia Tech	54

12	Illinois	52
			5	Virginia Tech	48

			4	Southern Illinois	63
4	Southern Illinois	61

13	Holy Cross	51
									1	Kansas	55

									2	UCLA	68
6	Duke	77

11	VCU	79
			11	VCU	79

			3	Pittsburgh	84*
3	Pittsburgh	79

14	Wright State	58
						3	Pittsburgh	55

						2	UCLA	64
7	Indiana	70

10	Gonzaga	57
			7	Indiana	49

			2	UCLA	54
2	UCLA	70

15	Weber State	42

Play-In Game – Dayton, Ohio

Winner advances to 16th seed in West Regional vs. (1) Kansas.

Play-In Game March 13

16a	Florida A&M	69
16b	Niagara	77

Schools listed with abbreviations:
1 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Scores and schedule

Unless otherwise specified, all games were on CBS, except for the play-in game, which aired on ESPN and two additional games. Those games were broadcast on