The furthest Florida State has gone in March Madness was the championship game in 1972. They lost to UCLA, 81-76. Through the 2008 March Madness, this has been their only final four appearance.
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Jim Valvano attended Rutgers College. He played the guard position at Rutgers.
Since 1939 eight Division I teams have gone undefeated and won the national championship. The last Division I team to do it was the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers who went 32-0.
1954 Kentucky 25-0
1956 San Francisco 29-0
1957 North Carolina 32-0
1964 UCLA 30-0
1967 UCLA 30-0
1972 UCLA 30-0
1973 UCLA 30-0
1976 Indiana 32-0
There has also been four Division II and three Division III teams to go undefeated:
Division II:
1965 Evansville (29-0)
1993 Cal St. Bakersfield (33-0)
1996 Fort Hays St. (34-0)
2009 University of Findlay (36-0)
Division III:
1986 SUNY Potsdam (32-0)
1995 Wis.-Platteville (31-0)
1998 Wis.-Platteville (30-0)
See NCAA.COM for complete lists
Once. They went to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 2012 as a #15 seed.
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Yes, in 2001-2002. They went 32-4 (15-1 in ACC play). In the NCAA Tournament they beat Siena 85-70 in the first round, in the second round they beat Wisconsin 87-57, in the Sweet 16 they beat Kentucky 78-68, in the Elite 8 they beat Connecticut 90-82, in the Final 4 they beat Kansas 97-88, and in the finals Gary Williams' Terps beat Mike Davis' Indiana 64-52. Tournament MVP Juan Dixon scored 18 points. For the season, Juan Dixon led the team in PPG with 20.4. Lonny Baxter led the Terps in RPG with 8.2. Steve Blake led the team in APG with 7.9. Maryland had an impressive 4 NBAers in their starting lineup.
Len Elmore, Tom McMillen,Tom Roy,John Lucas,Mo Howard,Owen Brown,Billy Hahn,Rich Porac,John Boyle,
There is no limit on the number of players on a team. The NCAA limits scholarships to 13, and 15 total can suit up for a game. Kentucky had 20 players on the team in Billy G's last year. Obviously five of those did not make the trip for away games or suit up for home games.
No, they went as high as two though.....
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The backboard shall be a rectangle measuring 6' horizontally and 3 1/2' vertically. The front surface shall be flat and transparent.
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Marquette won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in 1977.
College basketball games generally have three officials. They is officially one referee and two umpires and the lead referee is referred to as the crew chief.
There are nearly 40 colleges and universities that have adopted the nickname, "Wildcats". Among the more larger schools are Arizona, Bethune-Cookman, Davidson, Kansas State, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Northwestern, Villanova and Weber State.
Larry Brown coached Kansas to the 1988 championship.
Indiana lost the final game to Maryland in 1992. The teams that have beaten Indiana twice in the NCAA tournament non-final game are Kansas in 1991 and 1993 and Boston College in 1994 and 1996.
In 1994, Miami defeated Georgia Southern in the season-opener for its 58th consecutive home win, setting an NCAA-record; the streak, which began in 1985, was snapped two weeks later when Washington defeated the Hurricanes 38-20 at the Orange Bowl.
However, the longest streak(including both home and away games) rests at 47 by Oklahoma from 1953-1957.
Jim Valvano was famous for coaching the North Carolina State men's basketball team in the late 1970's and 1980's. His 1983 team would win the NCAA championship with an upset win over the more talented Houston Cougars. Valvano died of cancer but not before delivering a famous speech where he urged listeners to never give up.
two 20 minutes halves ... overtime periods are five minutes.