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Most and Fewest Points Scored in an NCAA Tournament Championship Game (School)
Hall of Famer Jerry Tarkanian and His 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Scored the Most Points in an NCAA Tournament Championship Game
Offense is just not the name of the game in college basketball anymore. These are some low-scoring affairs in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
So, it’s likely that tonight’s Final may produce a team that makes the second list below – lowest scores by a team in the Championship game.
As with a previous post – schools with the lowest scores in any round – this is broken up into two groupings: all-time, and since 1979 for a fairer, modern look. Those old-school teams (literally) didn’t score as much. 1978-79 was the first season when schools were seeded for the Tournament.
That UConn-Butler Championship (53-41) in 2011 produced two of the lowest scores in the modern era. The 41 by Butler even made the all-time list.
Some of the lowest scores were winners (noted by an asterisk).
But first, the highest single-team point totals in NCAA Tournament Finals history.
Would you believe that in the 74 National Finals that have been played (1939-2012), only one team has ever broken 100-points! That would be Jerry “The Shark” Tarkanian‘s UNLV Runnin’ Rebels of 1990.
Tarkanian, by the way, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame today.
Follow @VinGetzMOST POINTS SCORED IN NCAA TOURNAMENT FINALS
| YEAR | SCHOOL | PTS | OPPONENT | PTS | OT | |
| 1. | 1990 | Nevada-Las Vegas (1) | 103 | Duke (3) | 73 | |
| 2. | 1964 | UCLA | 98 | Duke | 83 | |
| 3. | 1978 | Kentucky | 94 | Duke | 88 | |
| 4. | 1954 | La Salle | 92 | Bradley | 76 | |
| 4. | 1969 | UCLA | 92 | Purdue | 72 | |
| 4. | 1975 | UCLA | 92 | Kentucky | 85 | |
| 7. | 1965 | UCLA | 91 | Michigan | 80 | |
| 8. | 1995 | UCLA (1) | 89 | Arkansas (2) | 78 | |
| 8. | 2000 | Michigan State (1) | 89 | Florida (5) | 76 | |
| 8. | 2009 | North Carolina (1) | 89 | Michigan State (2) | 72 |
FEWEST POINTS SCORED IN NCAA TOURNAMENT FINALS (ALL TIME)
| YEAR | SCHOOL | PTS | OPPONENT | PTS | OT | |
| 1. | 1939 | Ohio State | 33 | Oregon | 46 | |
| 2. | 1941 | Washington State | 34 | Wisconsin | 39 | |
| 2. | 1943 | Georgetown | 34 | Wyoming | 46 | |
| 4. | 1949 | Oklahoma State | 36 | Kentucky | 46 | |
| 5. | 1942 | Dartmouth | 38 | Stanford | 53 | |
| 6. | 1941 | Wisconsin* | 39 | Washington State | 34 | |
| 7. | 1946 | North Carolina | 40 | Oklahoma State | 43 | |
| 7. | 1944 | Dartmouth | 40 | Utah | 42 | OT |
| 9. | 2011 | Butler (8) | 41 | Connecticut (3) | 53 | |
| 10. | 1944 | Utah* | 42 | Dartmouth | 40 | OT |
| 10. | 1940 | Kansas | 42 | Indiana | 60 | |
| 10. | 1948 | Baylor | 42 | Kentucky | 58 |
FEWEST POINTS SCORED IN NCAA TOURNAMENT FINALS (SINCE 1979)
| YEAR | SCHOOL | PTS | OPPONENT | PTS | OT | |
| 1. | 2011 | Butler (8) | 41 | Connecticut (3) | 53 | |
| 2. | 1981 | North Carolina (2) | 50 | Indiana (3) | 63 | |
| 3. | 1992 | Michigan (6) | 51 | Duke (1) | 71 | |
| 4. | 2002 | Indiana (5) | 52 | Maryland (1) | 64 | |
| 4. | 1983 | Houston (1) | 52 | North Carolina State (6) | 54 | |
| 6. | 2011 | Connecticut (3)* | 53 | Butler (8) | 41 | |
| 7. | 1980 | UCLA (8) | 54 | Louisville (2) | 59 | |
| 7. | 1983 | North Carolina State (6)* |
54 | Houston (1) | 52 | |
| 9. | 2006 | UCLA (2) | 57 | Florida (3) | 73 | |
| 10. | 2010 | Butler (5) | 59 | Duke (1) | 61 | |
| 10. | 2012 | Kansas (2) | 59 | Kentucky (1) | 67 | |
| 10. | 1980 | Louisville (2) * |
59 | UCLA (8) | 54 |
Thanks to sports-reference.com‘s play index.
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Sports List of the Day’s Top 20 NCAA Basketball and Tournament Posts
March Madness
As of this morning, we are down to 2013′s Elite 8: Louisville, Duke, Michigan, Florida, Wichita State, Ohio State, Syracuse and Marquette. That’s only one No.1 seed and two No. 2 seeds in the bunch, proving as predicted this was going to be one NCAA Tournament up for grabs.
Is your bracket still alive? Doing well? Have you moved on to baseball?
Whether you are still in the running or not, you’ll still enjoy these, the 20 most popular NCAA Basketball and Tourney posts (as of today’s date) at Sports List of the Day.
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NCAA Tournament: Schools with the Most Final Four Appearances
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Most Three-Pointers in NCAA Basketball History (Division I)
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Top 20 Schools with the Most NCAA Tournament Appearances
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College Basketball Teams with the Most Wins All Time
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2013 NCAA Tournament Rankings and Predictions: Winners, Upsets and the Final Four
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North Carolina and the 2011-12 Preseason Top 25
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NCAA Championship: Biggest Blowouts and Closest Games in NCAA Finals History
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NCAA Tournament: Every Team’s Odds of Winning the 2012 National Championship
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Top 20 Schools with the Most Wins in NCAA Tournament History
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Biggest First Round Upsets in NCAA Tournament History
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2013 NCAA Championship and Final Four Opening Odds
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NCAA: Most Career Points in College Basketball History
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NCAA: College Basketball’s All-Time Career Leaders – Points, Assists, Steals and More
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March Madness: NCAA Tournament Winners by Seed
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Mike Krzyzewski and College Basketball Coaches with the Most Wins (Division I)
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Top 20 College Basketball Coaches with the Highest Winning Percentages
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Schools with the Most NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships
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NCAA Tournament Career Records
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Back-to-Back NCAA Tournament Winners
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Austin Carr and the Top 10 Most Points in a Single NCAA Tournament Game
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NCAA Tournament Championship: All-Time Finals Results (1939-Present)
The Oregon Ducks Beat the Ohio State Buckeyes in the First NCAA Championship (1939)
We’ve been looking at a bunch of NCAA Tournament lists this whole week. Interesting stuff like most and fewest points scored in a game, Ivy League winners (including Harvard this year) and the most dominant schools in tournament history.
How about the basics, though?
Here are the results of every NCAA Championship game in history from the first in 1939 to today. Seven went into overtime.
There’s more. Check out all Sports List of the Day’s NCAA Basketball posts to upgrade your regular and postseason college basketball knowledge.
Follow @VinGetz| YEAR | WINNER | LOSER | OT | ||
| 1939 | Oregon | 46 | Ohio State | 33 | |
| 1940 | Indiana | 60 | Kansas | 42 | |
| 1941 | Wisconsin | 39 | Washington State | 34 | |
| 1942 | Stanford | 53 | Dartmouth | 38 | |
| 1943 | Wyoming | 46 | Georgetown | 34 | |
| 1944 | Utah | 42 | Dartmouth | 40 | OT |
| 1945 | Oklahoma A&M | 49 | NYU | 45 | |
| 1946 | Oklahoma A&M | 43 | North Carolina | 40 | |
| 1947 | Holy Cross | 58 | Oklahoma | 47 | |
| 1948 | Kentucky | 58 | Baylor | 42 | |
| 1949 | Kentucky | 46 | Oklahoma A&M | 36 | |
| 1950 | CCNY | 71 | Bradley | 68 | |
| 1951 | Kentucky | 68 | Kansas State | 58 | |
| 1952 | Kansas | 80 | St. John’s | 63 | |
| 1953 | Indiana | 69 | Kansas | 68 | |
| 1954 | La Salle | 92 | Bradley | 76 | |
| 1955 | San Francisco | 77 | La Salle | 63 | |
| 1956 | San Francisco | 83 | Iowa | 71 | |
| 1957 | North Carolina | 54 | Kansas | 53 | 3OT |
| 1958 | Kentucky | 84 | Seattle | 72 | |
| 1959 | California | 71 | West Virginia | 70 | |
| 1960 | Ohio State | 75 | California | 55 | |
| 1961 | Cincinnati | 70 | Ohio State | 65 | OT |
| 1962 | Cincinnati | 71 | Ohio State | 59 | |
| 1963 | Loyola (Chicago) | 60 | Cincinnati | 58 | OT |
| 1964 | UCLA | 98 | Duke | 83 | |
| 1965 | UCLA | 91 | Michigan | 80 | |
| 1966 | Texas Western | 72 | Kentucky | 65 | |
| 1967 | UCLA | 79 | Dayton | 64 | |
| 1968 | UCLA | 78 | North Carolina | 55 | |
| 1969 | UCLA | 92 | Purdue | 72 | |
| 1970 | UCLA | 80 | Jacksonville | 69 | |
| 1971 | UCLA | 68 | Villanova | 62 | |
| 1972 | UCLA | 81 | Florida State | 76 | |
| 1973 | UCLA | 87 | Memphis State | 66 | |
| 1974 | North Carolina State | 76 | Marquette | 64 | |
| 1975 | UCLA | 92 | Kentucky | 85 | |
| 1976 | Indiana | 86 | Michigan | 68 | |
| 1977 | Marquette | 67 | North Carolina | 59 | |
| 1978 | Kentucky | 94 | Duke | 88 | |
| 1979 | Michigan State | 75 | Indiana State | 64 | |
| 1980 | Louisville | 59 | UCLA | 54 | |
| 1981 | Indiana | 63 | North Carolina | 50 | |
| 1982 | North Carolina | 63 | Georgetown | 62 | |
| 1983 | North Carolina State | 54 | Houston | 52 | |
| 1984 | Georgetown | 84 | Houston | 75 | |
| 1985 | Villanova | 66 | Georgetown | 64 | |
| 1986 | Louisville | 72 | Duke | 69 | |
| 1987 | Indiana | 74 | Syracuse | 73 | |
| 1988 | Kansas | 83 | Oklahoma | 79 | |
| 1989 | Michigan | 80 | Seton Hall | 79 | OT |
| 1990 | UNLV | 103 | Duke | 73 | |
| 1991 | Duke | 72 | Kansas | 65 | |
| 1992 | Duke | 71 | Michigan | 51 | |
| 1993 | North Carolina | 77 | Michigan | 71 | |
| 1994 | Arkansas | 76 | Duke | 72 | |
| 1995 | UCLA | 89 | Arkansas | 78 | |
| 1996 | Kentucky | 76 | Syracuse | 67 | |
| 1997 | Arizona | 84 | Kentucky | 79 | OT |
| 1998 | Kentucky | 78 | Utah | 69 | |
| 1999 | Connecticut | 77 | Duke | 74 | |
| 2000 | Michigan State | 89 | Florida | 76 | |
| 2001 | Duke | 82 | Arizona | 72 | |
| 2002 | Maryland | 64 | Indiana | 52 | |
| 2003 | Syracuse | 81 | Kansas | 78 | |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 82 | Georgia Tech | 73 | |
| 2005 | North Carolina | 75 | Illinois | 70 | |
| 2006 | Florida | 73 | UCLA | 57 | |
| 2007 | Florida | 84 | Ohio State | 75 | |
| 2008 | Kansas | 75 | Memphis | 68 | OT |
| 2009 | North Carolina | 89 | Michigan State | 72 | |
| 2010 | Duke | 61 | Butler | 59 | |
| 2011 | Connecticut | 53 | Butler | 41 | |
| 2012 | Kentucky | 67 | Kansas | 59 |
Thanks to sports-reference.com.
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