Most Points
The shootout between Purdue 1969 and Oklahoma 1985 produced the two biggest scoring performances through 75 tournament games. Mount scored 33 for Purdue, but Tisdale topped him with 35 for Oklahoma. Arizona 1997's Bibby put up 32 against the weakest defense in the tournament, Maravich's 1970 LSU squad. Here are the top 15 scorers.Rnk | Points | Year | School | Pts | Opponent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tisdale | 1985 | Oklahoma | 35 | Purdue 1969 |
2 | Mount | 1969 | Purdue | 33 | Oklahoma |
3 | Bibby | 1997 | Arizona | 32 | LSU |
3 | Wilkins | 1982 | Georgia | 32 | Oklahoma St |
5 | Williams-Goss | 2017 | Gonzaga | 31 | Cincinnati |
5 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 31 | Duke |
7 | Bird | 1979 | Indiana St. | 30 | UCLA |
7 | Hayes | 1968 | Houston | 30 | Kansas |
9 | Recker | 2001 | Iowa | 29 | Arizona |
9 | Robertson | 1960 | Cincinnati | 29 | Gonzaga |
11 | Maravich | 1970 | LSU | 28 | Arizona |
11 | Thompson | 1974 | North Carolina St. | 28 | Seton Hall |
11 | Hayes | 1968 | Houston | 28 | Texas Tech |
14 | Ellis | 1977 | Marquette | 27 | Utah |
14 | Rice | 1989 | Michigan | 27 | Ohio St. |
Most Rebounds
Two of the biggest upsets in the tournament were the result of ridiculous rebounding performances, and Patrick Ewing scored 22 to lead Georgetown 1984 past Maryland 2002, and Tim Duncan grabbed 20 to lead Wake Forest 1996 to the biggest upset in the first 75 games over the Kentucky team they actually feel to in the tournament that year.
Rnk | Rebounds | Year | School | Reb | Opponent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ewing | 1984 | Georgetown | 22 | Maryland 2002 |
2 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 20 | Duke |
3 | Berry | 1985 | St. John's | 17 | Seton Hall |
3 | Imhoff | 1959 | California | 17 | Missouri |
5 | Dekker | 2015 | Wisconsin | 16 | Illinois |
6 | Wilkins | 1982 | Georgia | 15 | Oklahoma St |
6 | Jones | 1970 | Notre Dame | 15 | St. Joe's |
8 | Beasley | 2008 | Kansas St. | 14 | Georgetown |
8 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 14 | Kentucky |
8 | Davison | 1997 | Arizona | 14 | Syracuse |
11 | Whitehead | 1977 | Marquette | 13 | Utah |
11 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 13 | Pittsburgh |
11 | Hayes | 1968 | Houston | 13 | Texas Tech |
11 | Spellman | 2018 | Villanova | 13 | West Virginia |
11 | Kelser | 1979 | Michigan St. | 13 | Notre Dame |
11 | Tisdale | 1985 | Oklahoma | 13 | Purdue 1969 |
11 | Walton | 1972 | UCLA | 13 | Oregon |
11 | Flournoy | 1966 | Texas Southern | 13 | Marquette |
11 | Davis | 2012 | Kentucky | 13 | North Carolina |
Steals
Jack of Georgia Tech 2004 and Coverdale of Indiana 2002 both plucked 8 steals from opponents.
Rnk | Steals | Year | School | Stl | Opponent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack | 2004 | Georgia Tech | 8 | Virginia |
1 | Coverdale | 2002 | Indiana | 8 | Oklahoma |
3 | Allen | 2004 | Oklahoma St. | 6 | Davidson |
3 | Mount | 1969 | Purdue | 6 | Oklahoma |
3 | Jack | 2004 | Georgia Tech | 6 | Wake Forest 2005 |
3 | Magic | 1979 | Michigan St. | 6 | Notre Dame |
3 | Harkness | 1963 | Loyola-Chicago | 6 | Missouri |
3 | Nelson | 2004 | St. Joe's | 6 | Notre Dame |
9 | Lee | 1977 | Marquette | 5 | Texas Southern |
9 | Skinn | 2006 | George Mason | 5 | Auburn |
9 | Jordan | 1982 | North Carolina | 5 | LSU |
9 | Williams-Goss | 2017 | Gonzaga | 5 | Cincinnati |
Blocked Shots
Wilt Chamberlain blocked 8 shots in a losing effort against Elvin Hayes and Houston, while Gola for La Salle 1954 is the only other player with at least 6.
Rnk | Blocks | Year | School | Blk | Opponent |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chamberlain | 1957 | Kansas | 8 | Houston |
2 | Gola | 1954 | La Salle | 6 | Michigan St. |
3 | Bell | 2017 | Oregon | 5 | UCLA |
3 | Thompson | 1974 | North Carolina St. | 5 | North Carolina 2005 |
3 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 5 | Duke |
6 | Jackson | 2003 | Marquette | 4 | West Virginia |
6 | Hummer | 1965 | Princeton | 4 | Syracuse |
6 | Butler | 2011 | West Virginia | 4 | Marquette |
6 | Mikan | 1945 | DePaul | 4 | Gonzaga |
6 | Beasley | 2008 | Kansas St. | 4 | Georgetown |
6 | Stipanovich | 1982 | Missouri | 4 | California |
6 | Chaney | 1968 | Houston | 4 | Texas Tech |
6 | Stipanovich | 1982 | Missouri | 4 | Loyola-Chicago |
6 | Ewing | 1984 | Georgetown | 4 | Maryland 2002 |
6 | Duncan | 1996 | Wake Forest | 4 | Kentucky |
6 | Benson | 1976 | Indiana | 4 | Indiana 2002 |
6 | Okafor | 2004 | Connecticut | 4 | Kansas St. |
6 | Newton | 2002 | Indiana | 4 | Indiana 2002 |
6 | Owens | 2019 | Texas Tech | 4 | Houston |
6 | Davis | 2012 | Kentucky | 4 | North Carolina |
6 | Noah | 2006 | Florida | 4 | Auburn 2019 |
Biggest Upset
As mentioned, Tim Duncan's upset of Kentucky 67-64 is the biggest upset of the tournament so far, with Wake Forest given only a 27% chance of winning. Two SEC teams were the next big upset winners, with Dominique Wilkins leading Georgia past the first dynasty in Oklahoma A&M (later Oklahoma State) from 1946 and Auburn's 2019 at full strength with Chuma Okeke upsetting Florida 2006. Through 75 tournament games, here are the other upsets.
Rnk | Biggest Upset | Year | W% | Seed | Score | Opponent | Score | Leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wake Forest | 1996 | 27% | #16E | 67 | Kentucky | 64 | Duncan |
2 | Georgia | 1982 | 30% | #23S | 82 | Oklahoma St | 80 | Wilkins |
2 | Auburn | 2019 | 30% | #11S | 87 | Florida | 81 | Okeke |
4 | Michigan St. | 2009 | 33% | #14M | 79 | Ohio St. | 78 | Lucas |
5 | Oklahoma | 1985 | 36% | #13M | 87 | Purdue 1969 | 86 | Tisdale |
6 | Georgetown | 1984 | 40% | #11E | 79 | Maryland 2002 | 71 | Ewing |
6 | Kansas St. | 2008 | 40% | #21M | 85 | Georgetown | 79 | Beasley |
6 | Ohio St. | 2007 | 40% | #11M | 70 | Michigan | 60 | Conley |
6 | West Virginia | 2011 | 40% | #20E | 77 | Marquette | 74 | Butler |
10 | Duke | 2010 | 44% | #9E | 64 | Connecticut | 60 | Smith |
10 | Auburn | 1984 | 44% | #19S | 67 | West Virginia | 66 | Person |
10 | Auburn | 2019 | 44% | #11S | 79 | Arkansas 1994 | 78 | Brown |
10 | San Diego St. | 2011 | 44% | #19W | 70 | Michigan | 68 | Leonard |
14 | Arizona | 2015 | 47% | #10W | 74 | San Francisco | 67 | Hollis-Jefferson |
14 | Notre Dame | 1970 | 47% | #18M | 74 | St. Joe's | 73 | Carr |
14 | Seton Hall | 1989 | 47% | #18E | 76 | St. John's | 75 | Gaze |
Biggest Blowouts
Memphis 2008 blowout of Louisville by 30 was the most lopsided win of the great teams. Elvin Hayes demolished Kansas' despite Wilt Chamberlain, and Bobby Knight's 1976 Indiana team put it to the Indiana Final Four team from right after Knight was let go.
Rnk | School | Year | Score | Opponent | Score | Margin | Leader | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Memphis | 2008 | 82 | Louisville | 52 | 30 | Douglas-Roberts | 17 |
2 | Houston | 1968 | 80 | Kansas | 57 | 23 | Hayes | 30 |
2 | Indiana | 1976 | 72 | Indiana 2002 | 49 | 23 | Abernathy | 20 |
4 | Illinois | 2005 | 77 | Wichita St. | 55 | 22 | Williams | 18 |
5 | Kansas | 2008 | 87 | Tennessee | 68 | 19 | Collins | 16 |
6 | Kentucky | 2012 | 76 | Georgia | 58 | 18 | Davis | 20 |
7 | Syracuse | 1987 | 79 | Princeton | 62 | 17 | Monroe | 15 |
7 | Villanova | 2018 | 83 | Syracuse | 66 | 17 | DiVincenzo | 19 |
9 | Cincinnati | 2002 | 79 | Loyola-Chicago | 63 | 16 | Logan | 17 |
9 | Duke | 1992 | 77 | Navy | 61 | 16 | Laettner | 17 |
Best Team Defense
That Indiana blowout was the best defensive performance with only 49 points allowed, but no surprise the 2019 Virginia was right behind them as well as Gonzaga shutting down the second oldest team in the tourney in George Mikan's 1945 DePaul team in a close defensive struggle. New: Magic Johnson's 1979 Michigan State just defeated Wisconsin 2015 by a 68-54 to tie for the 6th best defensive performance.
Rnk | Defense | Year | Score | Opponent | Score | Steals | Tot | Blocks | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Indiana | 1976 | 72 | Indiana 2002 | 49 | Wilkerson | 2 | Benson | 4 |
2 | Virginia | 2019 | 58 | Georgetown 1984 | 51 | Hunter | 3 | Diakite | 3 |
2 | Gonzaga | 2017 | 55 | DePaul | 51 | Williams-Goss | 3 | Williams | 2 |
4 | Memphis | 2008 | 82 | Louisville | 52 | Rose | 4 | Rose | 1 |
4 | Auburn | 2019 | 64 | George Mason | 52 | Brown | 2 | Wiley | 2 |
5 | Texas Southern | 1966 | 54 | Marquette | 53 | Artis | 3 | Flournoy | 1 |
6 | Marquette | 1977 | 53 | Texas Southern | 54 | Lee | 5 | Whitehead | 1 |
7 | Illinois | 2005 | 77 | Wichita St. | 55 | Head | 3 | Brown | 1 |
7 | DePaul | 1945 | 51 | Gonzaga | 55 | Furman | 2 | Mikan | 4 |
9 | Houston | 1968 | 80 | Kansas | 57 | Reynolds | 3 | Hayes | 3 |
9 | Duke | 2010 | 69 | Butler | 57 | Scheyer | 4 | Scheyer | 3 |
9 | Indiana | 1976 | 69 | Purdue 2018 | 57 | Benson | 4 | Abernathy | 2 |
Highest Scoring Team
On the flip side, King helped lead Tennessee to a 90-79 shootout over Texas, the highest scoring offensive performance. In overtime games, we do list the score after regulation and add one point for the winner in overtime to give a more realistic picture of the game being close.
Rnk | School | Year | Score | Opponent | Score | Leader | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tennessee | 1977 | 90 | Texas | 79 | King | 24 |
2 | Arizona | 2015 | 89 | Iowa | 88 | Tarczewski | 18 |
3 | Iowa | 2001 | 88 | Arizona | 89 | Recker | 29 |
4 | Auburn | 2019 | 87 | Florida | 81 | Okeke | 20 |
4 | Oklahoma | 1985 | 87 | Purdue 1969 | 86 | Tisdale | 35 |
4 | Kansas | 2008 | 87 | Tennessee | 68 | Collins | 16 |
7 | Purdue | 1969 | 86 | Oklahoma | 87 | Mount | 33 |
7 | Florida | 2006 | 86 | Auburn 1984 | 74 | Green | 19 |
9 | Kansas St. | 2008 | 85 | Georgetown | 79 | Beasley | 24 |
9 | Arizona | 1997 | 85 | LSU | 77 | Bibby | 32 |
Index of All 96 Teams - With Game-High Points, Rebounds, Blocks and Steals
The following is an index of the game played by each of the 96 great teams in the tournament so you can find your favorite team without looking through all the brackets.
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