After being stunned in the Sweet 16 in the first tournament of our initial 96 great teams, the undefeated 1976 Indiana team is heading to the Elite 8 of the championship of all 354 teams. Michigan was noted in this story as one of only 25 teams to ever go to three straight Elite 8s.
The game set a Value Add Basketball Game record with 50 turnovers forced in the lowest scoring game ever, a 55-46 win. If Michigan's Jimmy King had not heaved up a 3-pointer at the buzzer, it would have been our first game ever with fewer than 100 points scored between both teams. The next 2 lowest scoring games were:
106 points - 2017 Gonzaga over 1945 DePaul, 55-51
107 points - 1965 UTEP (Texas Western) over 1971 Marquette, 54-53
The MVP of the game in a losing effort was Juwan Howard who jad game highs in points (13), rebounds (10), steals (3) and drew five fouls on the Hoosiers star center Kent Benson.
However the two top super stars shut each other down at power forward, as Scott May (4 points, 8 rebounds) and Chris Webber (6,9) contained each other after both had dominated all other opponents.
Here is the scoresheet then preview of the game.
While Indiana 1976 enters our all-time Sweet 16 team as one of only seven schools to win an NCAA title to cap an undefeated season, they are not one of the schools to ever make it to the Elite 8 at least three years in a row. Their all-time Sweet 16 opponents - the Fab 5 from 1993 Michigan - is. Ranking the only 25 teams to accomplish the feat bases on the subsequent wins in those years in the Elite 8, we rank the Fab 5 as the 13th greatest ever with two runs to the title game (2-1 each year) and then being eliminated in the Elite 8 the year after Chris Webber left.
Our latest CBS247 piece appears here, noting that surprisingly if UConn makes at least the Elite 8 this season they would be the first Big East team to make it to that level three years in a row. Since they are 6-0 with in the Elite 8 with the title runs the last two years, we would rank them with as the 7th greatest team on this list if they made it to the Elite 8, rank them tied for 5th on this list if they made the Final 4, and we'd move them up to 4th all time if they were runner up or won the title.
In that case, the would be behind only three teams that made it to the Elite 8 five times in a row, each going 10-3 in those five years, and of course all are behind UCLA, which made it 10 years in a row and won eight titles those years to go 26-2 in Elite 8 games.
Rnk | 3 Straight Elite 8s | Seasons | Elite 8 Wins | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UCLA Bruins | 1967-76 (10) | 26 | 2 |
2 | Duke Blue Devils | 1988-92 (5) | 10 | 3 |
3 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 1959-63 (5) | 10 | 3 |
Connecticut Huskies | if champs | 9 | 1 | |
Connecticut Huskies | if Runner-up | 8 | 1 | |
4 | Kentucky Wildcats | 1995-1999 (5) | 8 | 3 |
5 | San Francisco Dons | 1955-57 | 7 | 1 |
Connecticut Huskies | if make Elite 4 | 7 | 1 | |
6 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1960-62 | 7 | 2 |
Connecticut Huskies | if make Elite 8 | 6 | 1 | |
7 | Michigan State Spartans | 1999-2001 | 5 | 2 |
8 | North Carolina Tarheels | 1981-83 | 5 | 2 |
9 | California Golden Bears | 1957-60 (4) | 5 | 3 |
10 | Houston Cougars | 1982-84 | 5 | 4 |
11 | North Carolina Tarheels | 2007-09 | 4 | 2 |
12 | UNLV Runnin' Rebels | 1989-91 | 4 | 2 |
13 | Michigan Wolverines | 1992-94 | 4 | 3 |
14 | North Carolina Tarheels | 1967-69 | 4 | 3 |
15 | UCLA Bruins | 2006-08 | 4 | 3 |
16 | Dartmouth Big Green | 1941-44 (4) | 4 | 4 |
17 | Kentucky Wildcats | 1956-58 | 3 | 2 |
18 | Kansas Jayhawks | 2002-04 | 3 | 3 |
19 | Michigan Wolverines | 1964-66 | 3 | 3 |
20 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 1944-46 | 3 | 3 |
21 | Memphis Tigers | 2006-08 | 2 | 3 |
22 | Kansas Jayhawks | 2016-18 | 1 | 3 |
23 | Santa Clara Broncos | 1952-54 | 1 | 3 |
24 | Florida Gators | 2011-14 (4) | 1 | 4 |
25 | Wyoming Cowboys | 1947-49 | 0 | 3 |
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