Sports Trivia thread -- NCAA Tournament edition

[Freelance Hack]

With Vanderbilt and Tennessee losing, we're guaranteed of having a Final Four featuring teams from different states (or Districts, for those in DC). Since the Final Four was established 68 years ago, there have only been six of them in which one state has claimed two or more teams in it. Three of those occasions happened from 1960-1962 with Ohio State and Cincinnati.

In what years did the other instances occur, and what were the teams?

 

[Ellis Redding]

1975 - Kentucky and Louisville

EDIT: Trying to remember the other two

 

[Freelance Hack]

One down, two to go.

 

[Oz]

There has to be a Duke/UNC/N.C. State combo in there somewhere, right? Was 1991 one of those with Duke and the Tar Heels?

 

[Ellis Redding]

1977 - UNC and Charlotte

Does Georgetown and UVa. in 1984 count?

 

[Ellis Redding]

1991 - Duke and UNC

 

[Freelance Hack]

1991 -- Duke and Carolina is correct. Point to Oz.

I forgot about Charlotte making it in 1977, so there's four, not three. (Checking now just to make sure there's no more beyond that).

EDIT: G'town and UVa. doesn't count.

 

[Ellis Redding]

Which is the fourth?

 

[Freelance Hack]

The last one unnamed happened prior to the Cincy-Ohio State matchups.

 

[linotype]

Do women count? Duke and UNC both went to last year's women's Final Four :)

 

[Oz]

The last one unnamed happened prior to the Cincy-Ohio State matchups.

OK, so I'm probably not going to know this. It's got to be something like San Francisco and UCLA or something like that.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Do women count? Duke and UNC both went to last year's women's Final Four :)

Uhhh, no. And it's not USF-UCLA either.

 

[Ellis Redding]

1954 - LaSalle and Penn State

 

[Freelance Hack]

Bingo, you're correct.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Next question, since the Big East took an unprecedented three teams to the Final Four in 1985, it's been the norm for a conference to be represented by two teams in the national semis. It's happened 15 times since 1985. In what years did it NOT happen?

 

[Freelance Hack]

Kansas was the fourth team that year.

One down, five to go.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

1998 North Carolina and Kentucky. Can't recall the other 2 but I don't think they were same conferences.

 

[Freelance Hack]

1998 North Carolina and Kentucky. Can't recall the other 2 but I don't think they were same conferences.

Utah and Stanford were the other teams that year.

Two down. Four to go.

 

[Omar_dont_scare]

Let's see... I know 1993 qualifies. UNC, Kansas, Michigan and Kentucky.

 

[Freelance Hack]

93 and 97 are right.

Two left.