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MVC in the NCAA Tournament
1961 (1) -

Cincinnati beats Texas Tech, 78-55; Kansas
State, 69-64; Utah, 82-56; and then Ohio State
for the national title, 70-65. (Record: 4-0)

1962 (1) -

Cincinnati beats Creighton, 66-46; Colorado,
73-46; UCLA, 72-70, then defeats Ohio State,
71-59, for the national title. (Record: 4-0)

1963 (1) -

Cincinnati advances to its third-straight title game
and fifth-straight Final Four, beating Texas, 73-68;
Colorado, 67-60; and Oregon State, 80-46; before
losing to Loyola (Ill.), 60-58. (Record: 3-1)

1964 (1) -

Wichita State beats Creighton, 84-68, in the first
round, but then falls in the title game of the Midwest
Regional to Kansas State, 95-86. (Record: 1-1)

1965 (1) -

Wichita State beats Southern Methodist, 86-81 and
Oklahoma State, 54-46, to advance to the Final
Four, but takes fourth nationally, losing to UCLA,
108-89, and Princeton, 118-82. (Record: 2-2)

1966 (1) -

1967 (1) -

Cincinnati finishes fourth at Midwest Regional, falling
against eventual national champion Texas Western (now UTEP), 78-76, in overtime, and losing to
Southern Methodist, 89-84. (Record: 0-2)
Louisville takes fourth at Midwest Regional, losing
to Southern Methodist, 83-81, and Kansas, 70-68.
(Record: 0-2)
Louisville loses to Houston, 91-75, in first round of
Midwest Regional, but takes third by defeating Kansas State, 70-68. (Record: 1-1)

1969 (1) -

MVC champion Drake wins the Midwest Regional
with victories against Texas A&M, 81-63, and Colorado State, 84-77, then stretches UCLA to the limit,
before losing, 85-82, in the national semifinals. The
Bulldogs then beat North Carolina, 104-84, in the
third-place game. (Record: 3-1).

1970 (1) -

Drake beats Houston, 92-87, in the first round, but
then loses in the Midwest Regional finals to New
Mexico State, 87-78. (Record: 1-1).

1971 (1) -

Drake whips Notre Dame, 79-72, in OT, in the first
round of the Midwest Regional, but loses in the regional final to Kansas, 73-71. (Record: 1-1)

1972 (1) -

Post-season

1968 (1) -

Louisville beats Louisiana-Lafayette, 88-84; defeats
Kansas State, 72-65, and advances to the Final
Four and finishes fourth, losing to UCLA, 96-77, and
North Carolina, 105-91. (Record: 2-2)

1973 (1) -

Memphis State makes it to the Final Four, defeating
South Carolina, 90-76; beating Kansas State, 92-72,
and defeating Providence, 98-85, before losing to
UCLA in the finals, 87-66. (Record: 3-1)
For the first time, the championship game was televised in prime time.

With Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati advanced to the semifinals of
the Final Four in 1959 and 1960. The Bearcats then won national titles in 1961 (pictured) and in 1962.
1977 (1) -

MVC Tournament champion Southern Illinois moves
into the second round of the Midwest Regional, after
defeating Arizona, 81-77, but loses to Wake Forest,
86-81. (Record: 1-1)

1978 (1) -

Creighton loses to No. 3 DePaul, 80-78, in the first
round of the Midwest Regional. (Record: 0-1)
A seeding process was used for the first time for
individual teams. A maximum of four automatic
qualifying conference teams were seeded in each of
the four regional brackets.

1979 (2) -

1980 (1)

1974 (1) -

Louisville falls in the first round to Creighton, 80-71.
(Record: 0-1)

1981 (2) -

1975 (2) -

Louisville beats Rutgers, 91-78; defeats Cincinnati,
78-63; and beats Maryland, 96-82, to make it to the
national semifinals, where it loses to UCLA, 75-74,
but places third by defeating Syracuse, 96-88. New
Mexico State is defeated in the Eastern Regional by
North Carolina, 93-69. (Louisville: 4-1; New Mexico
State: 0-1. Overall Record: 4-2)
A 32-team bracket was adopted. For the first time,
teams other than the conference champions could
be chosen at-large. No conference could be represented by more than two teams.

1976 (1)

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Wichita State loses to Michigan, 74-73, in the first
round of the Midwest Regional. (Record: 0-1)
For the first time, two teams from the same conference (Big Ten) played in the national championship
game with Indiana defeating Michigan.

1982 (1)

Indiana State places second nationally, losing to
Michigan State, 75-64, in the finals to finish 33-1.
The Sycamores beat Virginia Tech, 86-69; Oklahoma, 93-72; Arkansas, 73-71; and DePaul, 76-74,
before losing to the Spartans. New Mexico State
loses in the first round of the Midwest Regional,
81-78 in overtime, to Weber State. (Indiana State:
4-1; New Mexico State, 0-1; Overall Record: 4-2)
The bracket was expanded to 40 teams. For the
first time, all teams were seeded. The 16 conferences with the best won-lost records over the previous five years of championship play received byes
into the second round. Eight additional byes were
available to independents, second conference teams
and champions of other conferences.
BU loses to Texas A&M, 55-53, in first round of the
Midwest Region at Denton, Texas. (Record: 0-1)
The bracket was expanded to 48 teams, which
included 24 automatic qualifiers and 24 at-large
teams. The top 16 seeds received byes to the second round. The committee eliminated restrictions
on the number of at-large teams selected from one
conference.
Creighton loses to St. Joseph’s (Pa.) in the first
round, 59-57, at Dayton, Ohio. Wichita State beats
Southern University, 95-70, and Iowa, 60-56, in
Wichita to advance to the Midwest Regional in New
Orleans. The Shockers defeated Kansas, 66-65,
before losing to LSU, 96-85, in the regional finals.
(CU: 0-1; Wichita State: 3-1; Overall Record: 3-2)
A computer ranking system, the Ratings Percentage
Index, was used as an aid in evaluating teams in the
preparation for making at-large selections.
Virginia defeated Louisiana State in the last thirdplace game conducted at the Final Four.
After receiving a first-round bye, Tulsa loses to
Houston, 78-74, at home. (Record: 0-1)
The “selection show” was shown on live national
television for the first time.