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MVC in the NCAA Tournament
2001 (2) -
2002 (2) -
Indiana State reached the 1979 national championship game
against Michigan State as the Sycamores finished 33-1. ISU’s
Larry Bird (#33) was national player of the year.
Indiana State, seeded 13th in the South Region,
beats #4 Oklahoma, 70-68, in overtime, but loses to
#12 Gonzaga, 85-68, at Memphis, Tenn. Creighton,
seeded 10th in the East Region, loses to #7 Iowa,
69-56, at Uniondale, N.Y. (Indiana State: 1-1;
Creighton: 0-1; Overall: 1-2)
Creighton, seeded 12th in the Midwest Region,
defeats #5 Florida, 83-82, in double-overtime, but
loses to #4 Illinois, 72-60, at Chicago, Ill. Southern Illinois, seeded 11th in the East Region, defeats
#6 Texas Tech, 76-68, and #3 Georgia, 77-75, at
Chicago. Southern Illinois, though, loses to #2
Connecticut, 71-59, at Syracuse (Creighton: 1-1;
Southern Illinois: 2-1; Overall Record: 3-2)
2003 (2) -
Creighton and Southern Illinois lose first-round
games. Creighton, seeded #6, falls to 11th-seeded
Central Michigan, 79-73, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Southern Illinois, an 11 seed, falls to sixth-seeded
Missouri, 72-71, in a first-round game at Indianapolis, Ind. (Creighton: 0-1; SIU: 0-1; Overall: 0-2)
Southern Illinois, seeded No. 9, falls in the final
seconds to eventual Elite Eight team Alabama, 6564, in Seattle, Wash. MVC Tournament champ UNI,
a No. 14 seed, pushes third-seeded Georgia Tech
before falling to the eventual national runners-up,
65-60, in Milwaukee, Wis. (Southern Illinois: 0-1;
UNI: 0-1; Overall Record: 0-2)
Instead of using the regional site designations (i.e.,
East, Midwest, South, West), the committee will
identify regional sites by the city in which the games
are being played (i.e., Atlanta Regional).
1993 (1) -
Southern Illinois loses to Duke, 105-70, at Chicago,
Ill. (Record: 0-1)
2004 (2) -
1994 (2) -
Tulsa defeats UCLA, 115-102, in the first round
and Oklahoma State, 82-80, in the second round
at Oklahoma City, Okla., then loses to eventual
national champion Arkansas, 103-84, in the Midwest
Regional at Dallas, Texas. Southern Illinois loses to
Minnesota, 74-60, in the first round at Sacramento.
(Tulsa: 2-1; SIU: 0-1; Overall Record: 2-2)
Bill Clinton became the first sitting president to attend the tournament, when he was present at the
Midwest Regional championship game in Dallas and
the national semifinals and final in Charlotte.
Tulsa advances to the Sweet Sixteen, defeating Illinois, 68-62, and Old Dominion, 64-52, at Albany,
N.Y. Tulsa was eliminated in the East Regional semifinals by Massachusetts, 76-51. Southern Illinois
was beaten by Syracuse, 96-92, in the first round of
the Midwest Regional at Austin, Texas. (Tulsa: 2-1;
Southern Illinois: 0-1; Overall Record: 2-2)
1996 (2) -
Bradley and Tulsa lose in the opening round. Bradley, seeded eighth and an at-large team to the East
Regional in Providence, R.I., loses to Stanford,
66-58. Tulsa, seeded 11th in the Midwest at Milwaukee, Wis., fell to Louisville, 82-80, in overtime.
(Tulsa: 0-1; Bradley: 0-1; Overall: 0-2)
1997 (1) -
Illinois State, seeded 11th at the Midwest Regional
in Auburn Hills, Mich., loses to sixth-ranked Iowa
State, 69-57. (Record: 0-1)
1998 (1) -
Illinois State, seeded ninth in the West Regional at
Sacramento, beat Tennessee, 82-81, in OT, before
losing to top-seed Arizona, 82-49. (Record: 1-1)
1999 (3) -
Missouri State, seeded 12th in the East Region,
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