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NCAA Tournament - St. Louis, the Host
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS FOR 2014
Listed below are the 31 Division I conferences that
have automatic bids to the 2014 NCAA tournament.
America East Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Sun Conference
Atlantic 10 Conference
Big East Conference
Big 12 Conference
Big Sky Conference
Big South Conference
Big Ten Conference
Big West Conference
Colonial Athletic Association
Conference USA
Horizon League
The Ivy Group
Metro Atlantic Athletic
Mid-American Conference

Mid-Eastern Athletic
MISSOURI VALLEY
Mountain West Conference
Northeast Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Patriot League
Southeastern Conference
Southern Conference
Southland Conference
Southwestern Athletic
Summit League
Sun Belt Conference
West Coast Conference
Western Athletic Conference

2005 -- At the 2005 Final Four, Sean May made all but
one of his 11 shots and scored 26 points to lead North
Carolina to a 75-70 victory over Illinois. The tournament’s Most Outstanding Player is the son of Scott May,
who scored 26 points in the 1976 finals as Indiana
completed an undefeated season with a victory over
Michigan in the NCAA championship game.
2004 -- In 2004 at the Edward Jones Dome, a total of
61,449 fans attended the St. Louis Regional. Georgia
Tech advanced to the Final Four after beating Nevada
and Kansas. Kansas beat UAB in the initial game of
the regional. The two crowds both eclipsed 30,000 and
were the most at any game in the NCAA Tournament
that year, with the exception of the Final Four.

2001 -- The 2001 Women’s Final Four saw Valley member
Missouri State advance to the national semifinals, before falling to Purdue. In the process, the Lady Bears
became the first MVC women’s basketball program to
reach the Final Four. Missouri State also reached the
1992 Final Four while competing under the Gateway
Conference umbrella. Notre Dame won the national
title in 1992 with a sellout of 20,551 on hand.
1999 -- In March of 1999, the NCAA Men’s Basketball
Midwest Regional was hosted by The Valley and the city
of St. Louis on Friday and Sunday, March 19 and 21.
On consecutive days, the 1999 Midwest Regional drew
NCAA Tournament record crowds of 42,440 and 42,519
fans to the Edward Jones Dome.
1998 -- In March of 1998, the NCAA Men’s Basketball
Midwest Regional was hosted by The Valley and the city
of St. Louis on Friday and Sunday, March 20 and 22.
Sellout crowds of 22,172 at Savvis Center each day
witnessed the Stanford Cardinal advance to the 1998
NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, after defeating Purdue
and Rhode Island.

1993 -- During the 1993 NCAA Midwest Regional, Calbert
Chaney of Indiana was voted the MVP, but Kansas took
the regional title, beating Indiana, 83-77, in the final.
1984 -- In 1984, DePaul, Houston, Memphis State and
Wake Forest appeared at The Arena, with Houston
advancing to the Final Four with a 68-63 win over Wake
Forest. The 1984 NCAA Midwest Regional had significance, as Wake Forest beat coaching legend Ray Meyer
in his final game with DePaul.
1982 -- The 1982 and 1984 NCAA Midwest Regionals
proved to be the showcase for “Phi Slamma Jamma,”
as the Houston Cougars advanced to the Final Four
with wins over Boston College (1982) and Wake Forest (1984) in the regional championship game. Boston
College, Houston, Kansas State and Missouri were the
four regional teams in 1982.
1978 -- The 1978 Final Four at The Arena had Joe B. Hall
of Kentucky, Eddie Sutton of Arkansas, Bill Foster of
Duke and Digger Phelps of Notre Dame. Kentucky’s
Jack Givens scored 41 points against Duke on March
27, 1978.
1973 -- In the history of the Final
Four, there have
been only three 40plus point games by
an individual in the
national championship game, and two
of those have occurred in St. Louis.
On March 26, 1973,
UCLA’s Bill Walton
scored his NCAArecord 44 points
against Memphis.
The 1973 Final Four
featured four of the
collegiate game’s
top innovators:
Gene Bartow of
Memphis State, Bobby Knight of Indiana, Dave Gavitt
of Providence and John Wooden of UCLA.

Post-season

2002 -- In 2002 at the Edward Jones Dome, a total of
73,774 fans passed through the turnstiles to witness
the first-ever NCAA First/Second Round competition
played in St. Louis.

Roy Williams
and members
of the North
Carolina Tar
Heel basketball
team hoist the
national championship trophy
after winning
the 2005 crown
in St. Louis.

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