1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1991


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=64
FinalFourArena=Hoosier Dome
FinalFourCity=Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions=Duke
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Kansas
GameCount=6th
Semifinal1=North Carolina
FinalFourCount=10th
Semifinal2=UNLV
FinalFourCount2=4th
Coach=Mike Krzyzewski
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Christian Laettner
MOPTeam=Duke
Attendance=665,707
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Christian Laettner
TopScorerTeam=Duke
Points=125The 1991 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 14, 1991, and ended with the championship game on April 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. A total of 63 games were played.

Duke, coached by Mike Krzyzewski, won a rematch of the previous year's national final matchup against undefeated UNLV 79-77 in the semifinal, then won the national title with a 72-65 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Roy Williams. This was the first National Championship game for Williams as a head coach. Kansas defeated Williams' mentor Dean Smith and North Carolina in the semifinal. Kansas made its first return trip to the National Championship game since 1988 when they defeated Oklahoma, making it the second time Kansas returned to the Championship in four seasons. Christian Laettner of Duke was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

East region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=North Carolina
RD1-score01=101
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Northeastern
RD1-score02=66
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Princeton
RD1-score03=48
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Villanova
RD1-score04=50
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Mississippi St
RD1-score05=56
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Eastern Michigan
RD1-score06=76
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=UCLA
RD1-score07=69
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Penn St
RD1-score08=74
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=North Carolina State
RD1-score09=114
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Southern Mississippi
RD1-score10=85
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Oklahoma St
RD1-score11=67
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=New Mexico
RD1-score12=54
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Purdue
RD1-score13=63
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=Temple
RD1-score14=80
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Syracuse
RD1-score15=69
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Richmond
RD1-score16=73
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=North Carolina
RD2-score01=84
RD2-seed02=9
RD2-team02=Villanova
RD2-score02=69
RD2-seed03=12
RD2-team03=Eastern Michigan
RD2-score03=71
RD2-seed04=13
RD2-team04=Penn St
RD2-score04=68*
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=North Carolina State
RD2-score05=64
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Oklahoma St
RD2-score06=73
RD2-seed07=10
RD2-team07=Temple
RD2-score07=77
RD2-seed08=15
RD2-team08=Richmond
RD2-score08=64
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=North Carolina
RD3-score01=93
RD3-seed02=12
RD3-team02=Eastern Michigan
RD3-score02=67
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Oklahoma St
RD3-score03=63*
RD3-seed04=10
RD3-team04=Temple
RD3-score04=72
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=North Carolina
RD4-score01=75
RD4-seed02=10
RD4-team02=Temple
RD4-score02=72

outheast region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Arkansas
RD1-score01=117
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Georgia St
RD1-score02=76
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Arizona St
RD1-score03=79
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Rutgers
RD1-score04=76
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Wake Forest
RD1-score05=71
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Louisiana Tech
RD1-score06=65
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=Alabama
RD1-score07=89
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Murray St
RD1-score08=79
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=Pittsburgh
RD1-score09=76
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Georgia
RD1-score10=68*
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Kansas
RD1-score11=55
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=New Orleans
RD1-score12=49
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Florida St
RD1-score13=75
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=Southern California
RD1-score14=72
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Indiana
RD1-score15=79
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Coastal Carolina
RD1-score16=69
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Arkansas
RD2-score01=97
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Arizona St
RD2-score02=90
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Wake Forest
RD2-score03=88
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Alabama
RD2-score04=96
RD2-seed05=6
RD2-team05=Pittsburgh
RD2-score05=66
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Kansas
RD2-score06=77
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=Florida St
RD2-score07=60
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Indiana
RD2-score08=82
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Arkansas
RD3-score01=93
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Alabama
RD3-score02=70
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Kansas
RD3-score03=83
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Indiana
RD3-score04=65
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=Arkansas
RD4-score01=81
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Kansas
RD4-score02=93

Midwest region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=Ohio St
RD1-score01=97
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Towson
RD1-score02=86
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Georgia Tech
RD1-score03=87
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=DePaul
RD1-score04=70
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Texas
RD1-score05=73
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=St Peters
RD1-score06=65
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=St John's
RD1-score07=75
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=Northern Illinois
RD1-score08=68
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=LSU
RD1-score09=62
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Connecticut
RD1-score10=79
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Nebraska
RD1-score11=84
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=Xavier
RD1-score12=89
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Iowa
RD1-score13=76
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=East Tennessee St
RD1-score14=73
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Duke
RD1-score15=102
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=Northeast Louisiana
RD1-score16=73
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Ohio St
RD2-score01=65
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Georgia Tech
RD2-score02=61
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Texas
RD2-score03=76
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=St John's
RD2-score04=84
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Connecticut
RD2-score05=66
RD2-seed06=14
RD2-team06=Xavier
RD2-score06=50
RD2-seed07=7
RD2-team07=Iowa
RD2-score07=70
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Duke
RD2-score08=85
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Ohio St
RD3-score01=74
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=St John's
RD3-score02=91
RD3-seed03=11
RD3-team03=Connecticut
RD3-score03=67
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Duke
RD3-score04=81
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=St John's
RD4-score01=61
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Duke
RD4-score02=78

West region

16TeamBracket | RD3=Sweet Sixteen | RD4=Elite Eight | RD1-seed01=1
RD1-team01=UNLV
RD1-score01=99
RD1-seed02=16
RD1-team02=Montana
RD1-score02=65
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Georgetown
RD1-score03=70
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Vanderbilt
RD1-score04=60
RD1-seed05=5
RD1-team05=Michigan St
RD1-score05=60
RD1-seed06=12
RD1-team06=Wisconsin-Green Bay
RD1-score06=58
RD1-seed07=4
RD1-team07=Utah
RD1-score07=82
RD1-seed08=13
RD1-team08=South Alabama
RD1-score08=72
RD1-seed09=6
RD1-team09=New Mexico St
RD1-score09=56
RD1-seed10=11
RD1-team10=Creighton
RD1-score10=64
RD1-seed11=3
RD1-team11=Seton Hall
RD1-score11=71
RD1-seed12=14
RD1-team12=Pepperdine
RD1-score12=51
RD1-seed13=7
RD1-team13=Virginia
RD1-score13=48
RD1-seed14=10
RD1-team14=BYU
RD1-score14=61
RD1-seed15=2
RD1-team15=Arizona
RD1-score15=93
RD1-seed16=15
RD1-team16=St Francis-PA
RD1-score16=80
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=UNLV
RD2-score01=62
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Georgetown
RD2-score02=54
RD2-seed03=5
RD2-team03=Michigan St
RD2-score03=84**
RD2-seed04=4
RD2-team04=Utah
RD2-score04=85
RD2-seed05=11
RD2-team05=Creighton
RD2-score05=69
RD2-seed06=3
RD2-team06=Seton Hall
RD2-score06=81
RD2-seed07=10
RD2-team07=BYU
RD2-score07=61
RD2-seed08=2
RD2-team08=Arizona
RD2-score08=76
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=UNLV
RD3-score01=83
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Utah
RD3-score02=66
RD3-seed03=3
RD3-team03=Seton Hall
RD3-score03=81
RD3-seed04=2
RD3-team04=Arizona
RD3-score04=77
RD4-seed01=1
RD4-team01=UNLV
RD4-score01=77
RD4-seed02=3
RD4-team02=Seton Hall
RD4-score02=65

Final Four

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals | RD2=National Finals
RD1-seed1=E1
RD1-team1=North Carolina
RD1-score1=73
RD1-seed2=S3
RD1-team2=Kansas
RD1-score2=79
RD1-seed3=M2
RD1-team3=Duke
RD1-score3=79
RD1-seed4=W1
RD1-team4=UNLV
RD1-score4=77
RD2-seed1=S3
RD2-team1=Kansas
RD2-score1=65
RD2-seed2=M2
RD2-team2=Duke
RD2-score2=72

Trivia

*Duke's 79-77 win over UNLV in the Final Four became one of the biggest upsets in tournament history. UNLV's juggernaut 1990-91 squad ranked #2 on ESPN Classic's "Who's #1?" for Best Teams Not To Win a Title. UNLV was undefeated entering the 1991 tournament, the last team to ever accomplish that (Indiana is the last team to win the championship undefeated in 1976).
*For the first time in tournament history a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed. Richmond defeated Syracuse 73-69. The feat has now happened four times in tournament history.
*For bracketologists, this tournament is notable for several reasons. The first is the upset-heavy opening round, which led to every seed number except 16 being represented by at least one team in the second round. The East region, in particular, featured first round victories by seeds 9, 10, 12, 13, and 15. Two 11's and a 14-seed advanced in the other regions. The second round is equally remarkable because there were "no upsets" in this round whatsoever. The combination of these two anomalies led to an unprecedented occurrence in which a 10 (Temple), an 11 (Connecticut), and a 12-seed (Eastern Michigan) advanced to the Sweet Sixteen without any of the teams pulling off consecutive upsets. The reason for this was that the first round successes of 15-seed Richmond, 14-seed Xavier, and 13-seed Penn State led to Temple, Connecticut and Eastern Michigan (respectively) being considered "favorites" for their second round matchups.
*This was the first NCAA Tournament to feature all four North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference teams: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Duke and Wake Forest.

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1991.htm 1991 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.