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NCAA Tournament Matchup Finder Query Results

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Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
1	2024	March 22, 2024	East	First Round	12 UAB	65	5 San Diego State	69		-4	Spokane, WA
2	2024	March 22, 2024	West	First Round	12 Grand Canyon	75	5 Saint Mary's	66		+9	Spokane, WA
3	2024	March 22, 2024	South	First Round	12 James Madison	72	5 Wisconsin	61		+11	Brooklyn, NY
4	2024	March 21, 2024	Midwest	First Round	12 McNeese State	65	5 Gonzaga	86		-21	Salt Lake City, UT
5	2023	March 17, 2023	Midwest	First Round	12 Drake	56	5 Miami (FL)	63		-7	Albany, NY
6	2023	March 17, 2023	West	First Round	12 VCU	51	5 Saint Mary's	63		-12	Albany, NY
7	2023	March 16, 2023	South	First Round	12 College of Charleston	57	5 San Diego State	63		-6	Orlando, FL
8	2023	March 16, 2023	East	First Round	12 Oral Roberts	51	5 Duke	74		-23	Orlando, FL
9	2022	March 18, 2022	South	First Round	12 UAB	68	5 Houston	82		-14	Pittsburgh, PA
10	2022	March 17, 2022	East	First Round	12 Indiana	53	5 Saint Mary's	82		-29	Portland, OR
11	2022	March 17, 2022	West	First Round	12 New Mexico State	70	5 UConn	63		+7	Buffalo, NY
12	2022	March 17, 2022	Midwest	First Round	12 Richmond	67	5 Iowa	63		+4	Buffalo, NY
13	2021	March 20, 2021	West	First Round	12 UCSB	62	5 Creighton	63		-1	Indianapolis, IN
14	2021	March 20, 2021	East	First Round	12 Georgetown	73	5 Colorado	96		-23	Indianapolis, IN
15	2021	March 19, 2021	Midwest	First Round	12 Oregon State	70	5 Tennessee	56		+14	Indianapolis, IN
16	2021	March 19, 2021	South	First Round	12 Winthrop	63	5 Villanova	73		-10	Indianapolis, IN
17	2019	March 22, 2019	East	First Round	12 Liberty	80	5 Mississippi State	76		+4	San Jose, CA
18	2019	March 22, 2019	South	First Round	12 Oregon	72	5 Wisconsin	54		+18	San Jose, CA
19	2019	March 21, 2019	West	First Round	12 Murray State	83	5 Marquette	64		+19	Hartford, CT
20	2019	March 21, 2019	Midwest	First Round	12 New Mexico State	77	5 Auburn	78		-1	Salt Lake City, UT
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
21	2018	March 16, 2018	East	First Round	12 Murray State	68	5 West Virginia	85		-17	San Diego, CA
22	2018	March 16, 2018	Midwest	First Round	12 New Mexico State	68	5 Clemson	79		-11	San Diego, CA
23	2018	March 15, 2018	South	First Round	12 Davidson	73	5 Kentucky	78		-5	Boise, ID
24	2018	March 15, 2018	West	First Round	12 South Dakota State	73	5 Ohio State	81		-8	Boise, ID
25	2017	March 16, 2017	South	First Round	12 Middle Tennessee	81	5 Minnesota	72		+9	Milwaukee, WI
26	2017	March 16, 2017	Midwest	First Round	12 Nevada	73	5 Iowa State	84		-11	Milwaukee, WI
27	2017	March 16, 2017	East	First Round	12 UNC Wilmington	71	5 Virginia	76		-5	Orlando, FL
28	2017	March 16, 2017	West	First Round	12 Princeton	58	5 Notre Dame	60		-2	Buffalo, NY
29	2016	March 18, 2016	South	First Round	12 South Dakota State	74	5 Maryland	79		-5	Spokane, WA
30	2016	March 17, 2016	Midwest	First Round	12 Little Rock	85	5 Purdue	83	2OT	+2	Denver, CO
31	2016	March 17, 2016	East	First Round	12 Chattanooga	74	5 Indiana	99		-25	Des Moines, IA
32	2016	March 17, 2016	West	First Round	12 Yale	79	5 Baylor	75		+4	Providence, RI
33	2015	March 20, 2015	Midwest	Second Round	12 Buffalo	62	5 West Virginia	68		-6	Columbus, OH
34	2015	March 20, 2015	East	Second Round	12 Wyoming	54	5 Northern Iowa	71		-17	Seattle, WA
35	2015	March 19, 2015	South	Second Round	12 Stephen F. Austin	50	5 Utah	57		-7	Portland, OR
36	2015	March 19, 2015	West	Second Round	12 Wofford	53	5 Arkansas	56		-3	Jacksonville, FL
37	2014	March 21, 2014	South	Second Round	12 Stephen F. Austin	77	5 VCU	75	OT	+2	San Diego, CA
38	2014	March 20, 2014	East	Second Round	12 Harvard	61	5 Cincinnati	57		+4	Spokane, WA
39	2014	March 20, 2014	Midwest	Second Round	12 NC State	80	5 Saint Louis	83	OT	-3	Orlando, FL
40	2014	March 20, 2014	West	Second Round	12 North Dakota State	80	5 Oklahoma	75	OT	+5	Spokane, WA
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
41	2013	March 22, 2013	West	Second Round	12 Ole Miss	57	5 Wisconsin	46		+11	Kansas City, MO
42	2013	March 21, 2013	South	Second Round	12 Akron	42	5 VCU	88		-46	Auburn Hills, MI
43	2013	March 21, 2013	East	Second Round	12 California	64	5 UNLV	61		+3	San Jose, CA
44	2013	March 21, 2013	Midwest	Second Round	12 Oregon	68	5 Oklahoma State	55		+13	San Jose, CA
45	2012	March 16, 2012	Midwest	Second Round	12 South Florida	58	5 Temple	44		+14	Nashville, TN
46	2012	March 15, 2012	East	Second Round	12 Harvard	70	5 Vanderbilt	79		-9	Albuquerque, NM
47	2012	March 15, 2012	West	Second Round	12 Long Beach State	68	5 New Mexico	75		-7	Portland, OR
48	2012	March 15, 2012	South	Second Round	12 VCU	62	5 Wichita State	59		+3	Portland, OR
49	2011	March 18, 2011	West	Second Round	12 Memphis	75	5 Arizona	77		-2	Tulsa, OK
50	2011	March 17, 2011	East	Second Round	12 Clemson	76	5 West Virginia	84		-8	Tampa, FL
51	2011	March 17, 2011	Southwest	Second Round	12 Richmond	69	5 Vanderbilt	66		+3	Denver, CO
52	2011	March 17, 2011	Southeast	Second Round	12 Utah State	68	5 Kansas State	73		-5	Tucson, AZ
53	2010	March 19, 2010	East	First Round	12 Cornell	78	5 Temple	65		+13	Jacksonville, FL
54	2010	March 19, 2010	Midwest	First Round	12 New Mexico State	67	5 Michigan State	70		-3	Spokane, WA
55	2010	March 19, 2010	South	First Round	12 Utah State	53	5 Texas A&M	69		-16	Spokane, WA
56	2010	March 18, 2010	West	First Round	12 UTEP	59	5 Butler	77		-18	San Jose, CA
57	2009	March 20, 2009	Midwest	First Round	12 Arizona	84	5 Utah	71		+13	Miami, FL
58	2009	March 20, 2009	East	First Round	12 Wisconsin	61	5 Florida State	59	OT	+2	Boise, ID
59	2009	March 19, 2009	West	First Round	12 Northern Iowa	56	5 Purdue	61		-5	Portland, OR
60	2009	March 19, 2009	South	First Round	12 Western Kentucky	76	5 Illinois	72		+4	Portland, OR
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
61	2008	March 21, 2008	Midwest	First Round	12 Villanova	75	5 Clemson	69		+6	Tampa, FL
62	2008	March 21, 2008	West	First Round	12 Western Kentucky	101	5 Drake	99	OT	+2	Tampa, FL
63	2008	March 20, 2008	East	First Round	12 George Mason	50	5 Notre Dame	68		-18	Denver, CO
64	2008	March 20, 2008	South	First Round	12 Temple	61	5 Michigan State	72		-11	Denver, CO
65	2007	March 16, 2007	East	First Round	12 Arkansas	60	5 USC	77		-17	Spokane, WA
66	2007	March 16, 2007	West	First Round	12 Illinois	52	5 Virginia Tech	54		-2	Columbus, OH
67	2007	March 16, 2007	South	First Round	12 Long Beach State	86	5 Tennessee	121		-35	Columbus, OH
68	2007	March 15, 2007	Midwest	First Round	12 Old Dominion	46	5 Butler	57		-11	Buffalo, NY
69	2006	March 17, 2006	Oakland	First Round	12 Kent State	64	5 Pitt	79		-15	Auburn Hills, MI
70	2006	March 16, 2006	Minneapolis	First Round	12 Montana	87	5 Nevada	79		+8	Salt Lake City, UT
71	2006	March 16, 2006	Atlanta	First Round	12 Texas A&M	66	5 Syracuse	58		+8	Jacksonville, FL
72	2006	March 16, 2006	Washington	First Round	12 Utah State	61	5 Washington	75		-14	San Diego, CA
73	2005	March 18, 2005	Syracuse	First Round	12 New Mexico	47	5 Villanova	55		-8	Nashville, TN
74	2005	March 18, 2005	Austin	First Round	12 Old Dominion	81	5 Michigan State	89		-8	Worcester, MA
75	2005	March 18, 2005	Albuquerque	First Round	12 George Washington	68	5 Georgia Tech	80		-12	Nashville, TN
76	2005	March 17, 2005	Chicago	First Round	12 Milwaukee	83	5 Alabama	73		+10	Cleveland, OH
77	2004	March 19, 2004	Atlanta	First Round	12 Murray State	53	5 Illinois	72		-19	Columbus, OH
78	2004	March 19, 2004	St. Louis	First Round	12 Pacific	66	5 Providence	58		+8	Kansas City, MO
79	2004	March 18, 2004	Phoenix	First Round	12 BYU	75	5 Syracuse	80		-5	Denver, CO
80	2004	March 18, 2004	East Rutherford	First Round	12 Manhattan	75	5 Florida	60		+15	Raleigh, NC
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
81	2003	March 21, 2003	East	First Round	12 Butler	47	5 Mississippi State	46		+1	Birmingham, AL
82	2003	March 20, 2003	South	First Round	12 BYU	53	5 UConn	58		-5	Spokane, WA
83	2003	March 20, 2003	West	First Round	12 Milwaukee	69	5 Notre Dame	70		-1	Indianapolis, IN
84	2003	March 20, 2003	Midwest	First Round	12 Weber State	74	5 Wisconsin	81		-7	Spokane, WA
85	2002	March 15, 2002	Midwest	First Round	12 Creighton	83	5 Florida	82	2OT	+1	Chicago, IL
86	2002	March 14, 2002	West	First Round	12 Missouri	93	5 Miami (FL)	80		+13	Albuquerque, NM
87	2002	March 14, 2002	East	First Round	12 Tulsa	71	5 Marquette	69		+2	St. Louis, MO
88	2002	March 14, 2002	South	First Round	12 Utah	56	5 Indiana	75		-19	Sacramento, CA
89	2001	March 16, 2001	South	First Round	12 Gonzaga	86	5 Virginia	85		+1	Memphis, TN
90	2001	March 16, 2001	Midwest	First Round	12 Hawaii	69	5 Syracuse	79		-10	Dayton, OH
91	2001	March 15, 2001	West	First Round	12 BYU	59	5 Cincinnati	84		-25	San Diego, CA
92	2001	March 15, 2001	East	First Round	12 Utah State	77	5 Ohio State	68	OT	+9	Greensboro, NC
93	2000	March 17, 2000	East	First Round	12 Butler	68	5 Florida	69	OT	-1	Winston-Salem, NC
94	2000	March 17, 2000	South	First Round	12 Utah State	67	5 UConn	75		-8	Birmingham, AL
95	2000	March 16, 2000	West	First Round	12 Indiana State	61	5 Texas	77		-16	Tucson, AZ
96	2000	March 16, 2000	Midwest	First Round	12 St. Bonaventure	80	5 Kentucky	85	2OT	-5	Cleveland, OH
97	1999	March 12, 1999	East	First Round	12 Missouri State	43	5 Wisconsin	32		+11	Charlotte, NC
98	1999	March 12, 1999	Midwest	First Round	12 Rhode Island	70	5 Charlotte	81	OT	-11	New Orleans, LA
99	1999	March 11, 1999	West	First Round	12 UAB	64	5 Iowa	77		-13	Denver, CO
100	1999	March 11, 1999	South	First Round	12 Detroit Mercy	56	5 UCLA	53		+3	Indianapolis, IN

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