Virginia's last four NCAA tournaments:
Lost in round of 64
National title
Lost in round of 64
Lost in round of 64
John Gasaway
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John Gasaway
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Joined July 2009
- Mountain West teams not named San Diego State are 1-13 in the NCAA tournament since 2019.
- Only thing slower than Virginia’s pace is how long it took too much of the world to understand how great this coach and this team are at basketball — and have been since 2013-14. Hoos, I salute you.
- Tennessee started 31-35 under Rick Barnes and has gone 60-15 since.
- Current streaks for reaching Sweet 16…. 1. Gonzaga: 5 yrs 2. UK: 3 3. UM: 3 4. Purdue: 3 5. Duke: 2 6. Florida State: 2 7. Texas Tech: 2 8. UVA: 1 9. UNC: 1 10. MSU: 1 11. Tennessee: 1 12. Houston: 1 13. LSU: 1 14. VaTech: 1 15. Auburn: 1 16. Oregon: 1
- Kentucky lost its opening NCAA tournament game one time between 1988 and 2022. Now it's happened twice in the last three tournaments.
- Up to the minute NCAA tournament wins since 2000: 1. Kansas 51 2. UNC 50 3. Duke 49 4. Michigan State 46 5. Kentucky 45 Congratulations, KU, rare opportunity to pad the lead
- Remove the technical for hanging on the rim and institute one for floor slapping.
- I get the NCAA tournament history, and why people hesitate with Virginia. Still, 31-2, regular-season title by four games, ACC tournament title…If this were UNC or Duke there'd already be coffee table books.
- There is nothing in all of sports like the NCAA tournament.
- Gonzaga, the team that still has to prove itself in the postseason, is in the Elite Eight for the third time in five years.
- Under the current system there is zero chance James Madison would have received an at-large bid.
- Duke scored 1.54 points per trip tonight vs Georgia Tech, the eighth-best game by any offense in major-conference play since 2006. Salute.
- The Big Ten has passed the 2017 Big 12 and is now chasing the 2004 ACC alone for title of best KenPom league “ever.”
