ON THIS DAY IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL
March 24.
Different years. Same date. Games worth remembering.
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Unranked. Unforgettable.
Unranked wins over ranked teams. Best rank beaten first.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Dayton76 | #4 North Carolina62 | Neutral site · LOU |
| 1988 | Villanova80 | #6 Kentucky74 | Neutral site |
| 1985 | Villanova56 | #7 North Carolina44 | Neutral site |
| 2000 | North Carolina74 | #11 Tennessee69 | Neutral site |
| 1973 | Notre Dame78 | #11 North Carolina71 | Neutral site · NYC |
| 2017 | South Carolina70 | #12 Baylor50 | Neutral site · Madison Square Garden · New York, NY |
| 2024 | Clemson72 | #14 Baylor64 | Neutral site · FedExForum · Memphis, TN |
| 2011 | Butler61 | #16 Wisconsin54 | Neutral site · Smoothie King Center · New Orleans, LA |
| 2005 | West Virginia65 | #24 Texas Tech60 | Neutral site · The Pit · Albuquerque, NM |
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When the ranked collide
Ranked matchups, highest-ranked team first. Showing 10 of 63.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | #2 Cincinnati71 | #1 Ohio State59 | Neutral site · Louisville, KY |
| 2007 | #1 Ohio State92 | #5 Memphis76 | Neutral site |
| 1951 | #1 Kentucky76 | #5 Illinois74 | Neutral site |
| 1951 | #4 Kansas State68 | #2 Oklahoma State44 | Neutral site |
| 1979 | #1 Indiana State76 | #6 DePaul74 | Neutral site |
| 1973 | #1 UCLA70 | #6 Indiana59 | Neutral site · Final Four |
| 1967 | #1 UCLA73 | #7 Houston58 | Neutral site · Final Four |
| 1950 | #1 Bradley73 | #7 UCLA59 | Neutral site · NCAA Tournament |
| 2012 | #7 Ohio State77 | #2 Syracuse70 | Neutral site · TD Garden · Boston, MA |
| 2007 | #7 UCLA68 | #2 Kansas55 | Neutral site |
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Down to the wire
Ranked teams. Three points or fewer between them.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | #20 Florida84 | #25 Wisconsin83 | 1 pt |
| 2006 | #3 Villanova60 | #7 Boston College59 | 1 pt |
| 1990 | #15 Duke79 | #3 Connecticut78 | 1 pt |
| 2005 | #9 Arizona79 | #6 Oklahoma State78 | 1 pt |
| 1983 | #2 Louisville65 | #9 Arkansas63 | 2 pts |
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Top ten. Taken down.
The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | #4 Kansas State68 | #2 Oklahoma State44 | 24 pts |
| 2016 | #6 Villanova92 | #10 Miami (FL)69 | 23 pts |
| 2011 | #17 Arizona93 | #3 Duke77 | 16 pts |
| 2007 | #1 Ohio State92 | #5 Memphis76 | 16 pts |
| 1967 | #1 UCLA73 | #7 Houston58 | 15 pts |
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Games for the title
Conference tournament and NCAA Tournament championship games played on this date.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | #2 Louisville59 | UCLA54 | Neutral site · Final Four |
| 1962 | #2 Cincinnati71 | #1 Ohio State59 | Neutral site · Louisville, KY |
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Never count them out
Largest deficits erased, measured from play-by-play. Earliest on file: 2006.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Trailed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Miami (FL)63 | Richmond61 | Trailed by 18 |
| 2006 | #3 Villanova60 | #7 Boston College59 | Trailed by 16 |
| 2019 | Presbyterian77 | Robert Morris70 | Trailed by 13 |
| 2010 | Rhode Island79 | Virginia Tech72 | Trailed by 12 |
| 2017 | #20 Florida84 | #25 Wisconsin83 | Trailed by 11 |
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Points on points
The highest combined scores on this date.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | #4 Oklahoma108 | Louisville98 | 206 total pts |
| 2024 | #2 Houston100 | Texas A&M95 | 195 total pts |
| 1994 | Kansas State115 | Fresno State77 | 192 total pts |
| 2014 | Florida State101 | Georgetown90 | 191 total pts |
| 2006 | #2 Connecticut98 | #17 Washington92 | 190 total pts |
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You had to be there
The biggest crowds, by announced attendance.
| Season | Winner | Opponent | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | #4 Maryland90 | #10 Connecticut82 | 29,252 fans |
| 2007 | #1 Ohio State92 | #5 Memphis76 | 26,260 fans |
| 2023 | #18 San Diego State71 | #1 Alabama64 | 20,289 fans |
| 2023 | Creighton86 | Princeton75 | 20,289 fans |
| 2003 | North Carolina90 | Wyoming74 | 20,235 fans |
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Big nights
The highest-scoring individual games on this date.
| Season | Player | Game | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Glenn Robinson | Purdue vs. Kansas | 44 pts · 7 reb · 2 ast · 6 threes |
| 2017 | De'Aaron Fox | Kentucky vs. UCLA | 39 pts · 3 reb · 4 ast · 0 threes |
| 2011 | Kemba Walker | Connecticut vs. San Diego State | 36 pts · 3 reb · 3 ast · 4 threes |
| 1980 | Joe Barry Carroll | Purdue vs. Iowa | 35 pts · 12 reb · 2 ast |
| 1979 | Larry Bird | Indiana State vs. DePaul | 35 pts · 16 reb · 9 ast |