NCAA Tournament Losers #1

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1. 1985 was the first year the NCAA tournament had a grand total of 64 teams. Villanova defeated Georgetown to become the first national champion of the new format. Who was the loser? Wichita State Marshall Iowa State Ohio

2. The 1986 Duke Blue Devils were heavily favored to win the NCAA tournament, having only lost twice in the entire year. However, the Louisville Cardinals ended their dreams in the final game. Who was the loser? Fairfield Richmond Akron Pepperdine

3. 1987 gave Bobby Knight his third national championship as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, as they defeated Syracuse. Who was the loser that year? Marshall Marist Clemson Wichita State

4. 1988 saw future NBA coach Larry Brown take his Kansas Jayhawks to their first national championship since 1952, defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the championship game. Who was the 1988 loser? Iowa State St. John's Baylor UC Santa Barbara

5. 1989 marked the 50th anniversary of the NCAA tournament saw the Michigan Wolverines win their first national championship against Seton Hall. Who was the loser of the year? LaSalle Georgia Tech Rutgers St. Mary's

6. 1990 saw the biggest blowout in the history of the national championship game, a 30 point thrashing of Duke at the hands of UNLV. Who was the loser that year? Notre Dame Southern Mississippi South Florida Texas Southern

7. In their fourth consecutive Final Four, Duke finally won their first national championship in 1991 over Kansas. Who was the loser of the year? Louisiana Tech Virginia Southern Mississippi DePaul

8. Duke in 1992 became the first repeat national champions since UCLA did it seven times in a row from 1967-1973. Who was the loser this year? Stanford Lousiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe Princeton

9. Thanks partly to a phantom timeout called by Chris Webber, North Carolina became the 1993 National Champions. Who was the loser? Marquette Memphis Pennsylvania Long Beach State

10. In 1994, the tenth NCAA Tournament since the expansion to 64 teams, the Arkansas Razorbacks defeated the Duke Blue Devils to win the national championship. Who was the loser? California College Of Charleston Southwest Texas State Drexel