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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	2023	March 17, 2023	East	First Round	10 USC	62	7 Michigan State	72		-10	Columbus, OH
2	2022	March 18, 2022	Midwest	First Round	7 USC	66	10 Miami (FL)	68		-2	Greenville, SC
3	2021	March 30, 2021	West	Regional Final	6 USC	66	1 Gonzaga	85		-19	Indianapolis, IN
4	2021	March 28, 2021	West	Regional Semifinal	6 USC	82	7 Oregon	68		+14	Indianapolis, IN
5	2021	March 22, 2021	West	Second Round	6 USC	85	3 Kansas	51		+34	Indianapolis, IN
6	2021	March 20, 2021	West	First Round	6 USC	72	11 Drake	56		+16	Indianapolis, IN
7	2017	March 19, 2017	East	Second Round	11 USC	78	3 Baylor	82		-4	Tulsa, OK
8	2017	March 17, 2017	East	First Round	11 USC	66	6 SMU	65		+1	Tulsa, OK
9	2017	March 15, 2017	East	First Four	11 USC	75	11 Providence	71		+4	Dayton, OH
10	2016	March 17, 2016	East	First Round	8 USC	69	9 Providence	70		-1	Raleigh, NC
11	2011	March 16, 2011	Southwest	First Round	11 USC	46	11 VCU	59		-13	Dayton, OH
12	2009	March 22, 2009	Midwest	Second Round	10 USC	69	2 Michigan State	74		-5	Minneapolis, MN
13	2009	March 20, 2009	Midwest	First Round	10 USC	72	7 Boston College	55		+17	Minneapolis, MN
14	2008	March 20, 2008	Midwest	First Round	6 USC	67	11 Kansas State	80		-13	Omaha, NE
15	2007	March 23, 2007	East	Regional Semifinal	5 USC	64	1 UNC	74		-10	East Rutherford, NJ
16	2007	March 18, 2007	East	Second Round	5 USC	87	4 Texas	68		+19	Spokane, WA
17	2007	March 16, 2007	East	First Round	5 USC	77	12 Arkansas	60		+17	Spokane, WA
18	2002	March 14, 2002	South	First Round	4 USC	89	13 UNC Wilmington	93	OT	-4	Sacramento, CA
19	2001	March 24, 2001	East	Regional Final	6 USC	69	1 Duke	79		-10	Philadelphia, PA
20	2001	March 22, 2001	East	Regional Semifinal	6 USC	80	2 Kentucky	76		+4	Philadelphia, PA
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
21	2001	March 17, 2001	East	Second Round	6 USC	74	3 Boston College	71		+3	Uniondale, NY
22	2001	March 15, 2001	East	First Round	6 USC	69	11 Oklahoma State	54		+15	Uniondale, NY
23	1997	March 14, 1997	Southeast	First Round	11 USC	77	6 Illinois	90		-13	Charlotte, NC
24	1992	March 21, 1992	Midwest	Second Round	2 USC	78	7 Georgia Tech	79		-1	Milwaukee, WI
25	1992	March 19, 1992	Midwest	First Round	2 USC	84	15 Louisiana-Monroe	54		+30	Milwaukee, WI
26	1991	March 14, 1991	Southeast	First Round	10 USC	72	7 Florida State	75		-3	Louisville, KY
27	1985	March 14, 1985	Midwest	First Round	8 USC	55	9 Illinois State	58		-3	Tulsa, OK
28	1982	March 11, 1982	West	First Round	9 USC	58	8 Wyoming	61		-3	Logan, UT
29	1979	March 11, 1979	West	Second Round	7 USC	78	2 DePaul	89		-11	Los Angeles, CA
30	1979	March 9, 1979	West	First Round	7 USC	86	10 Utah State	67		+19	Los Angeles, CA
31	1961	March 18, 1961	West	Regional Third Place	USC	67	Loyola Marymount	69		-2	Portland, OR
32	1961	March 17, 1961	West	Regional Semifinal	USC	71	Arizona State	86		-15	Portland, OR
33	1961	March 15, 1961	West	First Round	USC	81	Oregon	79		+2	Portland, OR
34	1960	March 7, 1960	West	First Round	USC	73	Utah	80		-7	Provo, UT
35	1954	March 20, 1954	National	National Third Place	USC	61	Penn State	70		-9	Kansas City, MO
36	1954	March 19, 1954	West	National Semifinal	USC	72	Bradley	74		-2	Kansas City, MO
37	1954	March 13, 1954	West	Regional Final	USC	66	Santa Clara	65	2OT	+1	Corvallis, OR
38	1954	March 12, 1954	West	Regional Semifinal	USC	73	Idaho State	59		+14	Corvallis, OR
39	1940	March 23, 1940	West	Regional Final	USC	42	Kansas	43		-1	Kansas City, MO
40	1940	March 20, 1940	West	Regional Semifinal	USC	38	Colorado	32		+6	Kansas City, MO

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