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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	South	First Round	12 James Madison	72	5 Wisconsin	61		+11	Brooklyn, NY
2	2024	March 22, 2024	West	First Round	12 Grand Canyon	75	5 Saint Mary's	66		+9	Spokane, WA
3	2022	March 17, 2022	Midwest	First Round	12 Richmond	67	5 Iowa	63		+4	Buffalo, NY
4	2022	March 17, 2022	West	First Round	12 New Mexico State	70	5 UConn	63		+7	Buffalo, NY
5	2021	March 19, 2021	Midwest	First Round	12 Oregon State	70	5 Tennessee	56		+14	Indianapolis, IN
6	2019	March 22, 2019	South	First Round	12 Oregon	72	5 Wisconsin	54		+18	San Jose, CA
7	2019	March 22, 2019	East	First Round	12 Liberty	80	5 Mississippi State	76		+4	San Jose, CA
8	2019	March 21, 2019	West	First Round	12 Murray State	83	5 Marquette	64		+19	Hartford, CT
9	2017	March 16, 2017	South	First Round	12 Middle Tennessee	81	5 Minnesota	72		+9	Milwaukee, WI
10	2016	March 17, 2016	West	First Round	12 Yale	79	5 Baylor	75		+4	Providence, RI
11	2016	March 17, 2016	Midwest	First Round	12 Little Rock	85	5 Purdue	83	2OT	+2	Denver, CO
12	2014	March 18, 2014	Midwest	First Round	12 NC State	74	12 Xavier	59		+15	Dayton, OH
13	2012	March 14, 2012	Midwest	First Round	12 South Florida	65	12 California	54		+11	Dayton, OH
14	2011	March 15, 2011	East	First Round	12 Clemson	70	12 UAB	52		+18	Dayton, OH
15	2010	March 19, 2010	East	First Round	12 Cornell	78	5 Temple	65		+13	Jacksonville, FL
16	2009	March 20, 2009	East	First Round	12 Wisconsin	61	5 Florida State	59	OT	+2	Boise, ID
17	2009	March 20, 2009	Midwest	First Round	12 Arizona	84	5 Utah	71		+13	Miami, FL
18	2009	March 19, 2009	South	First Round	12 Western Kentucky	76	5 Illinois	72		+4	Portland, OR
19	2008	March 21, 2008	West	First Round	12 Western Kentucky	101	5 Drake	99	OT	+2	Tampa, FL
20	2008	March 21, 2008	Midwest	First Round	12 Villanova	75	5 Clemson	69		+6	Tampa, FL
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
21	2006	March 16, 2006	Atlanta	First Round	12 Texas A&M	66	5 Syracuse	58		+8	Jacksonville, FL
22	2006	March 16, 2006	Minneapolis	First Round	12 Montana	87	5 Nevada	79		+8	Salt Lake City, UT
23	2005	March 17, 2005	Chicago	First Round	12 Milwaukee	83	5 Alabama	73		+10	Cleveland, OH
24	2004	March 19, 2004	St. Louis	First Round	12 Pacific	66	5 Providence	58		+8	Kansas City, MO
25	2004	March 18, 2004	East Rutherford	First Round	12 Manhattan	75	5 Florida	60		+15	Raleigh, NC
26	2003	March 21, 2003	East	First Round	12 Butler	47	5 Mississippi State	46		+1	Birmingham, AL
27	2002	March 15, 2002	Midwest	First Round	12 Creighton	83	5 Florida	82	2OT	+1	Chicago, IL
28	2002	March 14, 2002	East	First Round	12 Tulsa	71	5 Marquette	69		+2	St. Louis, MO
29	2002	March 14, 2002	West	First Round	12 Missouri	93	5 Miami (FL)	80		+13	Albuquerque, NM
30	2001	March 16, 2001	South	First Round	12 Gonzaga	86	5 Virginia	85		+1	Memphis, TN
31	2001	March 15, 2001	East	First Round	12 Utah State	77	5 Ohio State	68	OT	+9	Greensboro, NC
32	1999	March 12, 1999	East	First Round	12 Missouri State	43	5 Wisconsin	32		+11	Charlotte, NC
33	1999	March 11, 1999	South	First Round	12 Detroit Mercy	56	5 UCLA	53		+3	Indianapolis, IN
34	1998	March 13, 1998	Midwest	First Round	12 Florida State	96	5 TCU	87		+9	Oklahoma City, OK
35	1997	March 13, 1997	Southeast	First Round	12 College of Charleston	75	5 Maryland	66		+9	Memphis, TN
36	1996	March 14, 1996	West	First Round	12 Drexel	75	5 Memphis	63		+12	Albuquerque, NM
37	1996	March 14, 1996	East	First Round	12 Arkansas	86	5 Penn State	80		+6	Providence, RI
38	1995	March 16, 1995	Midwest	First Round	12 Miami (OH)	71	5 Arizona	62		+9	Dayton, OH
39	1994	March 18, 1994	Midwest	First Round	12 Tulsa	112	5 UCLA	102		+10	Oklahoma City, OK
40	1994	March 17, 1994	West	First Round	12 Green Bay	61	5 California	57		+4	Ogden, UT
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
41	1993	March 19, 1993	West	First Round	12 George Washington	82	5 New Mexico	68		+14	Tucson, AZ
42	1992	March 20, 1992	West	First Round	12 New Mexico State	81	5 DePaul	73		+8	Tempe, AZ
43	1991	March 15, 1991	East	First Round	12 Eastern Michigan	76	5 Mississippi State	56		+20	Syracuse, NY
44	1990	March 15, 1990	Midwest	First Round	12 Dayton	88	5 Illinois	86		+2	Austin, TX
45	1990	March 15, 1990	West	First Round	12 Ball State	54	5 Oregon State	53		+1	Salt Lake City, UT
46	1989	March 16, 1989	West	First Round	12 DePaul	66	5 Memphis	63		+3	Boise, ID
47	1987	March 12, 1987	West	First Round	12 Wyoming	64	5 Virginia	60		+4	Salt Lake City, UT
48	1986	March 13, 1986	East	First Round	12 DePaul	72	5 Virginia	68		+4	Greensboro, NC
49	1985	March 14, 1985	West	First Round	12 Kentucky	66	5 Washington	58		+8	Salt Lake City, UT
50	1984	March 15, 1984	East	First Round	12 Richmond	72	5 Auburn	71		+1	Charlotte, NC
51	1983	March 18, 1983	West	First Round	12 Princeton	56	5 Oklahoma State	53		+3	Corvallis, OR
52	1980	March 6, 1980	Mideast	First Round	12 Penn	62	5 Washington State	55		+7	West Lafayette, IN

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