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Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
101	1998	March 13, 1998	Midwest	First Round	12 Florida State	96	5 TCU	87		+9	Oklahoma City, OK
102	1998	March 13, 1998	South	First Round	12 Iona	61	5 Syracuse	63		-2	Lexington, KY
103	1998	March 12, 1998	East	First Round	12 UNLV	57	5 Princeton	69		-12	Hartford, CT
104	1998	March 12, 1998	West	First Round	12 South Alabama	51	5 Illinois	64		-13	Sacramento, CA
105	1997	March 14, 1997	Midwest	First Round	12 Boston University	52	5 Tulsa	81		-29	Kansas City, MO
106	1997	March 13, 1997	Southeast	First Round	12 College of Charleston	75	5 Maryland	66		+9	Memphis, TN
107	1997	March 13, 1997	East	First Round	12 Princeton	52	5 California	55		-3	Winston-Salem, NC
108	1997	March 13, 1997	West	First Round	12 Valparaiso	66	5 Boston College	73		-7	Salt Lake City, UT
109	1996	March 14, 1996	East	First Round	12 Arkansas	86	5 Penn State	80		+6	Providence, RI
110	1996	March 14, 1996	Midwest	First Round	12 California	64	5 Iowa State	74		-10	Dallas, TX
111	1996	March 14, 1996	West	First Round	12 Drexel	75	5 Memphis	63		+12	Albuquerque, NM
112	1996	March 14, 1996	Southeast	First Round	12 VCU	51	5 Mississippi State	58		-7	Indianapolis, IN
113	1995	March 17, 1995	West	First Round	12 Santa Clara	67	5 Mississippi State	75		-8	Boise, ID
114	1995	March 16, 1995	Southeast	First Round	12 Ball State	66	5 Arizona State	81		-15	Memphis, TN
115	1995	March 16, 1995	Midwest	First Round	12 Miami (OH)	71	5 Arizona	62		+9	Dayton, OH
116	1995	March 16, 1995	East	First Round	12 Penn	85	5 Alabama	91	OT	-6	Baltimore, MD
117	1994	March 18, 1994	East	First Round	12 Ohio	72	5 Indiana	84		-12	Landover, MD
118	1994	March 18, 1994	Midwest	First Round	12 Tulsa	112	5 UCLA	102		+10	Oklahoma City, OK
119	1994	March 17, 1994	Southeast	First Round	12 College of Charleston	58	5 Wake Forest	68		-10	Lexington, KY
120	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
121	1993	March 19, 1993	Southeast	First Round	12 Chattanooga	58	5 Wake Forest	81		-23	Nashville, TN
122	1993	March 19, 1993	West	First Round	12 George Washington	82	5 New Mexico	68		+14	Tucson, AZ
123	1993	March 19, 1993	Midwest	First Round	12 Marquette	62	5 Oklahoma State	74		-12	Indianapolis, IN
124	1993	March 18, 1993	East	First Round	12 Texas Tech	67	5 St. John's (NY)	85		-18	Winston-Salem, NC
125	1992	March 20, 1992	Midwest	First Round	12 Missouri State	54	5 Michigan State	61		-7	Dayton, OH
126	1992	March 20, 1992	West	First Round	12 New Mexico State	81	5 DePaul	73		+8	Tempe, AZ
127	1992	March 19, 1992	Southeast	First Round	12 Stanford	75	5 Alabama	80		-5	Cincinnati, OH
128	1992	March 19, 1992	East	First Round	12 West Virginia	78	5 Missouri	89		-11	Greensboro, NC
129	1991	March 15, 1991	East	First Round	12 Eastern Michigan	76	5 Mississippi State	56		+20	Syracuse, NY
130	1991	March 15, 1991	West	First Round	12 Green Bay	58	5 Michigan State	60		-2	Tucson, AZ
131	1991	March 15, 1991	Southeast	First Round	12 Louisiana Tech	65	5 Wake Forest	71		-6	Atlanta, GA
132	1991	March 15, 1991	Midwest	First Round	12 St. Peter's	65	5 Texas	73		-8	Dayton, OH
133	1990	March 15, 1990	West	First Round	12 Ball State	54	5 Oregon State	53		+1	Salt Lake City, UT
134	1990	March 15, 1990	East	First Round	12 BYU	47	5 Clemson	49		-2	Hartford, CT
135	1990	March 15, 1990	Midwest	First Round	12 Dayton	88	5 Illinois	86		+2	Austin, TX
136	1990	March 15, 1990	Southeast	First Round	12 Villanova	63	5 LSU	70		-7	Knoxville, TN
137	1989	March 17, 1989	East	First Round	12 South Carolina	66	5 NC State	81		-15	Providence, RI
138	1989	March 16, 1989	West	First Round	12 DePaul	66	5 Memphis	63		+3	Boise, ID
139	1989	March 16, 1989	Midwest	First Round	12 Loyola Marymount	101	5 Arkansas	120		-19	Indianapolis, IN
140	1989	March 16, 1989	Southeast	First Round	12 Providence	97	5 Virginia	100		-3	Nashville, TN
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
141	1988	March 18, 1988	West	First Round	12 Florida State	98	5 Iowa	102		-4	Los Angeles, CA
142	1988	March 18, 1988	East	First Round	12 Iowa State	78	5 Georgia Tech	90		-12	Hartford, CT
143	1988	March 17, 1988	Southeast	First Round	12 Oregon State	61	5 Louisville	70		-9	Atlanta, GA
144	1988	March 17, 1988	Midwest	First Round	12 Wichita State	62	5 DePaul	83		-21	South Bend, IN
145	1987	March 13, 1987	Southeast	First Round	12 Houston	55	5 Kansas	66		-11	Atlanta, GA
146	1987	March 12, 1987	East	First Round	12 Middle Tennessee	71	5 Notre Dame	84		-13	Charlotte, NC
147	1987	March 12, 1987	Midwest	First Round	12 Texas A&M	51	5 Duke	58		-7	Indianapolis, IN
148	1987	March 12, 1987	West	First Round	12 Wyoming	64	5 Virginia	60		+4	Salt Lake City, UT
149	1986	March 14, 1986	West	First Round	12 Pepperdine	64	5 Maryland	69		-5	Long Beach, CA
150	1986	March 14, 1986	Southeast	First Round	12 Xavier	80	5 Alabama	97		-17	Charlotte, NC
151	1986	March 13, 1986	East	First Round	12 DePaul	72	5 Virginia	68		+4	Greensboro, NC
152	1986	March 13, 1986	Midwest	First Round	12 Washington	70	5 Michigan State	72		-2	Dayton, OH
153	1985	March 15, 1985	Southeast	First Round	12 Miami (OH)	68	5 Maryland	69	OT	-1	Dayton, OH
154	1985	March 14, 1985	West	First Round	12 Kentucky	66	5 Washington	58		+8	Salt Lake City, UT
155	1985	March 14, 1985	East	First Round	12 Old Dominion	68	5 SMU	85		-17	Hartford, CT
156	1985	March 14, 1985	Midwest	First Round	12 Pitt	54	5 Louisiana Tech	78		-24	Tulsa, OK
157	1984	March 16, 1984	Midwest	First Round	12 Alcorn State	56	5 Kansas	57		-1	Lincoln, NE
158	1984	March 16, 1984	Mideast	First Round	12 Morehead State	59	5 Louisville	72		-13	Milwaukee, WI
159	1984	March 15, 1984	West	First Round	12 Princeton	56	5 UNLV	68		-12	Salt Lake City, UT
160	1984	March 15, 1984	East	First Round	12 Richmond	72	5 Auburn	71		+1	Charlotte, NC
Rk	Year	Date	Region	Round	School	PTS	Opponent	PTS	OT	Diff	Location
161	1983	March 18, 1983	Midwest	First Round	12 Alcorn State	63	5 Georgetown	68		-5	Louisville, KY
162	1983	March 18, 1983	West	First Round	12 Princeton	56	5 Oklahoma State	53		+3	Corvallis, OR
163	1983	March 17, 1983	East	First Round	12 La Salle	67	5 VCU	76		-9	Greensboro, NC
164	1983	March 17, 1983	Mideast	First Round	12 Robert Morris	53	5 Purdue	55		-2	Tampa, FL
165	1982	March 12, 1982	Midwest	First Round	12 Northern Illinois	68	5 Kansas State	77		-9	Dallas, TX
166	1982	March 12, 1982	East	First Round	12 Penn	56	5 St. John's (NY)	66		-10	Uniondale, NY
167	1982	March 11, 1982	West	First Round	12 North Carolina A&T	72	5 West Virginia	102		-30	Logan, UT
168	1982	March 11, 1982	Mideast	First Round	12 Robert Morris	62	5 Indiana	94		-32	Nashville, TN
169	1981	March 13, 1981	Mideast	First Round	12 Ball State	90	5 Boston College	93		-3	Tuscaloosa, AL
170	1981	March 13, 1981	East	First Round	12 LIU	69	5 VCU	85		-16	Charlotte, NC
171	1981	March 12, 1981	West	First Round	12 Howard	43	5 Wyoming	78		-35	Los Angeles, CA
172	1981	March 12, 1981	Midwest	First Round	12 Mercer	67	5 Arkansas	73		-6	Austin, TX
173	1980	March 7, 1980	West	First Round	12 Loyola Marymount	71	5 Arizona State	99		-28	Tempe, AZ
174	1980	March 6, 1980	Mideast	First Round	12 Penn	62	5 Washington State	55		+7	West Lafayette, IN
175	1980	March 6, 1980	Midwest	First Round	12 San Jose State	51	5 Missouri	61		-10	Lincoln, NE
176	1980	March 6, 1980	East	First Round	12 VCU	72	5 Iowa	86		-14	Greensboro, NC

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