NCAA Final Four is set, Memphis, North Carolina favored

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Posted by CAPPERSMALL STAFF on 03.30.2008

The 2008 NCAA March Madness tournament started with 64 teams and now is down to the Final four.

All four number one seeds are still standing and for the first time in NCAA tournament history (since 1985 when it went to 64 teams) the Final four will be between four number one seeds. The National championship game has only been a battle of two number one seeds five times since 1979 when the NCAA started seeding teams with the most recent one being last year in 2007 when the Florida Gators defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes. This will now be the sixth time number one seeds have faced off and most experts will agree the best four teams are still standing.

Representing the East bracket is North Carolina who defeated Mt St Mary, Arkansas, Washington State and Louisville.

The Midwest bracket is Kansas who defeated Portland St, UNLV, Villanova and Davidson.

Coming out of the South bracket is Memphis who dismantled Texas Sunday and before that defeated Texas-Arlington, Mississippi State and Michigan State.

Finally the UCLA Bruins came out of the West bracket. UCLA beat Miss Valley St, Texas A&M, Western Kentucky and Xavier on the way to the Final Four.

The four teams will represent the ACC, Pac-10, Big 12 and Conference USA.

The UCLA Bruins will be going for their 12th National Championship. They won their 11th back in 1995. North Carolina will be going for their 5th last winning in 2005. Kansas will be going for the 3rd title while Memphis will be shooting for their first championship

The Final four matchup's will take place Saturday April 5th, 2008 in San Antonio Texas with the winners playing for the National Championship on Monday April 7th, 2008.

The oddsmakers opened the Memphis Tigers as one point favorites over the UCLA Bruins with the total at 134.5. The game will tip at 6:07 PM. The later game will tip approximately 8:47 PM. The line opened as North Carolina - 2.5 point favorites over Kansas with the total set at 158.

Below is a list of the history of the NCAA tournament championship games.

 

YR Winner SC Runner-Up SC
2008    -
2007  Florida 84  Ohio State  75 
2006  Florida  73  UCLA  57 
2005  North Carolina 75  Illinois  70 
2004  Connecticut 82  Georgia Tech  73 
2003  Syracuse  81  Kansas  78 
2002  Maryland  64  Indiana  52 
2001  Duke 82  Arizona  72 
2000  Michigan State 89  Florida  76 
1999  Connecticut  77  Duke  74 
1998  Kentucky 78  Utah  69 
1997 Arizona  84  Kentucky  79 
1996  Kentucky  76  Syracuse  67 
1995  UCLA 89  Arkansas  78 
1994  Arkansas  76  Duke  72 
1993  North Carolina 77  Michigan*  71 
1992  Duke 71  Michigan*  51 
1991  Duke  72  Kansas  65 
1990  UNLV  103  Duke  73 
1989 Michigan  80  Seton Hall  79 
1988  Kansas 83  Oklahoma  79 
1987  Indiana 74  Syracuse  73 
1986  Louisville  72  Duke  69 
1985  Villanova  66  Georgetown  64 
1984  Georgetown  84  Houston  75 
1983  North Carolina State  54  Houston  52 
1982  North Carolina 63  Georgetown  62 
1981  Indiana 63  North Carolina  50 
1980  Louisville  59  UCLA*  54 
1979  Michigan State  75  Indiana State  64 
1978  Kentucky  94  Duke  88 
1977  Marquette  67  North Carolina  59 
1976  Indiana 86  Michigan  68 
1975  UCLA 92  Kentucky  85 
1974  North Carolina State  76  Marquette  64 
1973  UCLA 87  Memphis  66 
1972  UCLA 81  Florida State  76 
1971  UCLA 68  Villanova  62 
1970  UCLA 80  Jacksonville  69 
1969  UCLA 92  Purdue  72 
1968  UCLA 78  North Carolina  55 
1967  UCLA 79  Dayton  64 
1966  Texas Western  72  Kentucky  65 
1965  UCLA 91  Michigan  80 
1964  UCLA  98  Duke  83 
1963 Loyola (Chicago)  60  Cincinnati  58 
1962  Cincinnati 71  Ohio State  59 
1961 Cincinnati  70  Ohio State  65 
1960  Ohio State  75  California  55 
1959  California  71  West Virginia  70 
1958  Kentucky 84  Seattle  72 
1957 North Carolina  54  Kansas  53 
1956  San Francisco  83  Iowa  71 
1955  San Francisco  76  La Salle  73 
1954  La Salle  92  Bradley  76 
1953  Indiana 69  Kansas  68 
1952  Kansas  80  St. John's  63 
1951  Kentucky  68  Kansas State  58 
1950  CCNY  71  Bradley  68 
1949  Kentucky 46  Oklahoma State  36 
1948  Kentucky  58  Baylor  42 
1947  Holy Cross  58  Oklahoma  47 
1946  Oklahoma A&M 43  North Carolina  40 
1945  Oklahoma A&M  49  NYU  45 
1944 Utah  42  Dartmouth  40 
1943  Wyoming  46  Georgetown  34 
1942  Stanford  53  Dartmouth  38 
1941  Wisconsin  39  Washington State  34 
1940  Indiana  60  Kansas  42 
1939  Oregon  46  Ohio State  33 

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