March Madness All Stars: Will History Repeat Itself?

* MARCH MADNESS ALL STARS * WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? March madness is upon us! It's that time of year and college basketball tournaments are in full swing -- the strong will crush the weak. Historically, College basketball teams have been competing in March Madness tourneys since 1939. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF MARCH MADNESS WITH SOME OF THE BEST COACHES, PLAYERS, WINS, LOSSES AND WHO TO LOOK FOR IN 2012. *THE WINS★ AT THE END OF THE DAY (OR TOURNAMENT), WHAT MATTERS IS THE WIN. The Coach with the Most JOHN WOODEN, UCLA Bruins [1] BRUINS 47 *12 Final Four appearances (1) tournament wins [1] The Teams with the Most UCLA Bruins Indiana Hoosiers THI HA I 11 WINS (2] 5 WINS (2] Kentucky Wildcats 7 WINS (2) Duke Blue Devils 4 WINS [2] North Carolina Tar Heels 5 WINS (2) Kansas Jayhawks 3 WINS (2] MARCH MADNESS HAS IT ALL: high-scoring games, low-scoring games, blowouts, and one point victories. * THE SCORES * CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCORES HIGHEST SCORING GAME LOWEST SCORING GAME BLOW OUTS |Washington Wisconsin State UNLV Duke UNLV Duke 103 | 73 39| 34 103 | 73 YEAR 1990(3] YEAR 1941 (3] YEAR 199013] North Carolina Michigan Georgetown Seton Hall CLOSEST SCORING GAMES 63|73 80 | 79 YEAR 1982 13] YEAR 1989(3] TEAMS SINGLE-GAME RECORDS IN THE FINAL FOUR FEWEST FIELD POINTS POINTS GOALS ASSISTS 127 St. Joseph's 28 50 26 Kentucky v. Dartmouth Utah Louisville v. St. Joseph's YEAR 1961 14] v. Utah LSU YEAR 1961(4) YEAR 194214) YEAR 1986(4) FREE THROWS BLOCKED SHOTS MADE REBOUNDS 37 76 St. Joseph's Houston Kansas Utah North Carolina Duke YEAR 1961 (4) YEAR 1967 (4) YEAR 19884) EACH TOURNAMENT BRINGS its share of new and familiar faces that * THE PLAYERS* rock college basketball in March. The Individual All-Stars Points Per Game Field Goals 3-Point Field Goals Made Free-Throws Made 58 22 10 18 Bill Bradley Princeton Bill Bradley Princeton Freddie Banks UNLV Gail Goodrich UCLA YEAR 1965 (4) YEAR 1965 [4] YEAR 1987 [4] YEAR 1965 (4) Blocked Shots Rebounds Assists 27 18 6. Bill Russell San Francisco YEAR 1956 [4] Bill Bradley UNLV Danny Manning Kansas YEAR 1987 [4] YEAR 1988 [4) Where Are They Now? Bill Bradley Freddie Banks V Former Senator of New Jersey [5] V High school basketball coach in Las Vegas [6] V Hosts American Voices, a weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio [5] V Authored six books (5] Took his team to 4A State Championsh [6] Gail Goodrich Bill Russell V Played for the Lakers as an all-time leader (7] V Won 11 championships (out of 13 seasons) with the Boston Celtics Considered one of the best in NBA history [7] Danny Manning Mark Wade V Served on committee to select U.S. Olympic basketball team [10] V Coaches AAU teams in California [9] Ambassador for Kansas Governor's Council on Fitness (10] Teaches kids life skills through his foundation 19] V Guest lecturer in university classes and athletics at KU [10] FROM 1939 TO TODAY, it is often those small school players who carry a tournament. * 2012 PREDICTIONS * Casper Ware Long Beach State [11] Doug McDermott Creighton [11] Ware will lead the charge with scoring ability. Averages 3.1 three-pointers ! per game, making 47.9 percent of them. Kerron Johnson Belmont [11] March Madness 2012 John Shurna Northwesters [11] Contributes 14.1 points i Senior player has averaged 15 points per game since sophomore year. per game on an efficient 53.1 percent from the field. Dominique Morrison Oral Roberts [11] Averages 20.3 points per game and creates matchup problems for almost any Roberts (12 or 13 seed) could upset the four- or five-seed that he's matched up against. team. The month of March brings 73 years of March Madness tournaments and 2012 play-offs. From selection day to Sweet 16 to Final 4, history has shown that there's no way to predict who will win and what upsets will happen this March. * SORCES * [1] http://bleacherreport.com/articles/632443-march-madness-the-11-greatest-coaches- in-ncaa-tournament-history/page/12 > [2] http://ncaa-basketball.findthedata.org/app-question/784/Which-basketball-team -has-the-most-NCAA-Championships · [3] http://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d1 > [4] http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/tourney/final4-it-recs.htm > [5] http://www.billbradley.com/about/biography > [6] http://www.sportshalloffame.net/hall-of-famers/freddie-banks > [7] http://projects.latimes.com/lakers/player/gail-goodrich/ > [8] http://www.nba.com/history/players/russell_bio.html > [9] http://www.lvrj.com/sports/ranking-the-rebels--29---mark-wade-98730174.html > [10] http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/manning_danny00.html > [11) http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1087823-march-madness-2012-10-small- school-studs-who-will-light-up-this-years-tourney