Tournament History
Which school has won the most NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships and which has won the most NCAA Women's Basketball Championships?
UCLA and UConn
What team made it to the 2018 Final Four as an 11-seed?
Loyola Chicago
Who is the only player to score at least 40 points in back-to-back women's NCAA Tournament games?
Caitlin Clark
Which SU player made the game-winning block against Kansas in the 2003 National Championship game?
Hakim Warrick
Where was the men's Final Four played in 2024?
Phoenix
What team won the first NCAA men's championship in 1939?
Who are the only two 16-seed's in men's tournament history to win a tournament game?
UMBC and FDU
In 2021, this player hit a buzzer-beater in OT to send his team to the National Championship?
Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
What year did Syracuse last appear in the Final Four? (Both the men's and women's program qualified that year)
2016
What is the only school to have both basketball teams win Division I titles in the same year?
UConn
What is the lowest seed to make a final four?
11-seed (LSU 1986; George Mason 2006; VCU 2011; Loyola Chicago 2018; UCLA 2021; NC State 2024)
Who was the lowest seeded team ever to appear in the Elite 8?
Who is the all-time leading scorer in March Madness history?
Christian Laettner (407 points)
How many times has Syracuse been to the Final Four?
6
(1975, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2013, 2016)
Which two woman's teams played in the NCAA women’s March Madness final that secured a record 18.7 million viewers?
Iowa and South Carolina
Who is the only men's coach to win a National title with two different programs?
Rick Pitino
Which team upset 2-seed Georgetown in the 2013 men's tournament?
Florida Gulf Coast
Who is the only person to be named Most Outstanding Player three different times?
Lew Alcindor
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
(1967-1969)
Michael Carter-Williams
What coach holds the record for most wins in March Madness?
Mike Krzyzewski (101)
What year did the Final Four feature all 1-seeds?
2008
Which team is the lowest seed ever to win a National Championship?
1985 Villanova (8)
This player hit a game-winning three-point buzzer beater to lead Villanova over North Carolina in the 2016 National Championship game?
Who are the five former Syracuse men's basketball players featured in this year's tournament?
Maliq Brown (Duke), Quadir Copeland (McNeese St), Kadary Richmond (St. John's), Brycen Goodine (Oklahoma), Frank Anselem-Ibe (Louisville)
How many team's in the 2025 men's tournament have the nickname the "Bulldogs"?
6
(Gonzaga, Georgia, Mississippi St, Bryant, Drake, Yale)