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40 Year NCAA Basketball Tournament, Elite 8

Sunday, June 22, 2025

 Sweet 16

Four games in this round.

2005 NORTH CAROLINA v. 1988 OKLAHOMA
1996 KENTUCKY v. 1995 KENTUCKY
2001 ARIZONA v. 1990 UNLV
2008 KANSAS v. 1998 NORTH CAROLINA

2005 NORTH CAROLINA 109   1988 OKLAHOMA 98
-The Winners of the East - the 2005 North Carolina Tar Heels. 22 points/17 rebounds for Sean May. 26 points for Rashad McCants.  20 for Harvey Grant in the loss.

1996 KENTUCKY 112  1995 KENTUCKY 98
-The Winners of the South, the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats.  The older version of Antoine Walker scored 22 to lead the way. The younger version of Mark Pope had a double/double in the loss.  

2001 ARIZONA 110  1990 UNLV 95
-Michael Wright goes 11 for 14, 29 points and 11 rebounds and Arizona wins the West and heads to the Final Four.  17 points/10 assists for Jason Gardner.  David Butler has 19 in the defeat.

1998 NORTH CAROLINA  91   2008 KANSAS 84
-A second Carolina team reaches the final 4. 14 points/12 rebounds for Antawn Jamison; 16 points, 8 rebounds for Vince Carter. Darnell Jackson with 17 in the loss.

And there you have it.  We are set for the last 3 games of the tournament.

1996 KENTUCKY v. 2005 NORTH CAROLINA
1998 NORTH CAROLINA v. 2001 ARIZONA


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