If Kansas beats Nova, then LOY-CHI and their rolling corpse mascot could actually win the national title!

RunMaker · Mar 26, 2018

I think they can beat any team except Nova. Not saying it will happen, but they actually have a shot.

CoolBreeze22 · Mar 26, 2018

Well they certainly have a better shot than NC St. had in 83, or Nova in 85. What an incredible story it would be, Sister Jean!

RunMaker · Mar 26, 2018

I think they are legit. They can beat Michigan. Not saying it will happen.

I remember George Mason about a decade ago and they had ZERO chance. Not even a thought's chance.

Loy-Chi can beat any team except Nova.

RunMaker · Mar 31, 2018

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I believe Loy-Chi can actually win the national championship. I doubt they will, but this may be the first time a seed this low has a real legit shot at doing it. Would have to go over the champion teams list to see who was not in the Big Boys' club (ie, Duke, Kansas, UNC, UK, etc, etc)

You could probably go over the last 20 champions and they're all in the Big Boy's club.

RunMaker · Mar 31, 2018

1991

	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	72–65	Kansas	Roy Williams	Hoosier Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][71][/SUP]
1992	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	71–51	Michigan[SUP][a][/SUP]	Steve Fisher	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota	[SUP][72][/SUP]
1993	North Carolina	Dean Smith	77–71	Michigan[SUP][a][/SUP]	Steve Fisher	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana	[SUP][73][/SUP]
1994	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	76–72	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte, North Carolina	[SUP][74][/SUP]
1995	UCLA	Jim Harrick	89–78	Arkansas	Nolan Richardson	Kingdome	Seattle, Washington	[SUP][75][/SUP]
1996	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	76–67	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Continental Airlines Arena	East Rutherford, New Jersey	[SUP][76][/SUP]
1997	Arizona	Lute Olson	84–79*	Kentucky	Rick Pitino	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][77][/SUP]
1998	Kentucky	Tubby Smith	78–69	Utah	Rick Majerus	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	[SUP][78][/SUP]
1999	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	77–74	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Tropicana Field	St. Petersburg, Florida	[SUP][79][/SUP]
2000	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	89–76	Florida	Billy Donovan	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][80][/SUP]
2001	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	82–72	Arizona	Lute Olson	Metrodome	Minneapolis, Minnesota	[SUP][81][/SUP]
2002	Maryland	Gary Williams	64–52	Indiana	Mike Davis	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia	[SUP][82][/SUP]
2003	Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	81–78	Kansas	Roy Williams	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana	[SUP][83][/SUP]
2004	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	82–73	Georgia Tech	Paul Hewitt	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	[SUP][84][/SUP]
2005	North Carolina	Roy Williams	75–70	Illinois	Bruce Weber	Edward Jones Dome	St. Louis, Missouri	[SUP][85][/SUP]
2006	Florida	Billy Donovan	73–57	UCLA	Ben Howland	RCA Dome	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][86][/SUP]
2007	Florida	Billy Donovan	84–75	Ohio State	Thad Matta	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia	[SUP][87][/SUP]
2008	Kansas	Bill Self	75–68*	Memphis[SUP][a][/SUP]	John Calipari	Alamodome	San Antonio, Texas	[SUP][88][/SUP]
2009	North Carolina	Roy Williams	89–72	Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Ford Field	Detroit, Michigan	[SUP][89][/SUP]
2010	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	61–59	Butler	Brad Stevens	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][90][/SUP]
2011	Connecticut	Jim Calhoun	53–41	Butler	Brad Stevens	Reliant Stadium	Houston, Texas	[SUP][91][/SUP]
2012	Kentucky	John Calipari	67–59	Kansas	Bill Self	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	New Orleans, Louisiana	[SUP][92][/SUP]
2013	Louisville[SUP][a][/SUP]	Rick Pitino	82–76	Michigan	John Beilein	Georgia Dome	Atlanta, Georgia	[SUP][93][/SUP]
2014	Connecticut	Kevin Ollie	60–54	Kentucky	John Calipari	AT&T Stadium	Arlington, Texas	[SUP][94][/SUP]
2015	Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	68–63	Wisconsin	Bo Ryan	Lucas Oil Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	[SUP][95][/SUP]
2016	Villanova	Jay Wright	77–74	North Carolina	Roy Williams	NRG Stadium	Houston, Texas	[SUP][96][/SUP]
2017	North Carolina	Roy Williams	71–65	Gonzaga	Mark Few	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	[SUP][97][/SUP]