This Day In Tournament History 22

March 22

1990

With exactly 0:01.0 showing on the Meadowlands scoreboard clock, Connecticut's Scott Burrell, a minor league pitching prospect, fires a length-of-the-court pass to Tate George, who turns and sinks a jump shot to propelthe Huskies past Clemson, 71-70, in an East Regional Semifinal.

1987

In the West Regional Final at Seattle, UNLV erases a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Iowa, 84-81, and advances to the Final Four. UNLV's Gerald Paddio spurs the run with three three-pointers and the Runnin' Rebels race to an eight point lead before Iowa cuts it to one with 0:32 left. The Hawkeyes try to set up for a potential game-winning shot, but an errant pass ends their Final Four dreams. Armon Gilliam leads UNLV with 27 points and 10rebounds.

1980

Lee Rose becomes only the fifth coach in NCAA Tournament history to coach two different schools in the Final Four, but his Purdue Boilermakers are defeated by UCLA, 67-62, in the National Semifinal. Rose had previously coached UNC-Charlotte, which lost to eventual champion Marquette, 51-49, in a 1977 National Semifinal.

1969

Lew Alcindor is unstoppable, scoring 37 points and grabbing 20 rebounds, as UCLA wins its third straight NCAA title, defeating Purdue, 92-72, at Louisville. For the third straight year, Alcindor is named the tourney's MostOutstanding Player.

1968

In one of the most anticipated matchups in Final Four history, UCLA faces Houston at Los Angeles in a game featuring Houston's Elvin Hayes and UCLA's Lew Alcindor. This is a rematch of a regular-season game played at Houston's Astrodome before a record crowd of 52,693. Houston won that game, 71-69. In this match, UCLA's press frustrates the Cougars and the Bruins take a 53-31 lead at the half. The Bruins advance to the National Final with a 101-69 triumph as all five UCLA starters score in double figures and Hayes is held to 10 points. Alcindor leads UCLA to the championship game with 19 points and 18 rebounds.

1963

Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes the first and only Heisman Trophy winner to play in a Final Four game. Baker plays 27 minutes but is 0-for-9 from the floor and does not score in the Beavers' 80-46 loss to Cincinnati. Baker had scored 21 points in the 83-65 West Regional Final win over Arizona State six days earlier.

1963

Duke coach Vic Bubas becomes the third person to both play and coach in the Final Four, but his Blue Devils are defeated in a National Semifinal by eventual champion Loyola (Ill.), 94-75, at Louisville. Bubas had played for N.C. State in the 1950 Final Four.

1958

Kentucky wins its fourth national title, defeating Seattle, 84-72, at Louisville. The tourney's Most Outstanding Player, Elgn Baylor, helps Seattle to a 44-38 lead, but the Wildcats take over after Baylor draws his fourth foul with 16:30 left in the game. Despite 25 points and 19 rebounds from Baylor, Seattle falls as Johnny Cox and Vernon Hatton lead the Kentucky comeback.

1957

Forddy Anderson and Frank McGuire become the first coaches to take two different schools to the Final Four. McGuire's North Carolina Tar Heels defeat Anderson's Michigan State Spartans, 74-70 in triple overtime, in one of the great tournament games ever played. The Spartans think they win the game in regulation when Jack Quiggle hits a halfcourt shot -- but the basket is disallowed. Finally, in the third overtime, North Carolina All-American Lenny Rosenbluth scores four of the Tar Heels' final eight points to end the Spartans' season. There were 31 lead changes and 21 ties in the game. McGuire had coached St. John's to a runner-up finish in 1952 and Anderson had coached Bradley to a runner-up finish in 1954.

1957

Kansas coach Dick Harp becomes the first person to play and coach in the Final Four as his Jayhawks crush San Francisco, 80-56, in a National Semifinal to advance to the championship game. Harp had played for Kansas in 1940 when the Jayhawks were defeated by Indiana in the National Final.