John Thompson's 1981-1982 came into the season with a #5 ranking after adding Freshman center Patrick Ewing to a team that already had Sleepy Floyd, Eric Smith and Anthony Jones. After losing 2 of the first...

Georgetown entered the 1995-1996 season with big expectations and a Top 5 preseason ranking.  A large part of that was due to the return of sophmore sensation Allen Iverson.  John Thompson's Hoyas were far from...

Unranked at the beginning of the 1996 season the Xavier Musketeers went 23-6, UConn entered the 1998-1999 season ranked #2 in the preseason polls.  Thanks to a 19 game win streak to start the season...

Product is excluded from discounts The UConn Huskies entered the 1994-1995 season ranked 19th in the country and it didn't take them long to find a permanent spot inside the Top 5.  Led by sweet...

Syracuse entered the 1995-1996 season unranked and under the national radar.  That didn't last long as the Orange rattled off 11 straight wins and climbing all the way to #12 in the polls.  Powered by...

After making the NIT the year before, the Syracuse Orange entered the 2002-2003 season with no national expectations of competing for a National Championship.  Enter Carmelo Anthony.  The freshman superstar paced the Orange all year...

The 1991-92 Memphis State Tigers were led by Anfernee “Penny” Hardaway, the nation's top recruit.  Larry Finch’s Tigers went 23-11 during the regular season to earn a #6 seed in the Midwest region.  Once there...

The University of Virginia went 25-9 during the 1994-1995 season and featured wins over 6 ranked ACC teams.  Jeff Jones' team was led by big man Junior Burrough, and a 3 guard attack featuring Cory Alexander, Harold...

Jerry Tarkanian and his band of Rebels dismantled Duke 103-73 in the National Championship.  UNLV was loaded with talent in 1990 with Anderson Hunt, Larry Johnson, Greg Anthony and Stacey Augmon.  The Rebels stormed through...

The 1987 Indiana Hoosiers entered the NCAA Tournament with a 26-4 record and earned the #1 seed in the Midwest. They beat Fairfield, Auburn, Duke and LSU to make it to the Final Four in...

Widely regarded as "The Perfect Game" Villanova's upset over #1 Georgetown in the 1985 National Championship is still viewed as one of the NCAA Tournament's signature moments.  Played at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on April...

The St. John's Red Storm entered the 1998-1999 season unranked but loaded with talent.  Led by Bootsy Thornton, Ron Artest, Lavor Postell and with the arrival of freshman PG Erick Barkley, St. John's was ready...

Led by head coach Tom Izzo and the “Flintstones”, Michigan State won a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, the Big Ten Tournament, and earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.  The...

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons spent the majority of the 1996-97 season ranked in the top 5 of the AP Poll.  Led by senior consensus All-American Tim Duncan the Demon Deacons finished 24-7 earning a...

he 1994-1995 Villanova Wildcats entered the season ranked inside the Top 25.  After an up and down start to the season Nova found itself unranked entering the gauntlet of their Big East schedule.  Led by...

The 1987-88 Iowa State Cyclones climbed the AP Poll after starting the season 16-2.  Led by senior All-American Jeff Grayer and senior running mate Lafester Rhodes the Cyclones were ranked as high as #10 in...