"52"^^ . "369.0"^^ . . "The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament that involved 68 teams playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 2013 and concluded with the championship game on April 8, 2013 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines (the youngest team in the field of 68 teams) in the championship game by a score of 82-76. This was the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, dating back to 1939. Selection Sunday, when CBS announced the participants and tournament brackets, occurred on March 17, 2013. Atlantic Sun Conference champion Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, a relatively new school that held its first classes in 1997 and became Division I postseason eligible in 2011, made their first ever appearance in the tournament, winning two games to become the first ever #15 seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Two other teams also earned their first ever NCAA Tournament victory: Ivy League champion Harvard and MEAC champion North Carolina A&T. Liberty became the first 20-loss team in five years to earn an NCAA bid, having finished their season with five consecutive wins to secure the Big South championship and its automatic qualification. For the first time since 1977, the ten-member basketball selection committee did not choose a single NCAA team from the state of Texas for the tournament. By winning the West Region, Wichita State became the first #9 seed and first Missouri Valley Conference team to reach the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985. The last #9 seed to reach the Final Four was Penn, and the last MVC team to do so was Indiana State, both in 1979. Syracuse also reached the Final Four."@en . "58"^^ . "59"^^ . "56"^^ . "57"^^ . "62"^^ . "M. Armstead, 7"@en . "63"^^ . "61"^^ . "34"^^ . "Wichita State"@en . "Oregon"@en . "Michigan"@en . "42"^^ . "46"^^ . "47"^^ . "Creighton"@en . "44"^^ . "83"^^ . "80"^^ . "81"^^ . . "Marquette"@en . "84"^^ . . "88"^^ . "La Salle"@en . "95"^^ . "67"^^ . "64"^^ . "65"^^ . "70"^^ . "71"^^ . "Syracuse Orange"@en . "Miami (FL)"@en . "68"^^ . "#ffdead"@en . "M. McGary, 6"@en . "Kansas"@en . . . "72"^^ . "73"^^ . "78"^^ . "Wichita State Shockers"@en . "79"^^ . "--03-31"^^ . "76"^^ . "Dayton \u2013 Fri/Sun"@en . . "San Diego State"@en . . "Illinois"@en . "Colorado State"@en . "Saint Louis"@en . . "Florida Gulf Coast"@en . . "Arizona"@en . "Arizona"@en . "W9"@en . "Salt Lake City \u2013 Thu/Sat"@en . . "--03-28"^^ . "Regional semifinals"@en . "Indiana"@en . . "Miami"@en . "Colorado State"@en . "Florida Gulf Coast"@en . "Michigan State"@en . "Round of 64"@en . "--03-21"^^ . "Duke"@en . "Florida Gulf Coast"@en . "La Salle"@en . "MW1"@en . "Mark Whitehead, Doug Sirmons, Randy Mccall"@en . "Michigan State"@en . "Florida"@en . "M. McGary, 12"@en . "J. Grant, 7"@en . "Oregon"@en . . . . "National Semifinals"@en . "74326"^^ . "--03-19"^^ . "VCU"@en . . "Florida"@en . . "Ohio State"@en . . "National Championship Game"@en . "Butler"@en . "Saint Louis"@en . "Oregon"@en . . "MW1"@en . "Behanan, 12"@en . "Minnesota"@en . "The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament that involved 68 teams playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 2013 and concluded with the championship game on April 8, 2013 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines (the youngest team in the field of 68 teams) in the championship game by a score of 82-76. This was the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, dating back to 1939."@en . "Iowa State"@en . "California"@en . "S4"@en . "Kansas City \u2013 Fri/Sun"@en . . "E4"@en . "North Carolina"@en . . "North Carolina A&T"@en . "CBS"@en . "#e3e3e3"@en . "R. Smith, 21"@en . "Creighton"@en . . "Austin \u2013 Fri/Sun"@en . "12"^^ . "13"^^ . "14"^^ . "Marquette"@en . "Duke"@en . "15"^^ . "VCU"@en . "8"^^ . "Auburn Hills \u2013 Thu/Sat"@en . "9"^^ . "10"^^ . "Marquette"@en . "11"^^ . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . "6"^^ . . "7"^^ . "1"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "Saint Mary's"@en . "Kansas"@en . "2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament"@en . "Mississippi"@en . "--04-06"^^ . . . . "Ohio State"@en . "--03-30"^^ . "Michigan Wolverines"@en . "Marquette"@en . "Karl Hess, Terry Wymer, Les Jones"@en . . . "La Salle"@en . "Iowa State"@en . "C. Behanan, 9"@en . "75350"^^ . "Second round"@en . "Memphis"@en . "Temple"@en . "Florida"@en . "Regional finals"@en . "C. Fair, 22"@en . "Third round"@en . "Wichita State"@en . . "Michigan"@en . "48"^^ . "85"^^ . "50"^^ . "51"^^ . "San Jose \u2013 Thu/Sat"@en . "87"^^ . "52"^^ . "53"^^ . "Michigan"@en . "56"^^ . "57"^^ . . "58"^^ . "59"^^ . "60"^^ . "63"^^ . "Louisville"@en . "69"^^ . "70"^^ . "James Madison"@en . "71"^^ . . "9"^^ . "77"^^ . "--04-06"^^ . "72"^^ . "73"^^ . "130"^^ . "Indiana"@en . "1"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "Sweet 16"@en . "4"^^ . "Harvard"@en . "50"^^ . "61"^^ . "150"^^ . "62"^^ . "58"^^ . "California"@en . . "15"^^ . "12"^^ . "13"^^ . "9"^^ . "561.0"^^ . "6"^^ . "Illinois"@en . "4"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "Wichita State"@en . "1"^^ . "Wichita State"@en . "--03-23"^^ . "'''Louisville"@en . "64"^^ . "66"^^ . . "42"^^ . "76"^^ . "70"^^ . . . "Georgia Dome"@en . "Gonzaga"@en . "71"^^ . "72"^^ . "72"^^ . "74"^^ . . "Hancock, 22"@en . "75"^^ . "76"^^ . "Louisville"@en . "68"^^ . "Memphis"@en . "78"^^ . "McGary, 6"@en . "Louisville"@en . . "38"^^ . "81"^^ . . "82"^^ . "Florida"@en . "Gonzaga"@en . "25"^^ . "26"^^ . "Kansas"@en . "B. Triche, 8"@en . "31"^^ . "North Carolina"@en . "San Diego State"@en . "Temple"@en . "82"^^ . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "1"^^ . "6"^^ . "--03-20"^^ . "7"^^ . "4"^^ . "5"^^ . "10"^^ . "Butler"@en . "11"^^ . "8"^^ . "9"^^ . "14"^^ . . "15"^^ . "Mississippi"@en . "12"^^ . "13"^^ . "Duke"@en . . "16"^^ . "Minnesota"@en . "Louisville"@en . . . "Syracuse"@en . "61"^^ . "56"^^ . "9"^^ . . . . "Harvard"@en . "Syracuse"@en . "--03-29"^^ . "Ohio State"@en . "Lexington \u2013 Thu/Sat"@en . . "Round of 32"@en . "--04-08"^^ . "Arizona"@en . . "S4"@en . . . "Hardaway Jr., 4"@en . "85"^^ . "Duke"@en . "C. Early, 10"@en . . "Miami"@en . "Ohio State"@en . "T. Hardaway, Jr., 13"@en . "79"^^ . "C. Early, 24"@en . "66"^^ . . "'''Louisville Cardinals"@en . "70"^^ . "Indiana"@en . "Philadelphia \u2013 Fri/Sun"@en . "59"^^ . "Syracuse"@en . "R. Smith, 3"@en . "63"^^ . "55"^^ . "John Cahill, John Higgins, Tony Greene"@en . "Burke, 24"@en . "Syracuse"@en . "Dieng, 6"@en . "39"^^ . . "Michigan State"@en . . "25"^^ . . "--04-08"^^ . "Louisville Cardinals"@en . . "Michigan"@en . "48"^^ . "Elite 8"@en . "49"^^ . "54"^^ . "55"^^ .