Even unranked teams can find success in the NCAA tournament
Since the NCAA tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — its modern format — only five of 39 national champions were unranked to start the season.
But it does happen.
The first may be most memorable. In 1985, Villanova —...
Purdue heads to the Final Four, starting a celebration 44 years into the making
DETROIT — The old Purdue coach took a seat while the celebration roared around him. Gene Keady had labored for this moment for a career and it never came. But now it has, and so he sat there smiling,...