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UConn won its second national championship in four years in 2014, beating Kentucky 70-64 in the title game.

The Huskies became the first 7-seed to win a championship in tournament history while also playing in a championship game with the highest seed total of all time (15). Senior point guard Shabazz Napier scored 22 against the Wildcats to earn

Kentucky — a No. 8 seed — was the lowest-seeded team to reach the Final Four, joined by No. 1 seed Florida and No. 2 Wisconsin. The Wildcats became just the third 8-seed to play for the national championship since 1985. One of their most notable wins came in the Round of 32, upsetting 35-0 Wichita State. The Shockers were the first team to reach the ɬ�﷬��������ַ tournament unbeaten since UNLV (1991).

UConn and Kentucky were two of five teams seeded seventh or lower to reach the Sweet 16 along with No. 10 seed Stanford and 11-seeds Dayton and Tennessee.

2014 ɬ�﷬��������ַ tournament: Bracket

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2014 ɬ�﷬��������ַ tournament: Scores

• First Four
  • Dayton, Ohio
    • South: No. 16 Albany 71, No. 16 Mount St. Mary's 64
    • Midwest: No. 16 Cal Poly 81, No. 16 Texas Southern 69
    • Midwest: No. 12 NC State 74, No. 12 Xavier 59
    • Midwest: No. 11 Tennessee 78, No. 11 Iowa 65
• First Round (Round of 64)
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 1 Wichita State 64, No. 16 Cal Poly 37
    • No. 2 Michigan 57, No. 15 Wofford 40
    • No. 14 Mercer 78, No. 3 Duke 71
    • No. 4 Louisville 71, No. 13 Manhattan 64
    • No. 5 Saint Louis 83, No. 12 NC State 80 (OT)
    • No. 11 Tennessee 86, No. 6 UMass 67
    • No. 7 Texas 87 No. 10 Arizona State 85
    • No. 8 Kentucky 56, No. 9 Kansas State 49
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Arizona 68, No. 16 Weber State 59
    • No. 2 Wisconsin 75, No. 15 American 35
    • No. 3 Creighton 76, No. 14 Louisiana 66
    • No. 4 San Diego State 73, No. 13 New Mexico State 69 (OT)
    • No. 12 North Dakota State 80, No. 5 Oklahoma 75
    • No. 6 Baylor 74, No. 11 Nebraska 60
    • No. 7 Oregon 87, No. 10 BYU 68
    • No. 8 Gonzaga 85, No. 9 Oklahoma State 77
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Virginia 70, No. 16 Coastal Carolina 59
    • No. 2 Villanova 73, No. 15 Milwaukee 53
    • No. 3 Iowa State 93, No. 14 North Carolina Central 75
    • No. 4 Michigan State 93, No. 13 Delaware 78
    • No. 12 Harvard 61, No. 5 Cincinnati 57
    • No. 6 North Carolina 79, No. 11 Providence 77
    • No. 7 UConn 89, No. 10 Saint Joseph's 81 (OT)
    • No. 8 Memphis 71, No. 9 George Washington 66
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Florida 67, No. 16 Albany 55
    • No. 2 Kansas 80, No. 15 Eastern Kentucky 69
    • No. 3 Syracuse 77, No. 14 Western Michigan 53 
    • No. 4 UCLA 76, No. 13 Tulsa 59
    • No. 12 Stephen F. Austin 77, No. 5 VCU 75 (OT)
    • No. 11 Dayton 60, No. 6 Ohio State 59 |
    • No. 10 Stanford 58, No. 7 New Mexico 53
    • No. 9 Pittsburgh 77, No. 8 Colorado 48
• Second Round (Round of 32)
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 8 Kentucky 78, No. 1 Wichita State 76 | 
    • No. 2 Michigan 79, No. 7 Texas 65
    • No. 11 Tennessee 83, No. 14 Mercer 63
    • No. 4 Louisville 66, No. 5 Saint Louis 51
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Arizona 84, No. 8 Gonzaga 61
    • No. 2 Wisconsin 85, No. 7 Oregon 77
    • No. 6 Baylor 85, No. 3 Creighton 55
    • No. 4 San Diego State 63, No. 12 North Dakota State 44
  • East Regional
    • No. 1 Virginia 78, No. 8 Memphis 60
    • No. 7 UConn 77, No. 7 Villanova 65
    • No. 6 Iowa State 85, No. 6 North Carolina 83
    • No. 4 Michigan State 80, No. 12 Harvard 73
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Florida 61, No. 9 Pittsburgh 45
    • No. 10 Stanford 60, No. 2 Kansas 57
    • No. 11 Dayton 55, No. 3 Syracuse 53
    • No. 4 UCLA 77, No. 12 Stephen F. Austin 65
• Sweet 16
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 8 Kentucky 74, No. 4 Louisville 69
    • No. 2 Michigan 73, No. 11 Tennessee 71
  • West Regional
    • No. 1 Arizona 70, No. 4 San Diego State 64
    • No. 2 Wisconsin 69, No. 6 Baylor 52
  • East Regional
    • No. 4 Michigan State 61, No. 1 Virginia 59
    • No. 7 UConn 81, No. 3 Iowa State 76
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Florida 79, No. 4 UCLA 68
    • No. 11 Dayton 82, No. 10 Stanford 72
• Elite Eight
  • Midwest Regional
    • No. 8 Kentucky 75, No. 2 Michigan 72
  • West Regional
    • No. 2 Wisconsin 64, No. 1 Arizona 63 (OT) |
  • East Regional
    • No. 7 UConn 60, No. 4 Michigan State 54
  • South Regional
    • No. 1 Florida 62, No. 11 Dayton 52
• Final Four (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • National semifinals
    • No. 7 UConn 63, No. 1 Florida 53
    • No. 8 Kentucky 74, No. 2 Wisconsin 73
  • National championship
    • No. 7 UConn 60, No. 8 Kentucky 54

2014 ɬ�﷬��������ַ tournament: Upsets

The following double-digit seeds won games (not counting the First Four):

2014 ɬ�﷬��������ַ tournament: Stats, records

Here are the tournament leaders, with games in parentheses:

Scoring offense

1. Arizona State (1) — 85.0
2. Iowa State (3) — 84.7
3. Oregon (2) — 82.0
4. North Carolina (2) and Saint Joseph's (1) —81.0

Scoring defense

1. Syracuse (2) — 54.0
2. Pittsburgh (2) — 54.5
3. Kansas State (1) — 56.0
4. Florida (5) — 56.6
5. Wofford (1) — 57.0

Rebounding margin

1. Kansas (2) — +11.0
2. Tennessee (4) — +8.8
3. Albany (2) and Duke (1) — 8.0
4. North Carolina (2) — +7.5
5. Kentucky (6) — +7.3

Individual scoring

1. Aaric Murray, Texas Southern (1) — 38.0
2. Bryce Cotton, Providence (1) — 36.0
3. Jeremy Ingram, North Carolina Central (1) — 28.0

Individual rebounding

1. Joel Bolomboy, Weber State (1) — 16.0
2. Josh Davis, San Diego State (3) — 13.7
3. Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State (1) — 13.0