The National Collegiate Athletic Association P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317/917-6222 www.ncaa.org February 2010 Researched and Compiled By: Gary K. Johnson, Associate Director of Stat istics. Cover Photography By: Brian Gadbery, Rich Clarkson, Ryan McKee, and Brett Wilhelm of Clarkson and Associates, NCAA Photos; and the Sports Information Offices of Syracuse and Temple. ON THE COVER Top Row (left to right): Chris Allen, Michigan State and A.J. Price, Connecticut; Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse; John Chaney, Temple; Reggie Redding, Villanova and Bobby Frasor, North Carolina. Middle Photo: Wayne Ellington, North Carolina. Bottom Row: Shane Battier, Duke and Richard Jefferson, Arizona; Roy Williams, North Carolina; Isiah Thomas, Indiana; Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), UCLA. Distributed to Division I men s basketball sports information directors, conference publicity directors and basketball writers. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Copyright, 2010, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. ISSN 0267-1017 NCAA 71022-2/10 2 2010 NCAA FINAL FOUR
Contents The Final Four... 7 The Early Rounds... 37 The Tournament... 51 The Coaches... 99 Attendance and Sites... 121 The Tournament Field... 137 Contents 3
NAME CHANGE KEY (Listed throughout the book by name on left) PLAYER name changes College name was: Changed to: Lew Alcindor (UCLA)... Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Walt Hazzard (UCLA)...Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad Chris Jackson (LSU)...Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Akeem Olujuwon (Houston)...Hakeem Olujuwon Keith Wilkes (UCLA)...Jamaal Wilkes Jason Williams (Duke)...Jay Williams SCHOOL name changes Changed from: Cal St. Fullerton... Fullerton St. Cal St. L.A...Los Angeles St. Colorado St... Colorado A&M Detroit...Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech Kent St... Kent La.-Lafayette...Southwestern La. La.-Monroe...Northeast La. Loyola (LA)...Loyola-New Orleans Loyola Marymount...Loyola U. of L.A. Memphis...Memphis St. Missouri St... Southwest Mo. St. North Texas... North Tex. St. Oklahoma St...Oklahoma A&M Southern U... Southern B.R. UTEP... Texas Western Texas St... Southwest Tex. St. Towson...Towson St. Troy... Troy St. West Tex. A&M...West Texas St. SCHOOL also known as Also known as: A&M-Corpus Christi...Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Air Force... U.S. Air Force Academy Army...U.S. Military Academy; West Point BYU...Brigham Young Charlotte...UNC Charlotte Chattanooga...Tenn.-Chatt. CCNY...City College of New York FIU...Florida Int l Green Bay...Wis.-Green Bay IUPUI...Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis Lipscomb...David Lipscomb Long Island...LIU-Brooklyn LSU... Louisiana St. Milwaukee... Wis.-Milwaukee Navy...U.S. Naval Academy SMU...Southern Methodist TCU...Texas Christian UAB...Alabama at Birmingham UALR...Ark.-Little Rock UCF... Central Fla. UCLA...University of California, Los Angeles 4 NAME CHANGE KEY
Also known as: UMBC...Md.-Balt. County UMKC...Mo.-Kansas City UNI...Northern Iowa UNLV... Nevada-Las Vegas UTEP...Texas-El Paso (was Texas Western) UTSA...Texas-San Antonio VCU...Va. Commonwealth VMI...Va. Military ARENA name changes Changed from: Allstate Arena...Rosemont Horizon Bojangles Coliseum...Charlotte Coliseum I Coleman Coliseum... Memorial Coliseum Dunkin Donuts Center... Providence Civic Center Edward Jones Dome... Trans World Dome Fogelman Arena...Tulane Gym Hinkle Field House...Butler Field House Holt Arena... ISU Minidome Honda Center... Arrowhead Pond HP Pavilion... Compaq Center; San Jose Arena HSBC Arena... Marine Midland Arena IZOD Center...Meadowlands Arena; Continental Airlines Arena Jon M. Huntsman Center...Special Events Center The Joyce Center...Athletic & Convocation Center Mellon Arena...Civic Center Oakland Arena...Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Pacific Exposition Center... Pacific International Livestock Pavilion Pepsi Arena... Knickerbocker Arena RCA Dome...Hoosier Dome; Indiana Hoosier Dome Reed Gym...ISU Gymnasium St. Louis Arena... Checkerdome St. Pete Times Forum... Ice Palace Arena TD Garden... Fleet Center, TD Banknorth Garden TD Waterhouse Centre... Orlando Arena Time Warner Cable Arena...Charlotte Bobcats Arena Tropicana Field... Thunder Dome; Florida Suncoast Dome US Airways Center...America West Arena U.S. Bank Arena... Riverfront Coliseum Verizon Center...MCI Center Wachovia Center...CoreStates; First Union Center Welsh-Ryan Arena/McGaw Hall...McGaw Hall TOURNAMENT REGION name changes Changed from: East...Eastern (1939-50) South...Midwest (1956), Mideast (1957-84), Southeast (1985-97) Midwest...West (1956) West... Western (1939-50), Far West (1956) Note: From 2004-06, region names were based on the host cities. Name Change Key 5