2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 2007 2007 NCAA Men's Final Four logo.png 65 Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia Florida Gators 2nd 3rd 4th Ohio State Buckeyes 5th 10th Georgetown Hoyas 5th UCLA Bruins 17th Billy Donovan 2nd Corey Brewer Florida 696,992 Ron Lewis Ohio State 108 The 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2006-07 season. The 69th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2007, with the opening round game and concluded with the championship game on April 2, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.2007 NCAA Basketball Men's Viewable Brackets – NCAA.com Both of the finalists from the year before returned to the Final Four as Florida, who returned its entire starting lineup from the year before, and UCLA advanced. They were joined in the Final Four by Ohio State, who was making its first appearance since their 1999 appearance (later vacated), and Georgetown, appearing for the first time since their national runner-up finish in 1985. Florida successfully defended their title by defeating Ohio State in the championship 84–75. This marked the second time in 2007 that a Florida team beat an Ohio State team to win a national championship, as Florida's football team won the BCS National Championship Game over Ohio State in January. Florida's Corey Brewer was named the Most Outstanding Player.ESPN – Ohio State vs. Florida Recap, April 02, 2007 Florida became the first team to repeat since Duke in 1992, and were the seventh school to repeat overall. The 2007 Gators were the last team to repeat as national champions until the UConn Huskies repeated as national champions in 2024. The Gators would become champions for a third time in 2025. This tournament was notable because it featured significantly fewer upsets than prior years. There were only 12 games in which a lower-seeded team defeated a higher-seeded team, and eight of these "upsets" were by teams ranked only one seed lower than their opponent. As of 2026, this is the last tournament in which no team seeded 12 or lower won a round of 64 game, while No. 7-seed UNLV was the lowest-seeded team to make it to the Sweet Sixteen. This marked the second time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams that no team seeded No. 8 or lower played in the Sweet Sixteen; the other instance was in 1995. Southland Conference champion Texas A&M-Corpus Christi made their first NCAA appearance. This was the first Tournament since 2003 that regional sites were designated as "East", "West", "South", and "Midwest", rather than by the names of the host cities. Tournament procedure A total of 65 teams entered the tournament. Of that total, 30 of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a post-season tournament, went to its regular season champion, Penn. The remaining 34 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The initial game on March 13 officially named the opening round game, but popularly called the "play-in game", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the first round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65. NCAA men's Division I basketball championship#Tournament format Schedule and venues USA 450 right 2007 opening round game (orange), and first and second rounds (green) USA orange pog.svg 39.735556 -84.2 left #FFFFFF Dayton University of Dayton Arena USA green pog.svg 42.886447 -78.878369 left #FFFFFF Buffalo First Niagara Center HSBC Arena USA green pog.svg 36.099860 -80.244216 bottom #FFFFFF Winston-Salem Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum USA green pog.svg 38.040584 -84.503716 left #FFFFFF Lexington Rupp Arena USA green pog.svg 29.951066 -90.071532 top #FFFFFF New Orleans New Orleans Arena USA green pog.svg 39.961176 -82.998794 right #FFFFFF Columbus Nationwide Arena USA green pog.svg 41.878114 -87.629798 left #FFFFFF Chicago United Center USA green pog.svg 38.581572 -121.494400 right #FFFFFF Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion ARCO Arena USA green pog.svg 47.658780 -117.426047 bottom #FFFFFF Spokane Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena USA 450 right 2007 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red) USA blue pog.svg 29.424122 -98.493628 right #FFFFFF San Antonio Alamodome USA blue pog.svg 38.627003 -90.199404 left #FFFFFF St. Louis Edward Jones Dome USA blue pog.svg 37.339386 -121.894955 right #FFFFFF San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose HP Pavilion USA blue pog.svg 40.833989 -74.097086 top #FFFFFF East Rutherford Izod Center Continental Airlines Arena USA red pog.svg 33.748995 -84.387982 left #FFFFFF Atlanta Georgia Dome The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 2007 tournament: Opening Round March 13 University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton) First and Second Rounds March 15 and 17 HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York (Hosts: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Canisius College and Niagara University) ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California (Host: University of the Pacific) Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky) Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Host: Wake Forest University) March 16 and 18 United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Big Ten Conference) Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University) Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University) New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) March 22 and 24 South Regional, Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio) West Regional, HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California (Host: San José State University) March 23 and 25 East Regional, Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey (Host: Rutgers University) Midwest Regional, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) March 31 and April 2 Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology) Qualifying teams top|450px 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams Automatic bids The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2007 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid). ConferenceSchoolAppearanceLast bidACCNorth Carolina39th2006America EastAlbany2nd2006Atlantic 10George Washington19th2006Atlantic SunBelmont2nd2006Big 12Kansas36th2006Big EastGeorgetown24th2006Big SkyWeber State14th2003Big SouthWinthrop7th2006Big TenOhio State24th2006Big WestLong Beach State8th1995ColonialVCU8th2004C-USAMemphis20th2006HorizonWright State2nd1993Ivy LeaguePenn23rd2006MAACNiagara3rd2005MACMiami (OH)17th1999MEACFlorida A&M3rd2004Mid-ConOral Roberts4th2006Missouri ValleyCreighton16th2005Mountain WestUNLV15th2000NortheastCentral Connecticut3rd2002Ohio Valley2006 Eastern Kentucky Colonels Eastern Kentucky7th2005Pac-10Oregon9th2003PatriotHoly Cross12th2003SECFlorida13th2006SouthernDavidson9th2006SouthlandTexas A&M–Corpus Christi1stNeverSun BeltNorth Texas2nd1988SWACJackson State3rd2000WACNew Mexico State17th1999West CoastGonzaga10th2006 Here are the top seeded teams in each regional and their overall seeds. Midwest Regional (St. Louis) (top seed: Florida; top overall seed) West Regional (San Jose) (top seed: Kansas; fourth overall seed) East Regional (East Rutherford) (top seed: North Carolina; second overall seed) South Regional (San Antonio) (top seed: Ohio State; third overall seed) Listed by region and seeding Midwest Regional - St. LouisSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth Type #1 Florida SEC 29–5 Automatic#2 Wisconsin Big Ten 29–5 At-large#3 Oregon Pac-10 26–7 Automatic#4 Maryland ACC 24–8 At-large#5 Butler Horizon 27–6 At-large#6 Notre Dame Big East 24–7 At-large#7 UNLV Mountain West 28–6 Automatic#8 Arizona Pac-10 20–10 At-large#9 Purdue Big Ten 21–11 At-large#10 Georgia Tech ACC 20–11 At-large#11 Winthrop Big South 28–4 Automatic#12 Old Dominion CAA 24–8 At-large#13 Davidson Southern 29–4 Automatic#14 Miami (Ohio) MAC 18–14 Automatic#15 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland 26–6 Automatic#16 Jackson State SWAC 21–13 Automatic East Regional - East RutherfordSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth Type #1 North Carolina ACC 28–6 Automatic#2 Georgetown Big East 26–6 Automatic#3 Washington State Pac-10 25–7 At-large#4 Texas Big 12 24–9 At-large#5 USC Pac-10 23–11 At-large#6 Vanderbilt SEC 20–11 At-large#7 Boston College ACC 20–11 At-large#8 Marquette Big East 24–9 At-large#9 Michigan State Big Ten 22–11 At-large#10 Texas Tech Big 12 21–12 At-large#11 George Washington Atlantic 10 23–8 Automatic#12 Arkansas SEC 21–13 At-large#13 New Mexico State WAC 25–8 Automatic#14 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent 23–10 Automatic#15 Belmont Atlantic Sun 23–9 Automatic#16 Eastern Kentucky Ohio Valley 21–11 Automatic South Regional - San AntonioSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth Type #1 Ohio State Big Ten 30–3 Automatic#2 Memphis C-USA 30–3 Automatic#3 Texas A&M Big 12 25–6 At-large#4 Virginia ACC 20–10 At-large#5 Tennessee SEC 22–10 At-large#6 Louisville Big East 23–9 At-large#7 Nevada WAC 28–4 At-large#8 Brigham Young Mountain West 25–8 At-large#9 Xavier Atlantic 10 24–8 At-large#10 Creighton Missouri Valley 22–10 Automatic#11 Stanford Pac-10 18–12 At-large#12 Long Beach State Big West 24–7 Automatic#13 Albany America East 23–9 Automatic#14 Penn Ivy 22–8 Automatic#15 North Texas Sun Belt 23–10 Automatic#16 Central Connecticut Northeast 22–11 Automatic West Regional - San JoseSeedSchoolConference RecordBerth Type #1 Kansas Big 12 31–4 Automatic#2 UCLA Pac-10 26–5 At-large#3 Pittsburgh Big East 27–7 At-large#4 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley 27–6 At-large#5 Virginia Tech ACC 21–11 At-large#6 Duke ACC 22–10 At-large#7 Indiana Big Ten 20–10 At-large#8 Kentucky SEC 21–11 At-large#9 Villanova Big East 22–10 At-large#10 Gonzaga West Coast 23–10 Automatic#11 VCU CAA 27–6 Automatic#12 Illinois Big Ten 23–11 At-large#13 Holy Cross Patriot 25–8 Automatic#14 Wright State Horizon 23–9 Automatic#15 Weber State Big Sky 20–11 Automatic#16 Niagara MAAC 22–11 Automatic Florida A&M MEAC 21–13 Automatic Bracket Opening Round game – Dayton, Ohio Winner advances to West Regional vs. No. (1) Kansas. Play-in GameMarch 13 16 Florida A&M 69 16 Niagara 77 Midwest Regional – St. Louis, Missouri First roundRound of 64March 15–16 Second roundRound of 32March 17–18 Regional semifinalsSweet 16March 23 Regional finalsElite 8March 25 New Orleans - Fri/Sun Buffalo - Thu/Sat Spokane - Fri/Sun Chicago - Fri/Sun Florida Jackson State 112 69 Arizona Purdue 63 72 Butler Old Dominion 57 46 Maryland Davidson 82 70 Notre Dame Winthrop 64 74 Oregon Miami (Ohio) 58 56 UNLV Georgia Tech 67 63 Wisconsin Texas A&M-CC 76 63 1 Florida 9 Purdue 74 67 5 Butler 4 Maryland 62 59 11 Winthrop 3 Oregon 61 75 7 UNLV 74 2 Wisconsin 68 1 Florida 65 5 Butler 57 3 Oregon 76 7 UNLV 72 1 Florida 85 3 Oregon 77 West Regional – San Jose, California First roundRound of 64March 15–16 Second roundRound of 32March 17–18 Regional semifinalsSweet 16March 22 Regional finalsElite 8March 24 Chicago - Fri/Sun Columbus - Fri/Sun Buffalo - Thu/Sat Sacramento - Thu/Sat Kansas Niagara 107 67 Kentucky Villanova 67 58 Virginia Tech Illinois 54 52 Southern Illinois Holy Cross 61 51 Duke VCU 77 79 Pittsburgh Wright State 79 58 Indiana Gonzaga 70 57 UCLA Weber State 70 42 1 Kansas 8 Kentucky 88 76 5 Virginia Tech 4 Southern Illinois 48 63 11 VCU 3 Pittsburgh 79 84OT 7 Indiana 2 UCLA 49 54 1 Kansas 4 Southern Illinois 61 58 3 Pittsburgh 2 UCLA 55 64 1 Kansas 2 UCLA 55 68 East Regional – East Rutherford, New Jersey First roundRound of 64March 15–16 Second roundRound of 32March 17–18 Regional semifinalsSweet 16March 23 Regional finalsElite 8March 25 Winston-Salem - Thu/Sat Spokane - Fri/Sun Sacramento - Thu/Sat Winston-Salem - Thu/Sat North Carolina Eastern Kentucky 86 65 Marquette Michigan State 49 61 USC Arkansas 77 60 Texas New Mexico State 79 67 Vanderbilt George Washington 77 44 Washington State Oral Roberts 70 54 Boston College Texas Tech 84 75 Georgetown Belmont 80 55 1 North Carolina 9 Michigan State 81 67 5 USC 4 Texas 87 68 6 Vanderbilt 3 Washington State 782OT 74 7 Boston College 2 Georgetown 55 62 1 North Carolina 5 USC 74 64 6 Vanderbilt 2 Georgetown 65 66 1 North Carolina 2 Georgetown 84 96OT South Regional – San Antonio, Texas First roundRound of 64March 15–16 Second roundRound of 32March 17–18 Regional semifinalsSweet 16March 22 Regional finalsElite 8March 24 Lexington - Thu/Sat Columbus - Fri/Sun Lexington - Thu/Sat New Orleans - Fri/Sun Ohio State Central Connecticut State 78 57 BYU Xavier 77 79 Tennessee Long Beach State 121 86 Virginia Albany 84 57 Louisville Stanford 78 58 Texas A&M Penn 68 52 Nevada Creighton 77OT 71 Memphis North Texas 73 58 1 Ohio State 9 Xavier 78OT 71 5 Tennessee 4 Virginia 77 74 6 Louisville 3 Texas A&M 69 72 7 Nevada 2 Memphis 62 78 1 Ohio State 5 Tennessee 85 84 3 Texas A&M 2 Memphis 64 65 1 Ohio State 2 Memphis 92 76 Final Four – Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia National SemifinalsFinal FourSaturday, March 31 National Championship GameMonday, April 2 MW1 Florida 76 W2 UCLA 66 E2 Georgetown 60 S1 Ohio State 67 MW1 Florida 84 S1 Ohio State 75 Game summaries Unless otherwise specified, all games were on CBS, except for the play-in game, which aired on ESPN and two additional games. Those games were broadcast on CSTV except in the natural areas of the teams involved, as those were broadcast on CBS. Times listed are US EDT (UTC−4). Team names are those listed on the NCAA's scoreboard for the play-in game and first-round matchups. Only UNLV and UCLA use abbreviations; all other names are unabbreviated except for the common abbreviation "A&M". Opening rounds First round upsets, close games, and other facts The two major upsets of the first round were #11 Virginia Commonwealth's win over #6 Duke (West Regional), and #11 Winthrop's win over #6 Notre Dame (Midwest Regional). VCU beat Duke, 79–77, on a shot by Eric Maynor with 1.8 seconds left, sending Duke out for the first time in the first round since 1996. Winthrop's highly touted offense built a 21-point second-half lead before surviving a late Notre Dame rally to win, 74–64, earning their first tournament victory in school history. The only overtime game of the first round was in the South Regional, between #7 Nevada and #10 Creighton, ending 77–71 in favor of the Nevada Wolf Pack. Other close games included #3 Oregon squeaking by #14 Miami (Ohio), 58-56 (Midwest Regional), #5 Virginia Tech's win over #12 Illinois 54-52 (West Regional), and #9 Xavier's win over #8 BYU, 79-77 (South Regional). The highest score accumulated by a team in the 2007 tournament went to Tennessee's 121 points over Long Beach State (South Regional), which set a school record. This was the first year since 1993 that a #10 seed did not advance to the second round. It was also only the second time in the last 17 years that a #12 seed failed to advance against a #5 seed. #15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi had leads of 10-0 and 25–7 in the first half against the #2 Wisconsin Badgers but Wisconsin prevailed 76–63.ESPN ESPN ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?confId=100&date=20070315 NCAA tournament first round Scores: Day One-3/15/07 2008-02-29ESPN ESPN ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?confId=100&date=20070316 NCAA tournament first round Scores: Day Two-3/16/07 2008-02-29 Second round upsets, close games, and other facts The two biggest upsets of the second round were #6 Vanderbilt's win over #3 Washington State (East Regional) and #7 UNLV's win over #2 Wisconsin (Midwest Regional). Vanderbilt won a heart-stopper, 78–74, in double overtime. UNLV won by six points, 74–68, in their biggest win since the 1990s. Other overtime games included #1 Ohio State's 78–71 win over #9 Xavier (South Regional) and #3 Pittsburgh's 84–79 overtime victory over #11 Virginia Commonwealth (West Regional). Ohio State's Ron Lewis hit a three-pointer with two seconds remaining to force overtime against Xavier, and Pittsburgh fought Virginia Commonwealth's comeback from 19 points down to come up with the victory. The Ohio State win over Xavier had a controversial ending as prior to Lewis's game-tying shot, Buckeye Greg Oden shoved a Xavier player, Justin Cage, in the back and onto the floor. Had an intentional foul been called, Xavier would have been awarded two foul shots and ball possession. Instead, a regular personal foul was called. Subsequently, Xavier missed the second free throw, allowing Lewis to shoot the game-tying 3.The New York Times "Out of Bounds" blog Other close games were #3 Texas A&M winning over #6 Louisville, 72-69 (South Regional); #5 Butler's victory over #4 Maryland, 62-59 (Midwest Regional); and #5 Tennessee defeating #4 Virginia, 77-74 (South Regional). This tournament marked the first time since 1995 that a double-digit seeded team did not advance to the Sweet 16 (Midwest #7 seed UNLV was the lowest team in the Sweet 16).ESPN ESPN ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?confId=100&date=20070317 NCAA tournament second round Scores: Day One-3/17/07 2008-02-29ESPN ESPN ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?confId=100&date=20070318 NCAA tournament second round Scores: Day Two-3/18/07 2008-02-29 Regional semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) upsets, close games, other facts No upsets or overtime games occurred in this round of the tournament, although there were several very close games. In the South Region, #2 Memphis barely defeated #3 Texas A&M as Aggie senior Acie Law, after a solid performance for most of the game, missed an open layup with under a minute left. A controversial clock situation with 3.1 seconds left added to the emotion.King Kaufman. 2007-03-23. NCAA Tournament's upset-free first round has led to Sweet 16 humdingers. Plus: Why is time so time-consuming? And: Replays Retrieved on 2007-04-08. #1 Ohio State sneaked past #5 Tennessee, coming back from 20 points down to win, 85–84, with a blocked shot by Buckeye Greg Oden with 0.2 seconds left. In the East Region, #2 Georgetown won possibly the most controversial game of the tournament, beating #6 Vanderbilt, 66–65, on a shot by Jeff Green with 2.5 seconds left. The play was controversial as Green appeared to travel, despite fans and analysts claiming it was a clean drop step.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/03/24/friday.reaction/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080130174107/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/seth_davis/03/24/friday.reaction/index.html dead January 30, 2008 CNN Green's 'travel' no-call, a historic Final Four and more March 24, 2007 April 22, 2010http://outofbounds.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/replays-and-lying-eyes/#more-19 The New York Times Will Leitch March 24, 2007 April 22, 2010 Replays and Lying Eyeshttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/ncaa/2007/11/blog-q-with-vanderbilts-shan-foster.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071114125230/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_blogs/basketball/ncaa/2007/11/blog-q-with-vanderbilts-shan-foster.html dead November 14, 2007 CNN April 22, 2010 SI.com Regional Finals (Elite Eight) The seeds of the Elite Eight teams were four #1s, three #2s, and one #3. This was the lowest combination of seeds in an Elite Eight since seeding began in the NCAA tournament. South Regional Final #eee March 24 4:40 PM ET Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Memphis 76 Ohio State 92 38-41 38-51 26,260 Recap Although Ohio State star freshman Greg Oden got into early foul trouble, a close game at the half turned into a blowout as the Buckeyes went on a 20–8 run to win. Game leaders were Memphis' Jeremy Hunt with 26 points, and Robert Dozier with 11 rebounds. This ended Memphis' 25-game win streak, previously the longest in the nation.http://www.newsnet5.com/cbaskc12/11362970/detail.html NCAA Game Summary – Memphis Vs. Ohio State – College Basketball – Ohio State News Story – WEWS Cleveland 2007-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020153/http://www.newsnet5.com/cbaskc12/11362970/detail.html 2007-09-27 dead ESPN – Memphis vs. Ohio State Recap, March 24, 2007 West Regional Final #eee March 24 7:05 PM ET HP Pavilion. San Jose, California UCLA 68 Kansas 55 35-31 33-24 18,102 Recap After a tight first-half, the Bruins slowly put away the top-seeded Jayhawks in the second-half using their 2006 national championship game experience, along with a strong defense. Shooting percentage was a key factor in the game as UCLA shot 53% to Kansas's 41%. UCLA's Arron Afflalo led all scorers with 24 points while Brandon Rush of Kansas led the Jayhawks with 18. UCLA and Kansas combined for 35 steals, breaking the previous tournament record of 28.Associated Press ESPN.com https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=274000015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160915011809/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=274000015 dead September 15, 2016 UCLA vs. Kansas – Recap: 3/24/07 2008-02-29 East Regional Final #eee March 25 5:05 PM ET Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, New Jersey Georgetown 96 North Carolina 84 44-50 37-31 15-3 19,557 Recap North Carolina led for most of the game and the entire second half, but Georgetown rallied from ten points down with six minutes remaining to force overtime. The Tar Heels were outscored 15–3 in the extra session, missing 22 of their final 23 field goal attempts. Georgetown reached its first Final Four since 1985, when John Thompson III's father John Thompson (Jr.) was coach—and Thompson III became the first coach to succeed his father in coaching a team to the Final Four. With North Carolina's loss in the regional final, this marked the first time since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams that no ACC team made it to the Final Four for two consecutive years. The last time that no ACC team made it to the Final Four in consecutive years was in 1979 and 1980. Midwest Regional Final #eee March 25 2:40 PM ET Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri Oregon 77 Florida 85 38-40 39-45 25,947 Recap In what was actually a close game for most of regulation, Florida's three-point shots, along with a 20–9 run in the second half, amounted to a Gator win. Florida player Lee Humphrey led his team with seven three-pointers, and added up a total of 23 points.ESPN – Oregon vs. Florida Recap, March 25, 2007http://www.local6.com/cbaska89/11373239/detail.html NCAA Game Summary – Oregon Vs. Florida – College Basketball – Florida News Story – WKMG Orlando 2007-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930020045/http://www.local6.com/cbaska89/11373239/detail.html 2007-09-30 dead In one of the more odd moments of the tournament, Humphrey shot a three-pointer through the side of the net, causing a 10-minute delay as the net was repaired. Final Four thumb|200px|The Georgia Dome was the site of the Final Four and National Championship in 2007. All of the 2007 Final Four teams had participated in the 2006 tournament. Ohio State was knocked out in the second round by Georgetown, who would lose to Florida in the Minneapolis Regional semifinals. Florida would go on to defeat UCLA in the championship game. The four teams were all previous champions as well—Ohio State (1960), Georgetown (1984), UCLA (several), and Florida (2006)—marking the fourth time that all of the Final Four teams were past champions (joining 1993, 1995 and 1998 Final Fours). Also, it was the first time in nine years that no two Final Four teams were from the same conference. South-East National semifinal #eee March 31 6:07 PM ET Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia Georgetown 60 Ohio State 67 23-27 37-40 N/A RecapOhio State proved to be too much for the Hoyas, even with Ohio State's phenom center Greg Oden sitting most of the game due to foul trouble. Midwest-West National semifinal #eee March 31 8:47 PM ET Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia UCLA 66 Florida 76 23-29 43-47 53,510 Recap In the beginning, Florida struggled with UCLA's swarming defense, but ten minutes into the game they took a double-digit lead, and Lee Humphrey, in a performance reminiscent of the previous year's national title game, blew the game open in the second half hitting three consecutive three-pointers. Humphrey's shots proved too much to overcome and UCLA never threatened in the second half. National Championship 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game #eee April 2 9:21 PM ET Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia Florida 84 Ohio State 75 40-29 44-46 51,458 Recap A rematch of a regular season meeting, won 86–60 by Florida in Gainesville, The Gators survived 25 points and 12 rebounds from Buckeyes center Greg Oden with stellar play from guards Lee Humphrey and Taurean Green with inside contributions coming from Al Horford (18 points) and tourney Most Outstanding Player Corey Brewer. Billy Donovan became the third-youngest coach (at age 41) to win two titles. Only Bob Knight (at Indiana) and San Francisco's Phil Woolpert both won two titles at the age of 40. The Gators are the first team ever to hold the NCAA Division I college football and basketball titles in the same academic year (2006–07) and calendar year (2006 and 2007). Coincidentally, Florida also beat Ohio State (by a score of 41–14) in the College Football Championship, the first time in college sports history that identical matchups and results have occurred in both football and basketball championships. This was also the first time in NCAA D-I men's basketball history that exactly the same starting five were able to win back-to-back titles (Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Lee Humphrey, Al Horford, Taurean Green). Florida's Lee Humphrey also set the all-time NCAA Tournament record for three-point field goals made with 47. Humphrey surpassed Bobby Hurley's record of 42. Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Sweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship GameChampions C-USA 1 3–1 .750 1 1 - - - SEC 5 11–4 .733 3 1 1 1 1 Pac-10 6 10–6 .625 3 2 1 - - Big Ten 6 9–6 .600 1 1 1 1 - Big 12 4 6–4 .600 2 1 - - - Big East 6 7–6 .538 2 1 1 - - ACC 7 7-7 .500 1 1 - - - Horizon 2 2-2 .500 1 - - - - Missouri Valley 2 2-2 .500 1 - - - - Mountain West 2 2-2 .500 1 - - - - Big South 1 1-1 .500 - - - - - MAAC 1 1-1* .500 - - - - - Atlantic 10 2 1–2 .333 - - - - - CAA 2 1–2 .333 - - - - - WAC 2 1–2 .333 - - - - - The America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big West, Ivy, MEAC, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC, and WCC all went 0–1. * The MAAC went 1-1 since Niagara won the Play-in Game. Media Television CBS Sports For the 26th consecutive year, CBS Sports telecast the tournament, and for the 17th consecutive year, broadcast every game from the first round to the championship, with Jim Nantz and Billy Packer calling the Final Four. Nantz was in a stretch in which he would broadcast Super Bowl XLI, the Final Four, and The Masters golf tournament all in a 10-week period.CBS Sports CBS Sports CBSSports.com http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/news/030805pairings Tournament and Broadcast Pairings Announced 2008-02-29 The complete list of announcing teams follows: Jim Nantz, Billy Packer and Sam Ryan (she was only used as Sideline Reporter for the Final Four and NCAA Championship game) – First & Second Round at Chicago, Illinois; East Regional at East Rutherford, New Jersey; Final Four at Atlanta, Georgia Dick Enberg and Jay Bilas – First & Second Round at Winston-Salem, North Carolina; West Regional at San Jose, California Verne Lundquist and Bill Raftery – First & Second Round at New Orleans, Louisiana; South Regional at San Antonio, Texas James Brown and Len Elmore – First & Second Round at Sacramento, California; Midwest Regional at St. Louis, Missouri Gus Johnson and Dan Bonner – First & Second Round at Lexington, Kentucky Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel – First & Second Round at Spokane, Washington Kevin Harlan and Bob Wenzel – First & Second Round at Buffalo, New York Tim Brando and Mike Gminski – First & Second Round at Columbus, Ohio Greg Gumbel once again served as the studio host, joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. Other television CSTV, owned by CBS, telecast the George Washington-Vanderbilt and the Virginia-Albany contests (in addition to the local CBS affiliates nearest to the participating teams in those games, and those using their digital subchannels for simulcasting). Those games served as the first-ever live tourney telecasts on CSTV, which also provided a highlights show after each day of competition. For the first three rounds of the tournament, games were also shown on DirecTV through the Mega March Madness pay-per-view service and on March Madness on Demand, a broadband Internet video streaming service that was a joint venture between CBS SportsLine (now known as CBSSports.com) and the NCAA. The opening round game was broadcast on ESPN for the sixth consecutive year. Radio Westwood One once again had the live radio coverage. Kevin Harlan once again served as the play-by-play man at the Final Four with Bill Raftery and John Thompson on color. Thompson the elder is the father of current Georgetown coach John Thompson III. Basketball courts During the first- and second-round games in New Orleans, as part of the continuing recovery process from Hurricane Katrina, the NCAA allowed an additional floor decal recognizing the work of Habitat for Humanity's Collegiate Challenge and the NCAA Home Team program through the subregional's host institution, Tulane University. This marked the first time that a logo other than that of the NCAA or an NCAA member school has been allowed at an NCAA-sanctioned championship event. In addition, Tulane student athletes and athletic department personnel built a new house, valued at $75,000 (US), which was paid for by the NCAA and their corporate partner Lowe's, on Girod Street between the New Orleans Arena, site of the games, and the Louisiana Superdome, which has hosted four Final Fours.http://www.ncaasports.com/story/10062095 Tulane teams with Habitat with Humanity March 15, 2007 Also, for the first time, custom-made, identical courts were used at all four regional sites in San Jose, St. Louis, San Antonio and East Rutherford. Starting in 2010, all tournament games would have the same identical courts. See also 2007 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2007 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2007 National Invitation Tournament 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament 2007 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2007 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament Bracketology References 2 Ncaa Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Atlanta NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in Georgia (U.S. state)