The Tampa-St. Pete subregional was the first time in NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament history that all four underdogs won first-round games at the same subregion.
BUT: Until earlier this decade, each subregional had eight teams vying for the same quarterfinal spot. That means each subregional had either a #1 seed or a #2 seed.
They only started mixing and matching regions to subregionals very recently. I wonder how many subregionals have had first rounds entirely of 5-12 or 4-13 games.
Posted by Matt Bruce at March 22, 2008 01:58 PM