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402:Independent
364:Independent
360:Chick Davies
334:Indianapolis
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1831:Andy Zimmer
1568:Blue bloods
1526:Elite Eight
1516:No. 1 seeds
1049:Tournaments
638:Springfield
554:Semifinals
448:Conference
436:Kansas City
393:Springfield
346:Conference
138:(39 points)
104:(1st title)
88:USC Trojans
35:Finals site
1917:Categories
1885:Head coach
1872:Bill Menke
1760:Gymnastics
1735:Basketball
1670:See also:
1586:Final Four
1581:Tournament
1531:Final four
1521:First Four
977:References
482:Phog Allen
462:Frosty Cox
219:Phog Allen
211:final game
186:Division I
130:Top scorer
122:Attendance
1775:Wrestling
1499:Structure
926:Colorado
681:Duquesne
522:Sam Barry
507:Southwest
416:Ed Diddle
398:Ed Hickox
257:Regionals
249:Locations
117:(Indiana)
62:Runner-up
49:Champions
1750:Football
997:April 3,
960:See also
800:Colorado
695:Duquesne
457:Colorado
355:Duquesne
308:March 30
136:(Kansas)
1878:Bob Dro
761:Kansas
734:Indiana
654:Indiana
613:Indiana
561:Finals
538:Bracket
487:Big Six
451:Record
442:School
383:Big Ten
373:Indiana
349:Record
340:School
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471:17–2
425:24–5
405:16–2
387:17–3
367:19–2
325:Teams
213:over
27:Teams
1755:Golf
1489:2025
1483:2024
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1473:2022
1468:2021
1462:2020
1456:2019
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1066:1941
1061:1940
1056:1939
999:2018
943:Rice
880:Rice
815:USC
497:Rice
421:SIAA
183:NCAA
173:The
161:1941
156:1939
1876:36
1870:35
1865:MOP
1859:34
1853:33
1847:32
1841:10
929:56
884:44
818:42
804:32
775:USC
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722:29
684:30
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