the last time michigan won the ncaa tournament was 1989.
the last time michigan won the ncaa tournament was 1989.
when is the last time michigan won the ncaa tournament?
1989
entering the 1984 ncaa tournament, the orange were unbeaten. they reached the final but lost in a rematch against johns hopkins, 13–10. after syracuse finished the 1985 regular season with a 12–1 record, the teams met in the ncaa tournament final; syracuse was again defeated by johns hopkins, 11–4. the orange were eliminated in the semifinals of the ncaa tournament the next two seasons, against virginia and cornell, respectively. however, 1987 marked the syracuse debuts of brothers gary and paul gait. the gaits, who had resided in canada, were recruited by simmons at a time when canadian lacrosse players typically took part in indoor games. before the gaits started playing for syracuse, simmons called them "the two greatest lacrosse players i've ever seen in my life"; the pair combined for 118 goals in 1988. in 1988, simmons led syracuse to the ncaa tournament title for a second time. the orange, playing in syracuse, defeated cornell 13–8 in the championship game to finish the season with a perfect 15–0 record. simmons later recruited tom marechek, the university's second-leading goal scorer behind gary gait. he received a recommendation about marechek from the gaits, and offered him a scholarship without watching any of his games. in 1989, simmons's team lost to johns hopkins in their first game, which was their only defeat of the season. the orange repeated as ncaa champions, winning the ncaa tournament final 13–12 over johns hopkins.
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the wolverines were seeded number two in the midwest region of the 2014 ncaa men's division i basketball tournament. michigan opened the tournament by defeating wofford 57–40, the fewest points scored by a michigan opponent that season, and the victory ensured that the wolverines would not have consecutive ncaa tournament losses for the first time since 1993. michigan then defeated texas 79–65, advancing to the sweet 16 for the second straight season. the team's back-to-back trips marked the first time michigan played in consecutive sweet 16s since its three straight appearances in 1992–94. michigan recorded 14 three-pointers in the game, setting a school record in ncaa tournament play and giving beilein his 700th win. the wolverines defeated tennessee 73–71 in the march 28 regional semifinal. although they led by 15 points in the second half, four turnovers in the last 97 seconds reduced the lead to 72–71 in the final seconds. michigan set a school record for the most three-point shots in a season (312), breaking the previous record of 305 set in 2008–09. in the march 30 elite eight regional final against (rv, #22) kentucky, michigan led by ten points in the first half before kentucky ended the half with a 15–5 run to tie the score at 37. kentucky took the lead several times in the second half, with michigan battling back to tie the score at 39, 47 and 51. with michigan leading 55–51 with 11:31 remaining, kentucky answered with 11 straight points for its largest lead of the game (forcing michigan to use a timeout with 6:24 left). with less than 30 seconds left in the game, michigan tied the game at 72 with a wild scramble (including three offensive wolverine rebounds) before kentucky buried a deep three-pointer with 2.3 seconds remaining to win 75–72. michigan recorded seven three-pointers in the game, bringing the school season record to 319. the wolverines' 59 wins this season and the previous one set a school record for a two-year period.
2013–14 michigan wolverines men's basketball team