BALTIMORE – Denver will appear in its first final four in less than an hour, a circumstance that hasn’t worked out for many teams.
Since the NCAA went to a final four weekend format in 1986, 11 teams have reached the semifinals for the first time. Of them, only Princeton in 1992 won a title. Seven fell in the semis.
SEE RELATED:
Here’s a look at how final four newcomers have fared over the last quarter-century:
1988 PENN
SF: Lost to Syracuse, 11-10 (at Syracuse)
1990 LOYOLA
SF: Beat Yale, 14-13 (2OT – at Rutgers)
F: Lost to Syracuse, 21-9
1990 YALE
SF: Lost to Loyola, 14-13 (2OT – at Rutgers)
1991 TOWSON
SF: Beat Maryland, 15-11 (at Syracuse)
F: Lost to North Carolina, 18-13
1992 PRINCETON
SF: Beat North Carolina, 16-14 (at Penn)
F: Beat Syracuse, 10-9 (2OT)
1994 BROWN
SF: Lost to Princeton, 10-7 (at Maryland)
1997 DUKE
SF: Lost to Princeton, 10-9 (at Maryland)
1999 GEORGETOWN
SF: Lost to Syracuse, 13-9 (at Maryland)
2001 NOTRE DAME
SF: Lost to Syracuse, 12-5 (at Rutgers)
2006 MASSACHUSETTS
SF: Beat Maryland, 8-5 (in Philadelphia)
F: Lost to Virginia, 15-7
2007 DELAWARE
SF: Lost to Hopkins, 8-3 (in Baltimore)
– Patrick Stevens
