NCAA college basketball tournaments

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Several NCAA college basketball tournaments have brought high-profile men's and women's college basketball games to the 16,063-seat coliseum at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.

The arena was considered undersized and outdated after 2008, but the NCAA resumed playing at the renovated Legacy Arena in

1982 Men's Mideast regional Semifinals and finals

  • Sweet Sixteen
  • UAB (4) defeated Virginia (1) 68-66
  • Louisville (3) defeated Minnesota (2) 67-61
  • Elite Eight
  • Lousville defeated UAB 75-68, then lost to champion Georgetown in the Final Four at New Orleans.

1984 Men's First and second round games

1985 Men's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals

  • Sweet Sixteen
  • Villanova (8) defeated Maryland (5) 46-43
  • North Carolina (2) defeated Auburn (11) 62-56
  • Elite Eight
  • Villanova defeated North Carolina 56-44, and went on to upset Georgetown in the final at Lexington, Kentucky

1987 Men's First and second round games

1988 Men's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals

  • Sweet Sixteen
  • Oklahoma (1) defeated Lousville (5) 108-98
  • Villanova (6) defeated Kentucky (2) 80-74
  • Elite Eight
  • Oklahoma defeated Villanova 78-59, then lost to Kansas in the championship game in Kansas City, Missouri.

1995 Men's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals

  • Sweet Sixteen
  • Oklahoma State (4) defeated Wake Forest (1) 71-66
  • Massachusetts (2) defeated Tulsa (6) 76-51
  • Elite Eight
  • Oklahoma State defeated Massachusetts 68-54, then lost to UCLA in the Final Four in Seattle, Washington.

1997 Men's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals

  • Sweet Sixteen
  • Arizona (4) defeated Kansas (1) 85-82
  • Providence (10) defeated Tennessee-Chattanooga 71-65
  • Elite Eight
  • Arizona defeated Providence 96-92 and was crowned champion after beating North Carolina and Kentucky in Indianapolis, Indiana

2000 Men's First and second round games

  • First round
  • Tennessee (4) defeated Louisiana-Lafayette (13) 63-58
  • Connecticut (5) defeated Utah State (12) 75-67
  • North Carolina (8) defeated Missouri (9) 84-70
  • Stanford (1) defeated South Carolina State (16) 84-65
  • Second round
  • North Carolina upset Stanford 60-53 and went on the Final Four, losing to Florida in the semi-final.
  • Tennessee defeated Connecticut 65-51, then lost to North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen.

The coliseum hosted an average crowd of 13,772 over the course of three two-game sessions.

2003 Men's First and second round games

  • First round
  • Texas (1) defeated UNC-Asheville (16) 82-61
  • Purdue (9) defeated LSU (8) 80-56
  • Butler (12) defeated Mississippi State (5) 47-46
  • Louisville (4) defeated Austin Peay (13) 86-64
  • Second round
  • Texas defeated Purdue 77-67 and went on to the Final Four, losing to Syracuse in the semi-final.
  • Butler upset Louisville 79-61, then lost to 1-seed Oklahoma in the Sweet Sixteen.

The coliseum hosted an average crowd of 15,727 over the course of three two-game sessions.

2008 Men's First and second round games

  • Tennessee (2) defeated American (15) 72-57.
  • Louisville (3) defeated Boise State (14) 79-61.
  • Oklahoma (6) defeated St Joseph's (11) 72-64.
  • Butler (7) defeated South Alabama (10) 81-61.
  • Tennessee defeated Butler 76-71 in overtime.
  • Louisville defeated Oklahoma 78-48.

The coliseum hosted an average crowd of 14,447 over the course of three two-game sessions.

2023 Men's First and second round games

2025 Women's Southeast regional Semifinals and finals

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