More Obscure 2014 Final Four Facts

• Number of states players represent on Final Four rosters: 19

• State breakdown:  FL (8); KY (6); WI (6); IL (5); NY (4); TX (3); CA (2); CT (2); MA (2); NC (2); NJ (2); OH (2); TN (2); IA, KS, MD, MI, MN, VA (1)

• Number of players under 6 feet:  2

• Shortest player: 5-9 Brian Long of Kentucky

• Number of players from Brooklyn, NY: 4

• Number of players on rosters from an opposing team’s state:  1 – CT player from Wisconsin

• The Final Four was last held near Arlington (in Dallas) in 1986.

• Album of note released in April of 1986: Laurie Anderson – Home of the Brave

• Number of Kentucky players from Texas: 3

• Connecticut lost to SMU in Dallas on January 4, 2014.