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Final Four 2016: The Tale of the NCAA Tape between Villanova and Oklahoma

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Villanova and Oklahoma will tip off at 6:09p ET on Saturday night in the National Semifinals, We've heard about the last time these two teams met this season, now we're going to look back at these two teams in the NCAA Tournament.

This Final Four match up will be the second time the two schools have met in the NCAA Tournament; the Sooners won the sole match up in the Birmingham Regional Finals in 1988.

As both teams suit up for their fifth Final Four, here's the NCAA Tournament Tale of the Tape.


Oklahoma Sooners

36

1939, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
NCAA Tournament Appearances

30

1939, 1943, 1947, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

55-34

Overall NCAA Tournament Record

41-29

17

1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2016
NCAA Sweet 16s

10

1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2015, 2016

12

1939, 1949, 1962, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2006, 2009, 2016
NCAA Elite 8

9

1939, 1943, 1947, 1985, 1988, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2016

5

1939, 1971, 1985, 2009, 2016
Final Four

5

1939, 1947, 1988, 2002, 2016
1971 National Runner-up 1947, 1988

1

National Champion

0