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42-682: It features a full court practice gymnasium, named in honor of former Trojans basketball star Derek Fisher , academic support spaces, a weight room, and training rooms. The Trojans had previously played in Barton Coliseum , Verizon Arena and the Statehouse Convention Center . During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the area hosted meetings of the State of Arkansas House of Representatives This article about

84-632: A single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2010-11 season . The 73rd edition of the NCAA tournament began on March 15, 2011, and concluded with the championship game on April 4, at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas . This tournament marked the introduction of the " First Four " round and an expansion of

126-664: A #6 in the Southwest, Notre Dame , the #2 seed in the Southwest who were eliminated by Florida State, Villanova , who were eliminated in an #8 vs #9 matchup against George Mason in the East Region, and West Virginia , the East's #5 seed who lost in the third round to Kentucky. This was the last NCAA tournament until 2023 in which a mid-major conference saw multiple teams reach the Sweet 16, as both BYU and San Diego State did from

168-635: A #8 seed advanced to the Final Four as Butler , the national runner-up from the year before, won the Southeast Region. For only the third time ever, a #11 seed advanced to the Final Four as Virginia Commonwealth , one of the "First Four" teams, won the Southwest Region. Those three teams were joined by East Region champion Kentucky , a #4 seed. This was also the first Final Four to not feature any 1-seed or 2-seeds. The Final Four had

210-737: A college basketball analyst for ESPN , 90 to 83. The Trojans lost in the second round to North Carolina State , 80 to 66 in two overtimes. The 1986 NCAA Tournament success led to post-season appearances for the Trojans in each of the next four seasons. In 1987, Little Rock beat Baylor , Stephen F. Austin and California to make it to the National Invitation Tournament finals in New York City . The Trojans lost to both LaSalle and Nebraska to finish fourth. The next season, Little Rock lost to Louisiana Tech in

252-423: A defeat to a double digit seed. This time, they were defeated by Richmond as a #5 seed. The Big East had a record eleven make the tournament (the conference then had 16 total teams). Due to having more than eight teams qualify, it was possible for intra-Big East matchups to occur in the third round. Two of these matchups did occur as Marquette defeated Syracuse in the East while Connecticut defeated Cincinnati in

294-588: A national basis. CBS and Turner pooled their resources for the tournament, with members of the NBA on TNT crew joining CBS's established March Madness broadcasters. Coverage will originate from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City and Turner's Atlanta studios. The tournament television ratings report shows the tournament had an average of 10.2 million viewers per game, an increase from

336-419: A national championship game." On April 22, 2010, it was announced that the NCAA had reached a new 14-year, US$ 10.8 billion deal with CBS Sports and Time Warner -owned Turner Sports (by way of TBS , TNT and truTV ) for the rights to broadcast the NCAA tournament from 2011 until 2024 (later extended to 2032 in the 2016 tournament ), marking the first time every game in the tournament would be telecast on

378-573: A spell in the second half. The National Championship game was between Butler, a mid-major university team that was a surprise finalist in the 2010 tournament , and Connecticut, a basketball powerhouse which had previously won the tournament twice under coach Jim Calhoun but had an average regular season finishing 9th in the Big East Conference before winning The Big East tournament with five wins in five consecutive days (never before accomplished in NCAA history). The championship game

420-590: A sports venue in Arkansas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to Little Rock, Arkansas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Little Rock Trojans The Little Rock Trojans are the athletic teams representing the University of Arkansas at Little Rock . The Trojans are a non-football member of the Ohio Valley Conference and

462-487: A tournament. The remaining 37 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All 68 teams were announced on "Selection Sunday" March 13, 2011. The Selection Committee ranked the entire field from 1 to 68. The last four at-large teams selected and the four lowest ranked automatic qualifiers played in a "First Four". The four winners of those games advanced to

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504-597: A wrestling affiliate member of the Pac-12 Conference . The university offers 7 men's and 8 women's varsity sports. Little Rock has Sun Belt rivalries with all the West Division schools (Arkansas State, Louisiana–Monroe, Louisiana–Lafayette, Texas State, and UT Arlington). Little Rock's primary in-state rival is Arkansas State . For the 2005–06 basketball season, the Trojans moved into the $ 25 million Jack Stephens Center . This new facility almost doubled

546-502: Is given as the source. CBS also kept coverage of the Division II final , which is part of the larger contract for this tournament. Turner Sports aired full-length studio shows before and after each session of play. The pregame show was called Infiniti NCAA Tip-Off and all shows were on TruTV. The postgame show, called Inside March Madness presented by Buick , alternated between TruTV and TBS. TruTV had also added coverage of

588-507: The Reese's College All-Star Game . Westwood One had live broadcasts of all 67 games. They will be available both on terrestrial and satellite radio outlets, on NCAA.com, and on CBSSports.com . The radio contract was extended in January 2011 for multiple tournaments. All games are expected to be streamed at NCAA.com or CBSSports.com, as in the past; with the new rights deal, NCAA.com and

630-581: The seating capacity of the old Little Rock gym, with 5,600 seats and 149,000 square feet (13,800 m ) of space. On July 1, 2015, the Trojans officially announced they would no longer be branded as "Arkansas–Little Rock" or "UALR," but will be the Little Rock Trojans effective immediately. Starting in the 2022-23 athletic season the Trojans will join the Ohio Valley Conference as their primary athletic conference. In

672-494: The 2005 tournament when it drew an average of 10.6 million (6.4 Nielsen rating). The championship game recorded an 11.7 rating and drew 20.1 million viewers. TruTV , which up to that point had never aired any live sports programming, saw a surge in carriage deals for its high definition feed with several major providers including AT&T U-verse , Verizon FiOS , Comcast , Charter Communications , Cablevision , Cox Cable and RCN . All times Eastern and PM CBS received

714-626: The 2011 tournament: First Four First and Second rounds Regional semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) The following teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2011 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid). *See First Four . Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time ( UTC−04 ) The First Four games involved eight teams:

756-583: The Arkansas State Fairgrounds in Little Rock. Though the football program has long since been disbanded, the Trojans were a national powerhouse when the school was known as Little Rock Junior College. Coach Jimmy Karam revived a program in 1947 that hadn't played football since 1933. The team won the 1947 Coffee Bowl 31–7 against Coffeyville Junior College and played in the 1948 Junior Sugar Bowl, losing 18–7 to South Georgia. In 1949,

798-623: The Mountain West Conference. Northern Colorado , winners of the Big Sky Conference , made its first NCAA Division I tournament. For the first time, a total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the thirty-one automatic bids were given to the programs that won their conference tournaments, while the remaining automatic bid went to the Ivy League champion Princeton , as the conference does not hold

840-508: The Trojans' most recent tournament game. The Trojans played in the 2011 NCAA Tournament , their first appearance since 1990, after winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship. The women's team has also had its fair share of success since beginning play in 1969 and joining Division I in 1999. They have won the conference tournament in 2011, 2012, 2015 while competing in the NCAA tournament four times in

882-525: The West. The other Big East teams to qualify were Pittsburgh , who earned the #1 seed in the Southeast Region and were knocked out in the third round by Butler, St. John's , who were the Southeast's #6 seed and were eliminated in their first game by Gonzaga, Louisville , which earned the #4 seed in the Southwest and fell to Morehead State in their first game, Georgetown , who lost to VCU in the first round as

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924-598: The addition of a wrestling program. The school received a $ 1.4 million pledge from Arkansas businessman Greg Hatcher, considered the father of Arkansas wrestling for helping the sport grow in a state that did not sanction high school wrestling before 2008. The program began in 2019 and is the first Division I program in Arkansas. Little Rock joins Presbyterian and the unified Long Island University program as new Division I programs in 2019. In June 2018, Little Rock named former Oklahoma State wrestler and assistant Neil Erisman as their first head coach. Little Rock's first commit

966-426: The field of participants from 65 teams to 68. Due to the geographical location of New Orleans and San Antonio, the "South" and "Midwest" regional games were replaced by the monikers "Southeast" and "Southwest" for this tournament, respectively. The Final Four featured no top seeds for the first time since 2006 , with the highest remaining seed being West Region winner, #3 Connecticut . For the first time since 2000 ,

1008-468: The final four and it would not happen again until 2023 , coincidentally, also in Houston. 11th seeded VCU tied a record as the lowest seed to reach the final four. By virtue of their "first four" appearance, VCU became the first team to reach the final four by winning five tournament games. The first semifinal featured Butler and VCU, with Butler winning 70–62, despite VCU forward Jamie Skeen leading

1050-458: The first round of the NIT . The Trojans returned to the NCAA tournament in 1989 and 1990 , losing to Louisville 76–71 in 1989 and to eventual tournament champion UNLV 102–72 the next season. With five tournament appearances out of six seasons in Little Rock, Newell departed after the 1990 season and the Trojans didn't return to post-season play until the 1996 NIT under coach Wimp Sanderson ,

1092-418: The four overall lowest-ranked teams, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams. All games on truTV. First Four winners enter the second round as their respective seed and in their respective region. Consisting of #3-seeded Connecticut , No. 4 Kentucky , No. 8 Butler , and No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth (VCU), It was the first time in the tournament's history that a No. 1 or a No. 2 seed had failed to reach

1134-466: The game streaming is now managed by Turner Interactive. The iPhone app which allowed streaming of games on the iPhone in previous years, and had cost about ten dollars, has received two upgrades: it is compatible with iPad , and it is now free of charge. However, with the CBS-Turner agreement allowing all games in the tournament to be available on a national basis (see above ), Mega March Madness,

1176-536: The highest combined Final Four seeds since seeding started in 1979, with 26 (11-VCU, 8-Butler, 4-Kentucky & 3-Connecticut). Connecticut defeated Butler in the championship game 53–41, winning its third national championship as in many attempts. Upsets ruled the 2011 tournament. The East Region saw its #11 seed, Marquette , advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were downed by North Carolina . The Southwest Region saw four of its double digit seeds win, as VCU

1218-451: The main draw of the tournament to play a higher seed. The four lowest ranked teams of the 68 played against each other in a pair of First Four games, with winners advancing to play No. 1 seeds, and the last four at-large teams played in the other two First Four games, with the winners moving on to face the seed they would otherwise be matched up against, as determined by their seed number. The following sites were selected to host each round of

1260-542: The national rankings in February 2024, the first time any Trojan program reached the top 20, and had seven wrestlers in the coaches rankings, one of the factors that determine at-large bids for the national championship. The Trojans won the regular season Pac-12 title with a 4-1 record, 15-5 overall. Little Rock finished second in the Pac-12 tournament with three conference champions and five NCAA qualifiers. Nasir Bailey became

1302-475: The only difference between networks is the logo shown on the score bug . In addition, a banner at the top of the screen displayed the scores of other games along with what network they are being broadcast on. Replays feature all four network logos being shown, and for fair use highlight credits by local television stations and other networks such as ESPN , the Turner network name or CBS Sports, followed by "NCAA"

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1344-673: The past seven years (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2015), while going to the Second Round in the first and latter appearances. Little Rock plays its home games in the Jack Stephens Center, an on-campus facility that seats 5,600. Prior to this home, the Trojans played at Alltel Arena (now Verizon Arena) in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Previous to that, Little Rock's home games were played in Barton Coliseum on

1386-477: The program's first All-American at 133, followed shortly thereafter by Stephen Little at 197. Bailey's fourth and Little's seventh earned the Trojans a 19th place finish in the national tournament with 24 team points and Erisman honored as NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year. 2011 NCAA Men%27s Division I Basketball Tournament The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in

1428-415: The same number of "windows", or time slots, for its tournament coverage as in previous years. However, all games will now be nationally – rather than regionally – televised. The national television broadcasts also allowed for more flexibility in start times. CBS and the Turner networks used the same graphics package and theme music in broadcasting the tournament –

1470-493: The scoring with 27 points. The second semifinal match was between Kentucky and Connecticut. Connecticut had already defeated Kentucky earlier that season 84–67 at the Maui Invitational . This time, Connecticut won in a close game 56–55, led by Kemba Walker with 18 points. Connecticut were noted for their defensive effort, which held Kentucky to 34% shooting and also held Kentucky scoreless for over 5 minutes during

1512-841: The team went undefeated and won the Junior Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California , defeating Santa Ana Junior College 25–19 and earned the junior college national championship. The LRJC team had played their way to the Junior Rose Bowl by winning the Little Rock Shrine Bowl for the right to meet the California junior college champion. On March 17, 2018, just hours before the start of the Division I NCAA wrestling championship finals, Little Rock announced

1554-401: The tournament, earning the Trojans their first NCAA Tournament win and finishing T58 with half a point. The 2023-24 season was Little Rock's best to date. After nine combined wins in its first four seasons, Little Rock exceeded that total during the season. On January 19, 2024, the Trojans had its first win over a nationally ranked opponent, 24th ranked Arizona State. Little Rock reached 17th in

1596-412: The years since becoming a four-year university, Little Rock has won slightly more games than they've lost. However, during the six-year coaching tenure of Mike Newell, the Trojans made a big splash on the national stage. Appearing in their first ever NCAA tournament game in 1986 , the 14th seeded Little Rock beat the heavily favored and 3rd seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish , coached by Digger Phelps , now

1638-565: Was Kansas state champion Conner Ward. As a member of the non-wrestling Ohio Valley Conference (just like its previous conference, the Sun Belt), the team is an associate member of the Pac-12 . On January 24, 2021, Little Rock had its first win against a Division I school (Fresno State) and followed it up with a win against Pac-12 rival CSU Bakersfield. Paul Bianchi became the school's first NCAA qualifier at 133 pounds in 2021. He finished 1–2 in

1680-497: Was joined by #12 seed and citymate Richmond , #10 seed Florida State , and #13 seed Morehead State as first round winners. Florida State, VCU, and Richmond all advanced to the Sweet Sixteen from that region, and VCU defeated top-seeded Kansas in the final. Butler and #11 seed Gonzaga advanced from the Southeast Region, with Gonzaga losing in the Round of 32 to BYU . For the third time in as many appearances, Vanderbilt suffered

1722-547: Was led in scoring by junior guard Shelvin Mack with 13 points, while UConn freshman Jeremy Lamb scored 12 points in the 2nd half. The win by Connecticut completed a season-ending 11-game win streak that began with the Big East tournament . The game was widely viewed as a poor quality final. In reference to the game's first half of play, CBS analyst Greg Anthony said, "This is the worst half of basketball I've ever seen in

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1764-467: Was won by Connecticut 53–41. It was a very defensive contest, with Butler having the fewest points in a championship game since 1949. Butler led at halftime 22–19, but suffered in the second half from poor shooting, making only 6 of 37 shots in the second half. Butler's 18.8 percent shooting for the entire game was the lowest ever in the NCAA final. Connecticut contributed to Butler's poor shooting by blocking 10 shots (a championship game record). Butler

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