NCAA men's basketball tournament: Get to know the schools at The Q

A quick glance at who's who at today's four NCAA second-round games at Quicken Loans Arena.

George Mason Patriots

Record, conference: 26-6, Colonial Athletic Association.

Location: Fairfax, Va.

Undergrad enrollment: 19,702.

Founded: 1972.

Notable alumni: Hala Gorani (CNN news anchor); Deborah Hersman (National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman); Karl Rove (deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush); Robert A. Levy (Cato Institute chairman); Stephen Moore (journalist, economic policy analyst); Steve Ricchetti (deputy chief of staff to President Bill Clinton). Notable basketball moment: Reached the 2006 Final Four, upsetting Michigan State, defending national champion North Carolina, Wichita State and Connecticut before losing to eventual champion Florida.

Indiana State Sycamores

Record, conference: 20-13, Missouri Valley.

Location: Terre Haute, Ind.

Undergrad enrollment: 8,460.

Founded: 1865.

Notable alumni: Bruce Baumgartner (wrestling great); Larry Bird (basketball great); H.R. Cox (bacteriologist); Burl Ives (actor, singer); Jill Bolte Taylor (neuroanatomist); John Wooden (legendary basketball coach).

Notable basketball moment: Had never been to the NCAA Tournament before 1979, when Larry Bird led the Sycamores to the national championship game, losing to Michigan State. The game remains the highest-rated college basketball telecast ever.

Marquette Golden Eagles

Record, conference: 20-14, Big East.

Location: Milwaukee.

Undergrad enrollment: 8,081.

Founded: 1881.

Notable alumni: George Allen (football coach); Don Ameche (actor); Jim Chones (former Cavalier); Chris Farley (comedian, actor); Joseph McCarthy (U.S. senator); Dwyane Wade (basketball player).

Notable basketball moment: After losing six regular-season games in the 1976-77 season, won the national championship in legendary coach Al McGuire's final game, defeating North Carolina, 67-59, in the title game while using a then-legal stall offense to preserve a late lead.

Ohio State Buckeyes

Record, conference: 32-2, Big Ten.

Location: Columbus, Ohio.

Undergrad enrollment: 41,348.

Founded: 1870.

Notable alumni: John W. Bricker (politician, Bricker Amendment sponsor); Melvin DeGroote (inventor); Charles Kettering (inventor, businessman); Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay; Jack Nicklaus (winner of 18 major golf titles); Jesse Owens (won four gold medals in 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics); Frank Stanton (former CBS president, TV news innovator).

Notable basketball moment: With a young roster featuring sophomores Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek, routed California, 75-55, to win the 1960 national championship, before losing the national title game to Cincinnati each of the next two years.

Syracuse Orange

Record, conference: 26-7, Big East.

Location: Syracuse, N.Y.

Undergrad enrollment: 13,736.

Founded: 1870.

Notable alumni: U.S. Vice-President Joseph Biden; Jim Brown (former Browns great); Dick Clark ("American Bandstand" host); Peter Falk (actor); Ted Koppel (first "Nightline" host); William Safire (journalist).

Notable basketball moment: Defeated Kansas, 81-78, to win the 2003 national championship game, as Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points and Gerry McNamara made six 3-pointers.

Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners

Record, conference: 20-13, Southland.

Location: San Antonio.

Undergrad enrollment: 25,006.

Founded: 1969.

Notable alumni: Bruce Bowen (former NBA all-star defender); U.S. Army Gen. Robert T. Clark; Jerry Grote (former all-star catcher); James Mbowe Nyondo (Republic of Malawi former presidential candidate); Norah O'Donnell (NBC news broadcaster).

Notable basketball moment: Defeated Georgia Southern, 76-69, in overtime to win the Trans-America Athletic Conference Tournament and earn its first NCAA Tournament bid, after being picked to finish 10th in the TAAC.

Villanova Wildcats

Record, conference: 21-11, Big East.

Location: Villanova, Pa.

Undergrad enrollment: 7,201.

Founded: 1842.

Notable alumni: Andrew M. Allen (astronaut, space shuttle pilot); Jim Croce (singer, songwriter); John Drosdick (chief executive officer, Sunoco); Toby Keith (singer, actor); Cardinal John Joseph O'Connor; U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni.

A basketball moment: Became the lowest seed (eighth) ever to win the NCAA Tournament, shooting 79 percent to upset defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Georgetown, 66-64, in the 1985 title game.

Xavier Musketeers

Record, conference: 24-7, Atlantic 10.

Location: Cincinnati.

Undergrad enrollment: 4,228.

Founded: 1831.

Notable alumni: U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner; Phil H. Bucklew (innovative U.S. Navy officer); Jim Bunning (Hall of Fame pitcher; U.S. senator); Thomas J. Fogarty (surgeon, inventor); Charles Geschke (Adobe Systems president and co-founder); Robert Huebner (physician, virologist).

Notable basketball moment: As a seventh seed in 2004, defeated Louisville, Mississippi State and Texas to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time before losing to No. 1 Duke, 66-63.

-- Mike Peticca

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2011/03/ncaa_mens_basketball_tournamen_1.html

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