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[QUOTE="bleeckerhusky, post: 2655306, member: 5960"]
At least in Uconn's case, the data says that the Final 4 game, not the Elite 8 game is the hardest game to win.  Here's the data from the 2017/18 Media Guide on the UconnHuskies website.

[FONT=Courier New]No NCAA________86 87 88 
Round of 64____89 93
Round of 32____90 92
Sweet 16_______99 05
Elite 8________94 97 98 06 07
Final 4________91 96 01 08 11 12 17
Final__________95 00 02 03 04 09 10 13 14 15 16[/FONT]

The categories represent the highest round achieved by UConn, i.e., the round in which they lost except for the Final category in which they have never lost.  So, the data says that Uconn lost 5 times in the Elite 8 game, but 7 times in the Final 4 game, with those losses coming to Virginia, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Stamford, Notre Dame, Notre Dame and Mississippi State.

There seems to be an anomaly in the Media Guide relative to what happened in the 90 Tournament.  The Guide, in two places, states that UConn lost in the second round, but lists Clemson as the only Tournament game that was played.  Going with the majority, I placed the 90 in the Round of 32.

Here's hoping that this year's team can add one more victory to the Final category.
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