Here is a brief look at the Final Four since tournament expansion in 1984-1985:

1985 (Lexington) St. John’s (1) vs. Georgetown (2), Memphis (2) vs. Villanova (8)
The Big East becomes the first and only conference to place three teams into the Final Four. Against the Hoyas in the title game, the Wildcats shot a Final Four-record 78.6 percent (22 of 28) from the floor to become the lowest seed to ever win an NCAA championship.

1986 (Dallas) LSU (11) vs. Louisville (2), Kansas (1) vs. Duke (1)
Never Nervous Pervis Ellison scored 36 points and grabbed 24 rebounds in Louisville’s win over a Duke team that set an NCAA record for wins (37). It was Duke’s third loss in as many trips to the national championship game.

1987 (New Orleans) UNLV (1) vs. Indiana (1), Providence (6) vs. Syracuse (2)
Baton Rouge native Keith Smart bounced back from a Bob Knight benching to bury the game-winning 15-foot jumper with four seconds left to win the national title over Syracuse. It was Knight’s third national championship at IU.

1988 (Kansas City) Duke (2) vs. Kansas (6), Arizona (1) vs. Oklahoma (1)
Danny Manning led a rag-tag group of Jayhawks to a national title over the Oklahoma Sooners. Kansas set a record for worst winning percentage (27-11, .711) of any team to win a championship.

1989 (Seattle) Illinois (1) vs. Michigan (3), Duke (2) vs. Seton Hall (3)
Michigan’s Rumeal Robinson, a career 67-percent shooter from the line, knocked down two free throws with three seconds left in overtime to clinch the win over Seton Hall. Steve Fisher becomes only the second coach in history to win the title in his first season (Cincinnati’s Ed Junker in 1961 was the first). Glen Rice scored a tourney record 184 points and claimed MOP honors.

1990 (Denver) Georgia Tech (4) vs. UNLV (1), Arkansas (4) vs. Duke (3)
The Runnin’ Rebs became the first team to score triple figures in the NCAA title game. The 30-point win over Duke was also a point differential record.

1991 (Indianapolis) UNLV (1) vs. Duke (2), North Carolina (1) vs. Kansas (3)
In Duke’s ninth trip to the Final Four and fifth championship game appearance, the Blue Devils finally cut the nets down by beating Kansas.

1992 (Minneapolis) Cincinnati (4) vs. Michigan (6), Indiana (2) vs. Duke (1)
The most-watched game in NCAA basketball history (roughly 21 million homes) featured the first back-to-back champion since UCLA in 1972 and 1973 as Duke beat Michigan. 

1993 (New Orleans) Kentucky (1) vs. Michigan (1), Kansas (2) vs. North Carolina (1)
The infamous Chris Webber timeout call with 11 seconds left and down by two -- when the Wolverines had none left to call -- gave North Carolina’s Dean Smith his second national championship.

1994 (Charlotte) Arizona (2) vs. Arkansas (1), Florida (3) vs. Duke (2)
Arkansas' “40 Minutes of Hell” team outlasted Duke in a tightly played affair. Nolan Richardson became the second African-American coach to win the tournament.

1995 (Seattle) Arkansas (2) vs. North Carolina (2), Oklahoma State (4) vs. UCLA (1)
Toby Bailey scored a freshman championship game record 26 points to give the Bruins their 11th national championship. They beat defending champion Arkansas.

1996 (East Rutherford) Mississippi State (5) vs. Syracuse (4), UMass (1) vs. Kentucky (1)
Tony Delk ties a championship game record with seven 3 pointers to beat the John Wallace-led Orangemen.

1997 (Indianapolis) Minnesota (1) vs. Kentucky (1), North Carolina (1) vs. Arizona (4)
Miles Simon scored 30 points in Arizona's overtime upset of Kentucky. In his 18th tourney appearance, Lute Olson wins his first title. The West Coast Wildcats became the first team to beat three No. 1 seeds in one season.

1998 (San Antonio) North Carolina (1) vs. Utah (3), Stanford (3) vs. Kentucky (2)
Tubby Smith becomes the third African-American and third first-year head man to win the title. The Cats overcame a 10-point halftime deficit against the Keith Van Horn-led Utes.

1999 (St. Petersburg) Michigan State (1) vs. Duke (1), Ohio State (4) vs. UConn (1)
Led by Khalid El-Amin’s toughness and Rip Hamilton’s 27 points, the Huskies did in fact “shock the world” by beating Duke in their first ever Final Four appearance.

2000 (Indianapolis) Wisconsin (8) vs. Michigan State (1), North Carolina (8) vs. Florida (5)
The Gators were the first 5 seed to play in the title game but could not overcome great shooting from Michigan State. MOP Mateen Cleaves and wingman Morris Peterson led the Spartans to their first title since 1979.

2001 (Minneapolis) Michigan State (1) vs. Arizona (2), Maryland (3) vs. Duke (1)
Duke’s Shane Battier was unstoppable in two Final Four games as the Blue Devils took down the Gilbert Arenas-led Wildcats.

2002 (Atlanta) Oklahoma (2) vs. Indiana (5), Kansas (1) vs. Maryland (1)
Tournament MOP Juan Dixon scored 18 points en route to Maryland's win over Indiana.

2003 (New Orleans) Marquette (3) vs. Kansas (2), Texas (1) vs. Syracuse (3)
A Final Four of stars — Dwyane Wade, T.J. Ford, Nick Collison, Carmelo Anthony — sees youngsters Hakim Warrick and Gerry McNamara make clutch plays down the stretch to beat Kansas and give the Orange their first title.

2004 (San Antonio) Oklahoma State (2) vs. Georgia Tech (3), Duke (1) vs. UConn (2)
Behind Emeka Okafor’s 24 points and 15 rebounds, UConn's Jim Calhoun improves his Final Four record to 4-0 in the win over the Yellow Jackets.

2005 (St. Louis) Louisville (4) vs. Illinois (1), Michigan State (5) vs. North Carolina (1)
North Carolina and Illinois meet in the title game showdown that ends in Roy Williams’ first national title. Four Tar Heels go on to be selected in the first 14 picks in the NBA draft that summer.

2006 (Indianapolis) LSU (4) vs. UCLA (2), George Mason (11) vs. Florida (3)
The Gators dominated the paint and physically pushed around both George Mason and UCLA. Tourney MOP Joakim Noah sets a title game record with six blocks.

2007 (Atlanta) Georgetown (2) vs. Ohio State (1), UCLA (2) vs. Florida (1)
Florida becomes the first school to win the basketball and football national titles in the same year as all five starters from the championship team returned to defend their title.

2008 (San Antonio) North Carolina (1) vs. Kansas (1), UCLA (1) vs. Memphis (1)
The only all-No. 1 seeded Final Four in history also offered one of the greatest shots in NCAA history. After four final-minute (1:30 really) missed free throws by Memphis, KU’s Mario Chalmers tied the game on a long three with two seconds left in regulation. The Jaykawks' inside power took over in the extra period and sent Memphis home.

2009 (Detroit) UConn (1) vs. Michigan State (2), Villanova (3) vs. North Carolina (1)
The heavily favored Tar Heels run away early on against Michigan State, taking the pro-Sparty crowd out of the game right away. Ty Lawson led the Heels with 21 points and a title game record eight steals.

Modern Era Final Four Appearances (Bold: National Champs):

1. Duke -- 11 (‘86, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘94, ’99, ’01, ’04, ’10) 
2. North Carolina -- 9 (’91, ’93, ’95, ’97, ’98, ’00, ’05, ’08, ’09)
3. Kansas -- 7 (’86, ’88, ’91, ’93, ’02, ’03, ’08)
4. Michigan State -- 6 (’99, ’00, ’01, ’05, ’09, ’10)
5t. UCLA -- 4 (’95, ’06, ’07, ’08)
5t. Kentucky -- 4 (’93, ’96, ’97, ’98)
5t. Arizona -- 4 (’88, ’94, ’97, ’01)
5t. Florida -- 4 (’94, ’00, ’06, ’07)
9t. Indiana -- 3 (’87, ’92, ’02)
9t. Michigan -- 3 (’89, ’92, ’93)
9t. UConn -- 3 (’99, ’00, ’09)
9t. Syracuse -- 3 (’87, ’96, ’03)
9t. UNLV -- 3 (’87, ’90, ’91)
9t. Arkansas -- 3 (’90, ’94, ’95)

Eleven teams have been to the Final Four twice while 15 have been just once.

* -- Marquette, Cincinnati and Louisville each made one appearance in a league other than the Big East.

Some interesting seeding information:

* - includes both Butler and Michigan State in 2010

NOTE: A No. 7, No. 9 or No. 10 seed has never made it to the Final Four.

Some more interesting facts since expansion:

-- Through the first three years of the new tournament format ('85-'87), 12 different teams made the Final Four.

-- Both Michigan State (2000) and Duke (1991) have won a national championship in Indianapolis.

-- No team with at least three Final Four appearances since expansion has failed to win the big prize.

-- In 26 years since expansion (104 total slots), 40 different teams have made at least one appearance in the Final Four.

-- 2006 was the only season to not have a No. 1 seed in the Final Four.

-- 2008 is the only season in which all four No. 1 seeds made the Final Four.

-- The Big East is the only conference to send three teams to the same Final Four (1985).

-- Ten times has only one No. 1 seed made it to the Final Four. Five times, that No. 1 seed won the championship (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2000). Five times, that No. 1 seed lost in the semis (1985, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2004). Duke is the only No. 1 seed in the Final Four this season.