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This was the first year in which the regional sites were referred to by the cities in which the games were held in instead of the "East", "Midwest", "South", and "West" designations. It was also the first year that the matchups for the national semifinals were determined at least in part by the overall seeding of the top team in each regional. The top four teams in the tournament were Kentucky, Stanford, Duke and Saint Joseph's. Had all of those teams advanced to the Final Four, Kentucky would have played Saint Joseph's and Stanford would have played Duke in the semifinal games. Only Duke advanced to the Final Four, where it played and lost to UConn in the semifinals. UConn was widely considered the fifth best team in the tournament, and many commentators felt this semifinal game should have been for the national championship.