1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship of U.S. college basketball that concluded with Duke winning its first national title.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament canonical	3
1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship	2
1991 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7094863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Context triple: [1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, nextTournament, 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]

A. 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament for top-tier U.S. college basketball teams, culminating in Michigan winning the title.
B. 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the national championship event of the 1989–90 college basketball season, culminating in UNLV's dominant title run and record-setting 103–73 victory over Duke in the final.
C. 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship event of U.S. men's college basketball, famously featuring the iconic Duke–Kentucky regional final and culminating in Duke winning its second straight title.
D. 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament of U.S. men's college basketball, culminating in a Final Four held in New Orleans and a title won by the North Carolina Tar Heels.
E. 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Target entity description: The 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual single-elimination championship of U.S. college basketball that concluded with Duke winning its first national title.

A. 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament for top-tier U.S. college basketball teams, culminating in Michigan winning the title.
B. 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the national championship event of the 1989–90 college basketball season, culminating in UNLV's dominant title run and record-setting 103–73 victory over Duke in the final.
C. 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship event of U.S. men's college basketball, famously featuring the iconic Duke–Kentucky regional final and culminating in Duke winning its second straight title.
D. 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was the annual national championship tournament of U.S. men's college basketball, culminating in a Final Four held in New Orleans and a title won by the North Carolina Tar Heels.
E. 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship
The 1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship was the national title game in which Bob Knight's Indiana Hoosiers secured the collegiate basketball crown.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	1991 NCAA men's basketball championship ⓘ
champion	Duke Blue Devils men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
championConference	Atlantic Coast Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
championSeed	2 ⓘ
championTitleCount	1 ⓘ
coachOfChampion	Mike Krzyzewski NERFINISHED ⓘ
coachOfRunnerUp	Roy Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defendingChampion	UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
defendingChampionRecordEnteringTournament	30–0 ⓘ
defendingChampionSeed	1 ⓘ
endDate	1991-04-01 ⓘ
finalFourCity	Indianapolis, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalFourLocation	Hoosier Dome NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalFourTeam	Duke Blue Devils men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalGameLoser	Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalGameWinner	Duke Blue Devils men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
finalScore	72–65 ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
level	Division I ⓘ
mostOutstandingPlayer	Christian Laettner NERFINISHED ⓘ
mostOutstandingPlayerTeam	Duke Blue Devils men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
nextTournament	1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfFinalFourTeams	4 ⓘ
numberOfTeams	64 ⓘ
organizedBy	National Collegiate Athletic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousTournament	1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	East Regional ⓘ Midwest Regional NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Regional NERFINISHED ⓘ West Regional NERFINISHED ⓘ
runnerUp	Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
runnerUpConference	Big Eight Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
runnerUpSeed	3 ⓘ
season	1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ⓘ
semifinalist	North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
startDate	1991-03-14 ⓘ
televisionBroadcaster	CBS Sports NERFINISHED ⓘ
tournamentFormat	single-elimination ⓘ
upsetBy	Duke Blue Devils men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ
upsetRound	national semifinal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament → nextTournament → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

Anderson Hunt → participantIn → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

Christian Laettner → collegeTeamChampionship → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship

1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament → previousEdition → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

Bobby Hurley → collegeChampionshipWon → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship

1991 NCAA Men’s Final Four → partOf → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament

1991 NCAA Men’s Final Four → tournamentEdition → 1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ