For well over a decade, the number of letters in the school name of the NCAA men's basketball champion has suspiciously mirrored the number in the last name of the winner of the Best New Artist Grammy awarded in that same year. Odd, yes, but here's the clincher: In 1990, Milli Vanilli wins the Grammy. UNLV then wins the title, upsetting the trend. Voila, Milli Vanilli's award is revoked!
LENGTH OF WINNER'S NAMES
1987: Indiana (7)/Hornsby (7)
1988: Kansas (6)/Watley (6)
1989: Michigan (8)/Chapman (7)
1990: UNLV (4)/Vanilli* (7)
1991: Duke (4)/Carey (5)
1992: Duke (4)/Cohn (4)
1993: North Carolina (13)/Development (11)
1994: Arkansas (8)/Braxton (7)
1995: UCLA (4)/Crow (4)
1996: Kentucky (8)/Blowfish (8)
1997: Arizona (7)/Rheims** (7)
1998: ? / Cole (4)
*Later revoked
**Aternative Germanic spelling of "LeAnn Rheims" employed.