Nineteen Eight-Four is a novel.
In the NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women 's Division I Basketball Championship , the `` Elite Eight '' are the final eight teams and , thus represent the regional finals , or national quarterfinals . Elite Eight can also refer to the eight NCAA Division I baseball teams that reach the College World Series . Nineteen Eighty-Four , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell .