NCAA Tournament Bracket Information

BANG THE BOOK CO MARCH MADNESS The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament performed each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship of the major college basketball teams. In 1985 when the tournament was expanded to 64 teams. #16 The number of times #1 has topped the SEED SEED They've now had 108 chances, but they have yet to pull it off. In 1996 Western Carolina lost just 73-71 to first-seeded Purdue. They had two great looks at a three-pointer to win it, but they couldn't quite get it to fall. The number of times #7 # 9 #10 HAS REACHED THE OR SEED SEED SEED You may be tempted to get rid of the #1 seed after just one win, but history tells us it isn't a winning proposition very often. The No.1 seed is an in the ROUND Impressive OF 32 Basically, the top seed should probably be in your Sweet 16. The number of times there have been zero #1 FINAL 4. in SEEDS This happened in 2006, and it happened again last year in 2011. I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen a little more often now since there are so many players leaving early for the NBA. NCAA 4 CHAMPIONSHIP #3 The number of times a has won the SEED Three has been a popular number over the last few years in the NCAA Tournament. Michigan won it in 1989. Carmelo Anthony and Syracuse won the title in 2003. Billy Donovan and the Gators cut down the nets in 2006. Kemba Walker and the UConn Huskies won it all last season. The Lowest seeded team to win the NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP #8 Villanova was a SEED when they won it in 1985. #1 The number of times has cut down he nets since 1985. SEED A top-seeded team has won of the last five years. NCAA 16 in four CHAMPIONSHIP The highest average number of the seeds in the Final 4. 6.5 This occurred last year when VCU and Butler stunned the hoops world. The second-highest average seed in the Final Four was in 2000 when the average was 5.5. BANG THE BOOK ECOM on Your bookie won't know what hit him! Final CO