— Final Four by seed, the last five tournaments:
2024- 1-1-4-11 (NC State was #11)
2023- 4-5-5-9 (Florida Atlantic was #9)
2022- 1-2-2-8 (North Carolina was #8)
2021- 1-1-2-11 (UCLA was #11)
2019- 1-2-3-5
Last five tournaments, only six #1-seeds made the Final Four
— Final Four by conference, the last five tournaments:
2024- ACC, Big East, Big 18, SEC
2023- ACC, Big East, C-USA, Mountain West
2022- ACC (2), Big East, Big X
2021- AAC, Big X, Pac-12, WCC
2019- ACC, Big 18, Big X, SEC
5- ACC
3- Big East, Big X
2- Big 18, SEC
1- AAC, C-USA, Mountain West, Pac-12, WCC
First round trends…….
— Last four years, #1-seeds are 9-7 ATS in first round games.
— Last three years, #2-seeds are 8-4 ATS
A #2-seed has been upset in first round in three of last four years.
— Last five years, #3-seeds are 13-7 ATS.
Last seven years, only 2 of 28 #3-seeds lost in first round.
— Last six years, underdogs are 16-8 ATS in 4-13 first round games.
— Last five years, underdogs are 11-9 ATS in 5-12 games.
— Last six years, the underdog is 6-0 SU/ATS in the 6-11 game in the Midwest region; this year, #6-seed Illinois will play the Texas-Xavier play-in winner.
— Last six years, underdogs are 14-10 SU/20-4 ATS in 8-9 games.
— Famous birthdays, March 18
Jeff Mullins, 83
Dwayne Murphy, 70
Vanessa Williams, 62
Pat Terrell, 57
Andre Rison, 57
Rob Johnson, 52
Brian Griese, 50
Adam Levine, 46
JT Realmuto, 34
Trey Mancini, 33
Conference trends:
— Last three years, ACC teams are 11-4 ATS in first round
Since 2018, ACC teams are 18-8 ATS in second round.
— No team from the A-15 has made the Sweet 16 since Dayton in 2014.
— Last three years, Big East teams are 9-5 ATS in first round
Last three years, Big East had a team in Final Four (Villanova-UConn-UConn)
— Since 2006, Big Sky teams are 0-17 SU/3-13-1 ATS in first round games.
Last Big Sky team to win an NCAA game: Montana 87, Nevada 79 in 2006.
— Last three years, Big 18 teams are 13-8-1 ATS in first round
Last four years, Big 18 teams are 9-12 ATS in second round.
Last four years, only one Big 18 team made the Final Four (Purdue LY)
Last Big 18 team to win a national title? Michigan State, in 2000.
— Since 2019, Big X teams are 21-11 ATS in first round
Since 2021, Big X teams are 6-16 ATS in second round
— Since 2015, Big West teams are 7-3 ATS in first round
— Since 2013, CAA teams are 0-11 SU/5-6 ATS in first round
Last five years, CAA teams are 0-5 ATS
— Since 2015, U-USA teams are 6-3 ATS in first round
— Last three years, Horizon teams are 5-0 ATS in play-in/first round games.
— Since 2010, Ivy League teams are 10-3 ATS in first round.
— Since 2010, MAAC teams are 3-12 ATS in first round (3-2 in last five)
— Since 2017, MAC teams are 6-2 ATS in first round
— Last three years, MVC teams were 0-3 ATS in first round
From 2013-21, MVC teams were 11-3 ATS in first round
— Since 2019, Mountain West teams are 3-14 SU/2-15 ATS in first round
— Last three years, SEC teams are 9-12 ATS in first round
Since 2016, SEC teams are 11-18 ATS in second round
— Last six years, SoCon teams are 5-1 ATS in first round.
— Last five years, WAC teams are 2-3 SU?5-0 ATS in first roun
