No team has ever lost the first game of its conference tournament and gone on to win the NCAA tournament. Some top-seeded teams that fall under that umbrella this year: Auburn, Baylor, Illinois and Wisconsin. In 22 of the last 24 years, at least one No. Straying from the chalk is always scary, especially before the second weekend, but you need to conquer that fear in at least one region. Last season, second-seeded Ohio State was stunned by Oral Roberts in the first round, while fellow 2-seed Iowa was hammered by Oregon in the second round.
Since then, that team has gone on to win the national championship just three times — Florida in , Kentucky in , and Louisville in In each of the last 10 seasons, at least one team seeded fifth or worse has played in a regional final, and in nine of the last 10 seasons at least one team seeded 7th or worse has advanced to a regional final.
Conference championships typically matter. Villanova in , Kansas in , Connecticut in , and Duke in are the only exceptions. One of the longest-running debates in college basketball is when a team from the West Coast or the Big Ten will win its next national title.
It has reached a fever pitch the last couple of seasons with the Big Ten appearing to be the best conference in the sport and a resurgent West Coast producing multiple national title contenders. Gonzaga and Kansas are early locks Since , there are only two teams that have appeared in every single NCAA tournament without losing a single first round game: Gonzaga and Kansas.
If for some reason you were predicting an early exit for either of these top seeds, well, re-think that. Since seeding the field began, No. Pick a 1-, 2-, or 3-seed as your champion. Use the Quarterfinal Rule to start eliminating a couple teams from consideration. If you wanna go nuts a little, pick one team seeded to make it.
No team seeded 12 or lower has ever reached the Final Four. Be creative in filling in the rest of your Bracket! After picking your Final 4, you can have fun picking which teams you think might be the Cinderella teams or which favorites will get upset early. Yes, now you can pick that 8-seed to upset a 1-seed. The better seed usually wins, though.
Or should you? After 10 straight years of futility 0 wins , fiveseeds have won their First Round game since Is this a new trend? Probably not happening this year.
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