March Madness History (1985-2018).

[PhilSimms11]

Lowest scoring tournament game:
87 points (?)--(3)Kansas 49, (14)Ohio 38 (1985). I'm not 100% sure on this one. I looked and looked for a list of lowest scoring games in recent tournament history and I came up empty. If anyone is aware of a lower scoring game from 1985 to 2018 in the NCAAT by all means post it.
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UConn is the only school to have fielded men's and women's National Championship teams in the same year…and they've done it twice (2004 and 2014).

 

[PhilSimms11]

1st round history by seeds (1985-2019):
#1 vs #16 (139-1)
#2 vs #15 (132-8)
#3 vs #14 (119-21)
#4 vs #13 (111-29)
#5 vs #12 (90-50)
#6 vs #11 (88-52)
#7 vs #10 (85-55)
#8 vs #9 (68-72)

 

[rmilia1]

9-12 seeds went 11-5 this year vs 5-8 seeds ( 11 seeds were only 1-3 so 9,10,12 seeds were 10-2 )

 

[PhilSimms11]

-There has never been a Final Four with NO teams from the eastern time zone.
-Kansas (2008) is the only team to win a Championship the last 21 years not in the eastern time zone.
-There's never been an Elite 8 without a #1 seed.
-Teams with a .500 record are 0-9 in the tournament.
-10 teams with a sub .500 record have won a game.
-A coach with a beard has never won the Championship.
-Football schools Alabama, Clemson, Miami, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Texas, and USC have never made a Championship appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They have a combined 39 titles in football, 0 in basketball.


Coaches who have led 5 different programs to the NCAA Tournament:
Lon Kruger (Kansas St, Florida, Illinois, UNLV, Oklahoma)
Tubby Smith (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Texas Tech)
Rick Pitino (Boston, Providence, Kentucky, Louisville, Iona)

Three teams have entered the NCAA Tournament unbeaten, but eventually lost:
1991 UNLV (30-0---34-1)
2014 Wichita St (34-0---35-1)
2015 Kentucky (34-0---38-1)

2021 Gonzaga (26-0---TBD)

Championships by team (1985-2019):
Duke--5
North Carolina--4
UConn--4
Kentucky--3
Villanova--3
Florida--2
Kansas--2
Louisville--2
Arizona--1
Arkansas--1
Indiana--1
Maryland--1
Michigan--1
Michigan St--1
Syracuse--1
UCLA--1
UNLV--1
Virginia--1

 

[PhilSimms11]

The higher seeds in the 2021 tournament went 22-10.
#1 (4-0)
#2 (3-1)
#3 (3-1)
#4 (2-2)
#5 (3-1)
#6 (2-2)
#7 (2-2)*
#8 (3-1)
*(10)VCU vacated v (7)Oregon.

 

[PhilSimms11]

1st round results by seed (1985-2021)
#1 (143-1)
#2 (135-9)
#3 (122-22)
#4 (113-31)
#5 (93-51)
#6 (90-54)
#7 (87-57)
#8 (71-73)

(4)Arizona (1997) is the only team to defeat three #1 seeds in the tournament en route to a National Championship (Kansas, North Carolina, Kentucky).

(2)Houston (2021) is the only team to reach the Final Four by defeating all double digit seeds--(15)Cleveland St, (10)Rutgers, (11)Syracuse, (12)Oregon St.