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PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only two #4 seeds have won the championship (Arizona in 1997 and Connecticut in 2023).
PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, a #13 seed has upset a #4 seed 23 times, almost once per year.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, seventeen out of twenty seven national semifinals have had at least one ACC team.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, Kansas has 6 appearances in the national semifinals.
PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, 18 out of 27 national champions were #1 seeds.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, the national semifinals have featured two #1 seeds nine times and one #1 seed eleven times.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, no #10 seed made the National Semifinals until Syracuse in 2016.
PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, the national semifinals have featured four #1 seeds only once, in 2008.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, a team named Connecticut, Kentucky, Duke, or UNC has won just over half of the championships.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, Connecticut has won all five times in which it advanced to the national championship game.
PickHoops QuickFact
In twenty eight years, the lowest average seeding in the national semifinals was in 2023, when the #4, #5, #5, and #9 advanced, making an average seeding of 5.75.
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Since PickHoops started, the first-round game between the #8 and #9 seeded teams is split almost evenly. #8 leads 55-53, including 4 wins in 2015.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, the Big 10 has had seven schools in the national semifinals (Michigan State, Ohio State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Indiana).
PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, only four teams seeded lower than #5 have reached the national championship game (#8 Butler in 2011, #7 Connecticut vs. #8 Kentucky in 2014, and #8 UNC in 2022).
PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, only 15 out of 108 national semifinal teams were seeded lower than #5. In 2011, there were two (#8 Butler and #11 Virginia Commonwealth). In 2014, #7 Connecticut and #8 Kentucky advanced.
PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, Duke has made the round of 16 eighteen times.
PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, the lowest seeds to advance to the national semifinals were George Mason (2006), VCU (2011), Loyola (2018), and UCLA (2021), all #11 seeds.
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