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Since PickHoops was founded, more #11 seeds (20) have advanced to the round of 16 than #8 or #9 seeds together. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, the Big 10 has had 8 schools in the national semifinals (Mich. State, Ohio State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue, and Indiana). PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, only twice has the first round in two regions gone according to seed in the same year (2000 and 2004). PickHoops QuickFact

In twenty eight years, three #3 seeds have won the championship (Syracuse in 2003, Florida in 2006 and UConn in 2011). PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, eighteen out of twenty eight national semifinals have had at least one ACC team. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, ten out of twenty seven national semifinals have had at least one Big 12 team. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, no team seeded #6 has reached the national semifinals, let alone won the national championship. PickHoops QuickFact

During PickHoops history, only fourteen times have seeds #1, #2, #3, and #4 in a single region all advanced to the round of 16. It happened twice in 2019. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, 109 different schools have advanced to the round of 16, and 43 of them only made it once. PickHoops QuickFact

During PickHoops history, only three times did seeds #1, #2, and #3 in a region all fail to advance to the round of 16. This happened in once in 2018 and twice in 2000. PickHoops QuickFact

Since 1996, sixteen out of twenty eight national semifinals have had at least one Big 10 team. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, 19 out of 28 national champions were #1 seeds. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops was founded, only one champion has been lower than a #4 seed (#7 Connecticut in 2014). PickHoops QuickFact

Since 1996, the round of sixteen has included at least one team seeded #9 or lower every year except 2007. PickHoops QuickFact

In twenty eight years, a #14 seed has upset a #3 seed 13 times. It happened twice in 2014. PickHoops QuickFact

Since PickHoops started, the Big 10 has had 8 schools in the national semifinals (Mich. State, Ohio State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Purdue, and Indiana). PickHoops QuickFact

Since 1996, sixteen out of twenty eight national semifinals have had at least one Big 10 team.

PickHoops Terms of Use

Important Disclaimer

PickHoops is not affiliated with, associated with, or endorsed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any college or university. No marketing relationship exists between PickHoops and the NCAA or any college or university.

Termination Policy

PickHoops reserves the right to terminate a user's privileges for any reason. The following activities can result in a user's termination: abusive or obscene language or actions, "cracking", attempting to gain unauthorized access, cheating or attempted cheating, impersonating another user, misrepresenting personal information, general mischief, or any other reason at our discretion.

Bulletin Board Policy

PickHoops "Trash Talk" boards can be a lot of fun, if used with common sense. That is to say,

Don't say anything you wouldn't say to someone's face
Don't say anything you wouldn't want read at work or by someone's kids
Don't be abusive or threatening

PickHoops reserves the right, but is not required, to view all content on bulletin boards in the course of normal operations.

Our bulletin boards are not intended as a real time chat system. Users who exceed 10 posts in a day may be kicked off. Get an Instant Messenger if you need to chat in real time, it will do the job much much better.

By agreeing that you have read this notice, you acknowledge and agree that any posts made express the views or opinions of the respective author and not those of the administrators, moderators, webmasters (except for posts by those people), nor of PickHoops. Hence, PickHoops, LLC and its administrators, moderators, and webmasters will not be held liable.

Privacy Policy

PickHoops collects your name and email address upon registration.

PickHoops uses this data for the purpose of identifying you to your group administrator and to uniquely identify you in the system. We also use cookies to keep you logged in.

Administrators of any groups you join can access your name, email address, and any other information you provide to this site. PickHoops does not restrict what your group owner can do with this information.

PickHoops will never divulge your personal information to other 3rd parties except where required by law or to cooperate with law enforcement.

We use Paypal for payment collection, which keeps your payment information secure; we don't have access to financial information you give to Paypal at any time, only a confirmation of payment received.

If you'd like for us to close your account and delete your user data, please send us an email. Be sure to include "remove me" in the subject line.

PickHoops does not send unsolicited advertisements or "spam" to your email address. We only send email to confirm important actions on our site (like purchasing a group), to respond to emails you send us, changes to this policy, if you specifically request that we contact you, and in a few other rare circumstances.

Refunds

PickHoops generally cannot give refunds after the end of the 2nd round of the tournament. By that time, you should have a clear idea of what you've purchased, and we've done a lot of heavy lifting in terms of bandwidth, data, and server use.

Refunds of prizes purchased through PickHoops simply can't happen once you give us your shipping information. Refunds of prizes purchased through Cafe Press need to be taken up with Cafe Press; we cannot handle them.

We can't "downgrade" your account and refund the difference if you sign up to handle more entries than are actually used. We have to make our bandwidth and storage allowances based on how much you say you need before the tournament begins.

Tournament Cancellation

In the event that the NCAA cancels its tournament before the title game, group owners will be given the choice between a full refund and rolling over their group to the next year with a free upgrade in size.

Full tournament cancellation policy details

Cookies

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