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In twenty eight years, the national semifinals have featured three #1 seeds three times, in 1997, 1999, and 2015. This has only been surpassed once, in 2008, when all four #1 seeds advanced.
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During PickHoops history, four teams have won the championship at least three times. They are Connecticut (5), Kentucky, Duke, and UNC.
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Since PickHoops was founded, a team named Connecticut, Kentucky, Duke, or UNC has won just over half of the championships.
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Since PickHoops started, Syracuse has made the round of 16 twelve times.
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Since PickHoops started, no #10 seed made the National Semifinals until Syracuse in 2016.
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Since PickHoops was founded, Connecticut has made the round of 16 eleven times.
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In twenty eight years, UNC has 9 appearances in the national semifinals.
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In twenty eight years, the first-round game between the #8 and #9 seeded teams is split almost evenly. #8 leads 55-53, including 4 wins in 2015.
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Since PickHoops started, Connecticut has 6 appearances in the national semifinals.
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Since PickHoops started, Duke has made the round of 16 eighteen times.
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Since PickHoops was founded, the most national semifinal appearances are UNC (9), Michigan State (8), and Kentucky (7).
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Since PickHoops started, 18 out of 27 national champions were #1 seeds.
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During PickHoops history, Connecticut has 6 appearances in the national semifinals.
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Since PickHoops was founded, 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.
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In twenty eight years, the ACC has eight champions (Duke three times, UNC three times, Virginia one time, and former member Maryland once).
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Since 1996, only twice has the first round in two regions gone according to seed in the same year (2000 and 2004).
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Since PickHoops started, only Kansas has made it into the tournament every single year.

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