Top 10 NCAA March Madness Tournament Facts and Trends

1#5 seeds win 64% of games against #12 seeds


26 of the last 8 games between #6 seeds and #11 seeds were decided by 5 points or less


3#1 seeds are 139-1 against #16 seeds


4#15 seeds only have 8 wins against #2 seeds


5#3 seeds have won 85% of games against #14 seeds


6#13 seeds have won at least 1 game in 25 of the last 35 years


7#7 seeds have won 3 of 4 against #10 seeds in 5 of the last 6 years


8#9 seeds have won 7 of the last 8 games against #8 seeds


9The top 4 seeds in a region have reached the Sweet 16 only 19 of 140 times


10At least one double digit seed has made the sweet 16 33 out of the last 35 tournaments