In fact, none of those coaches has even reached the Elite Eight. This year, five coaches of top-three seeds haven’t been to the Final Four: Dana Altman (Oregon), Billy Kennedy (Texas A&M), Chris Mack (Xavier), Tony Bennett (Virginia) and Larry Krystkowiak (Utah). Final Four coaching experience matters. Coaches with previous Final Four experience have won 14 of the past 16 championships, and 23 of the past 28. The four most efficient offenses this year: Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina and Iowa State.Ģ. Eight of the past 10 champions ranked in the top four nationally in offensive efficiency. These top-four seeds aren’t currently in the defensive top 20 this year: Miami, Oregon, Duke, Xavier, Kentucky, Utah and Iowa State. Since 2003, 80 percent of the Final Four teams finished in the top 20 in defensive efficiency. The simulated bracket picks to win your pool Six teams currently fit that criteria in 2016: Michigan State, North Carolina, Kansas, Virginia, Villanova and Oklahoma. The only school to buck that trend was 2014 Connecticut, which finished 39th in defensive efficiency. National champs play offense and defense. Twelve of the past 13 national champions finished in the top 20 of ’s offensive and defensive efficiency ratings. If ever there was a year to randomly make picks, this would be it.īut just in case you want to over-analyze and get no work done this week, here are some trends to consider.ġ. But good luck figuring out this bracket after a regular season in which Associated Press Top-10 teams suffered their most defeats since the poll started in 1948. Matchups are the most important consideration when filling out your bracket. (Who knew that’s why I should have picked Ohio over Georgetown?) My then-4-year-old son once won a pool filled with journalists because he liked the names of schools. Friday against Middle Tennessee State, champions of Conference USA.We all know the NCAA Tournament office pools won by the person who knows nothing about basketball. The Spartans open the tournament at 2:45 p.m. Michigan State, the 2 seed, in the Midwest was the pick by 22 percent of participants. 16 Austin Peay 105-79 on Thursday to set up a South Region second round matchup with No. 1 overall seed, were selected by 25 percent of the entrants, and they had little trouble dispatching No. Kansas and Michigan State are the popular picks to win the Bracket Challenge. Yahoo reported that Yale’s upset of Baylor and Little Rock’s upset of Purdue - a pair of 12 seeds over 5 seeds - ruined 99 percent of the brackets in its game, although there were still plenty of perfect brackets remaining through the evening sessions. There were other mild upsets, but nothing that disrupted a large swath of brackets.Īt ESPN, it was reported that 99 percent of its brackets were busted in their game. The Wildcats were selected by 72 percent of the entrants. Hagins had 31 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals on his birthday to lead the Trojans into the second round against No.
Instead, Little Rock guard Josh Hagins was more than Purdue could handle. And this was even a bigger surprise as 87 percent of the Bracket Challenge entrants had the Boilermakers advancing. 4 Duke on Saturday in the second round.Ī couple hours later, Purdue lost to Little Rock 87-85 in double overtime. Only 20 percent of the participants in the Bracket Challenge picked Yale, which will face No. The Bulldogs pulled the stunner as they defeated Baylor 79-75 behind 31 points from point guard Makai Mason Yale, a 12 seed, is in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 54 years and wasted no time leaving its mark. Going back to 2008, the 5s hold a slim 18-17 lead in the series. 5 seed game has been a virtual tossup in the first round. Other games reported a similar number of busted brackets Thursday. Those two 12-5 opening round upsets Thursday in the 2016 NCAA tournament shattered almost 99 percent of March Madness brackets entered in the NCAA March Madness Capital One Bracket Challenge.
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