Since PickHoops started, fifteen out of twenty nine national semifinals have had at least one SEC team.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, only one champion has been lower than a #4 seed (#7 Connecticut in 2014).PickHoops QuickFact
In twenty nine years, only 16 out of 116 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 started, a team seeded #9 or lower has advanced to the round of sixteen 72 times, 16 percent of the time.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, only twice has the first round in two regions gone according to seed in the same year (2000 and 2004).PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only eleven times has a region's first round games gone according to seed (i.e. chalk).PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, the Big 12 has had seven different schools advance to the national semifinals (Kansas, OK State, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor, and Houston).PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, Connecticut has won all six times in which it advanced to the national championship game.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, the average number of #1 seeds in the national semifinals round is about 1.6.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, no #10 seed made the National Semifinals until Syracuse in 2016.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, the most common numbers of #1 seeds in the national semifinals are 2 (ten times) and 1 (eleven times).PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, only twice has the first round in two regions gone according to seed in the same year (2000 and 2004).PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, the SEC has six champions (Kentucky and Florida, three times each).PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, the Big 12 has had seven different schools advance to the national semifinals (Kansas, OK State, Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Baylor, and Houston).PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, a #13 seed has upset a #4 seed 24 times, almost once per year.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, only two #4 seeds have won the championship (Arizona in 1997 and Connecticut in 2023).PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, all four #1 seeds advanced to the round of 16 in fourteen different years (most recently in 2025).
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