The following tables contain March Madness Final Four teams, seeds, and all-time appearances. Use this data to sharpen your March Madness bets this year. Don’t forget to review our March Madness and Final Four betting tutorials. Tables update annually after each tournament.
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Table Index
- More Likely than a Perfect Bracket
- Matchup Odds
- Final Four Teams
- Most Final Four Appearances
- Most Team Championships
- Final Two Teams
- Final Four Appearances by Seed Number
- Seed Performance by Round
- Resources
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More Likely Than a Perfect March Madness Bracket
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What | Odds |
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Killed by a falling coconut | 1 in 250 million |
Killed by a vending machine | 1 in 112 million |
Naturally having quintuplets | 1 in 60 million |
Killed by a shark | 1 in 3.7 million |
Struck by lightning this year | 1 in 700,000 |
Royal flush in first poker hand | 1 in 649,740 |
Having Conjoined Twins | 1 in 115,300 |
Pogo stick injury requiring ER | 1 in 200,000 |
Dating a Supermodel | 1 in 88,000 |
Dating a millionaire | 1 in 216 |
Current College Basketball Matchups
Markets
Game |
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Miami (OH)
Eastern Michigan
6:30pm EST | -4.5 -110+4.5 -110 | |
Villanova
UConn
6:30pm EST | +8.5 -115-8.5 -105 | |
Western Michigan
Buffalo
7:00pm EST | -1.5 -115+1.5 -105 | |
Texas A&M
Mississippi State
7:00pm EST | +3.5 -110-3.5 -110 | |
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
7:00pm EST | +11.5 -115-11.5 -105 | |
Purdue
Michigan State
7:00pm EST | +3.5 -105-3.5 -115 | |
Oklahoma
Florida
7:00pm EST | +15.5 -110-15.5 -110 | |
Northern Illinois
Akron
7:00pm EST | +20.5 -115-20.5 -105 | |
Loyola Chicago
Davidson
7:00pm EST | +1.5 -105-1.5 -115 | |
Kent State
Bowling Green
7:00pm EST | -6.5 -105+6.5 -115 | |
Central Michigan
Ohio
7:00pm EST | +6.5 -115-6.5 -105 | |
Ball State
Toledo
7:00pm EST | +7.5 -115-7.5 -105 | |
Texas Tech
TCU
8:00pm EST | -7.5 -115+7.5 -105 | |
Colorado
Iowa State
8:00pm EST | +17.5 -110-17.5 -110 | |
Butler
Xavier
8:00pm EST | +7.5 -110-7.5 -110 | |
Air Force
Wyoming
8:30pm EST | +10.5 -115-10.5 -105 | |
Illinois
Wisconsin
8:30pm EST | +3.5 -110-3.5 -110 | |
Tennessee State
UT-Martin
8:30pm EST | +2.5 -110-2.5 -110 | |
Virginia Tech
Boston College
9:00pm EST | -1.5 -110+1.5 -110 | |
South Carolina
LSU
9:00pm EST | +3.5 -115-3.5 -105 | |
Nevada
Colorado State
9:00pm EST | +4.5 -110-4.5 -110 | |
Kansas
BYU
9:00pm EST | +2.5 -110-2.5 -110 | |
Houston
Arizona State
9:00pm EST | -11.5 -110+11.5 -110 | |
Minnesota
UCLA
10:30pm EST | +13.5 -110-13.5 -110 | |
Fresno State
San Diego State
11:00pm EST | +18.5 -110-18.5 -110 |
NCAA Div I Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four Teams
The following table contains Final Four teams from each Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament, excluding 2020 when the event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Year | Winning Team | Runner Up | Final Four | Final Four |
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2024 | UConn #1 | Purdue #1 | Alabama #4 | NC State #11 |
2023 | UConn #4 | San Diego State #5 | Miami (FL) #5 | FAU #9 |
2022 | Kansas #1 | North Carolina #8 | Duke #2 | Villanova #2 |
2021 | Baylor #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Houston #2 | UCLA #11 |
2020 | Canceled | |||
2019 | Virginia #1 | Texas Tech #3 | Michigan State #2 | Auburn #5 |
2018 | Villanova #1 | Michigan #3 | Kansas #1 | Loyola-Chicago #11 |
2017 | North Carolina #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Oregon #3 | South Carolina #7 |
2016 | Villanova #2 | North Carolina #1 | Oklahoma #2 | Syracuse #10 |
2015 | Duke #1 | Wisconsin #1 | Kentucky #1 | Michigan State #7 |
2014 | UConn #7 | Kentucky #8 | Florida #1 | Wisconsin #2 |
2013 | Louisville #1 | Michigan #4 | Wichita State #9 | Syracuse #4 |
2012 | Kentucky #1 | Kansas #2 | Louisville #4 | Ohio State #2 |
2011 | UConn #3 | Butler #8 | Kentucky #4 | VCU #11 |
2010 | Duke #1 | Butler #5 | West Virginia #2 | Michigan State #5 |
2009 | North Carolina #1 | Michigan State #2 | Villanova #3 | UConn #1 |
2008 | Kansas #1 | Memphis #1 | North Carolina #1 | UCLA #1 |
2007 | Florida #1 | Ohio State #1 | UCLA #2 | Georgetown #2 |
2006 | Florida #3 | UCLA #2 | George Mason #11 | LSU #4 |
2005 | North Carolina #1 | Illinois #1 | Michigan State #5 | Louisville #4 |
2004 | UConn #2 | Georgia Tech #3 | Duke #1 | Oklahoma State #2 |
2003 | Syracuse #3 | Kansas #2 | Texas #1 | Marquette #3 |
2002 | Maryland #1 | Indiana #5 | Kansas #1 | Oklahoma #2 |
2001 | Duke #1 | Arizona #2 | Maryland #3 | Michigan State #1 |
2000 | Michigan State #1 | Florida #5 | Wisconsin #8 | North Carolina #8 |
1999 | UConn #1 | Duke #1 | Ohio State #4 | Michigan State #1 |
1998 | Kentucky #2 | Utah #3 | Stanford #3 | North Carolina #1 |
1997 | Arizona #4 | Kentucky #1 | North Carolina #1 | Minnesota #1 |
1996 | Kentucky #1 | Syracuse #4 | Massachusetts #1 | Mississippi State #5 |
1995 | UCLA #1 | Arkansas #2 | Oklahoma State #4 | North Carolina #2 |
1994 | Arkansas #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #2 | Florida #3 |
1993 | North Carolina #1 | Michigan #1 | Kansas #2 | Kentucky #1 |
1992 | Duke #1 | Michigan #6 | Indiana #2 | Cincinnati #4 |
1991 | Duke #1 | Kansas #3 | UNLV #1 | North Carolina #2 |
1990 | UNLV #1 | Duke #3 | Georgia Tech #4 | Arkansas #4 |
1989 | Michigan #3 | Seton Hall #3 | Illinois #1 | Duke #2 |
1988 | Kansas #6 | Oklahoma #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #1 |
1987 | Indiana #1 | Syracuse #2 | UNLV #1 | Providence #6 |
1986 | Louisville #2 | Duke #1 | LSU #11 | Kansas #1 |
1985 | Villanova #8 | Georgetown #1 | Memphis #2 | St. John's #1 |
1984 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #2 | Kentucky #1 | Virginia #7 |
1983 | NC State #6 | Houston #1 | Louisville #1 | Georgia #4 |
1982 | North Carolina #1 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #6 | Louisville #3 |
1981 | Indiana #3 | North Carolina #2 | Virginia #1 | LSU #1 |
1980 | Louisville #2 | UCLA #8 | Purdue #6 | Iowa #5 |
1979 | Michigan State #2 | Indiana State #1 | DePaul #2 | Pennsylvania #9 |
1978 | Kentucky | Duke | Arkansas | Notre Dame |
1977 | Marquette | North Carolina | UNLV | Charlotte |
1976 | Indiana | Michigan | UCLA | Rutgers |
1975 | UCLA | Kentucky | Louisville | Syracuse |
1974 | NC State | Marquette | UCLA | Kansas |
1973 | UCLA | Memphis | Indiana | Providence |
1972 | UCLA | Florida State | North Carolina | Louisville |
1971 | UCLA | Villanova | Western Kentucky | Kansas |
1970 | UCLA | Jacksonville | New Mexico State | St. Bonaventure |
1969 | UCLA | Purdue | Drake | North Carolina |
1968 | UCLA | North Carolina | Ohio State | Houston |
1967 | UCLA | Dayton | Houston | North Carolina |
1966 | UTEP | Kentucky | Duke | Utah |
1965 | UCLA | Michigan | Princeton | Wichita State |
1964 | UCLA | Duke | Michigan | Kansas State |
1963 | Loyola-Chicago | Cincinnati | Duke | Oregon State |
1962 | Cincinnati | Ohio State | Wake Forest | UCLA |
1961 | Cincinnati | Ohio State | Saint Joseph's | Utah |
1960 | Ohio State | California | Cincinnati | NYU |
1959 | California | West Virginia | Cincinnati | Louisville |
1958 | Kentucky | Seattle | Temple | Kansas State |
1957 | North Carolina | Kansas | San Francisco | Michigan State |
1956 | San Francisco | Iowa | Temple | SMU |
1955 | San Francisco | LaSalle | Colorado | Iowa |
1954 | LaSalle | Bradley | Penn State | USC |
1953 | Indiana | Kansas | Washington | LSU |
1952 | Kansas | St. John's | Illinois | Santa Clara |
1951 | Kentucky | Kansas State | Illinois | Oklahoma State |
1950 | CCNY | Bradley | NC State | Baylor |
1949 | Kentucky | Oklahoma State | Illinois | Oregon State |
1948 | Kentucky | Baylor | Holy Cross | Kansas State |
1947 | Holy Cross | Oklahoma | Texas | CCNY |
1946 | Oklahoma State | North Carolina | Ohio State | California |
1945 | Oklahoma State | NYU | Arkansas | Ohio State |
1944 | Utah | Dartmouth | Iowa State | Ohio State |
1943 | Wyoming | Georgetown | DePaul | Texas |
1942 | Stanford | Dartmouth | Colorado | Kentucky |
1941 | Wisconsin | Washington State | Arkansas | Pittsburgh |
1940 | Indiana | Kansas | Duquesne | USC |
1939 | Oregon | Ohio State | Oklahoma | Villanova |
NCAA D1 Basketball Final Fours by Team
The following teams have made the most Final Fours in descending order.
Team | Final Fours |
---|---|
North Carolina | 21 |
UCLA | 19 |
Duke | 17 |
Kentucky | 17 |
Kansas | 16 |
Ohio State | 11 |
Louisville | 10 |
Michigan State | 10 |
Indiana | 8 |
Michigan | 8 |
UConn | 7 |
Villanova | 7 |
Arkansas | 6 |
Cincinnati | 6 |
Houston | 6 |
Oklahoma State | 6 |
Syracuse | 6 |
Florida | 5 |
Georgetown | 5 |
Illinois | 5 |
Oklahoma | 5 |
Arizona | 4 |
Kansas State | 4 |
LSU | 4 |
NC State | 4 |
UNLV | 4 |
Utah | 4 |
Wisconsin | 4 |
Baylor | 3 |
California | 3 |
Iowa | 3 |
Marquette | 3 |
Memphis | 3 |
Purdue | 3 |
San Francisco | 3 |
Texas | 3 |
Virginia | 3 |
Bradley | 2 |
Butler | 2 |
CCNY | 2 |
Colorado | 2 |
Dartmouth | 2 |
DePaul | 2 |
Georgia Tech | 2 |
Gonzaga | 2 |
Holy Cross | 2 |
LaSalle | 2 |
Loyola-Chicago | 2 |
Maryland | 2 |
NYU | 2 |
Oregon | 2 |
Oregon State | 2 |
Providence | 2 |
St. John's | 2 |
Stanford | 2 |
Temple | 2 |
USC | 2 |
West Virginia | 2 |
Wichita State | 2 |
Alabama | 1 |
Auburn | 1 |
Charlotte | 1 |
Dayton | 1 |
Drake | 1 |
Duquesne | 1 |
FAU | 1 |
Florida State | 1 |
George Mason | 1 |
Georgia | 1 |
Indiana State | 1 |
Iowa State | 1 |
Jacksonville | 1 |
Massachusetts | 1 |
Miami (FL) | 1 |
Minnesota | 1 |
Mississippi State | 1 |
New Mexico State | 1 |
Notre Dame | 1 |
Penn State | 1 |
Pennsylvania | 1 |
Pittsburgh | 1 |
Princeton | 1 |
Rutgers | 1 |
Saint Joseph's | 1 |
San Diego State | 1 |
Santa Clara | 1 |
Seattle | 1 |
Seton Hall | 1 |
SMU | 1 |
South Carolina | 1 |
St. Bonaventure | 1 |
Texas Tech | 1 |
UTEP | 1 |
VCU | 1 |
Wake Forest | 1 |
Washington | 1 |
Washington State | 1 |
Western Kentucky | 1 |
Wyoming | 1 |
NCAA D1 Basketball Championships by Team
The following teams have won the most National Championships in descending order.
Team | Championships |
---|---|
UCLA | 11 |
Kentucky | 8 |
North Carolina | 6 |
UConn | 6 |
Duke | 5 |
Indiana | 5 |
Kansas | 4 |
Louisville | 3 |
Villanova | 3 |
Cincinnati | 2 |
Florida | 2 |
Michigan State | 2 |
NC State | 2 |
Oklahoma State | 2 |
San Francisco | 2 |
Arizona | 1 |
Arkansas | 1 |
Baylor | 1 |
California | 1 |
CCNY | 1 |
Georgetown | 1 |
Holy Cross | 1 |
LaSalle | 1 |
Loyola-Chicago | 1 |
Marquette | 1 |
Maryland | 1 |
Michigan | 1 |
Ohio State | 1 |
Oregon | 1 |
Stanford | 1 |
Syracuse | 1 |
UNLV | 1 |
Utah | 1 |
UTEP | 1 |
Virginia | 1 |
Wisconsin | 1 |
Wyoming | 1 |
NCAA D1 Basketball Final Twos by Team
The following teams have been made the most national finals or “Final Two”, in descending order.
Team | Final Twos |
---|---|
UCLA | 13 |
Kentucky | 12 |
North Carolina | 12 |
Duke | 11 |
Kansas | 10 |
Michigan | 7 |
Indiana | 6 |
UConn | 6 |
Ohio State | 5 |
Georgetown | 4 |
Villanova | 4 |
Cincinnati | 3 |
Florida | 3 |
Louisville | 3 |
Michigan State | 3 |
Oklahoma State | 3 |
Syracuse | 3 |
Arizona | 2 |
Arkansas | 2 |
Baylor | 2 |
Bradley | 2 |
Butler | 2 |
California | 2 |
Dartmouth | 2 |
Gonzaga | 2 |
Houston | 2 |
LaSalle | 2 |
Marquette | 2 |
Memphis | 2 |
NC State | 2 |
Oklahoma | 2 |
Purdue | 2 |
San Francisco | 2 |
Utah | 2 |
Wisconsin | 2 |
CCNY | 1 |
Dayton | 1 |
Florida State | 1 |
Georgia Tech | 1 |
Holy Cross | 1 |
Illinois | 1 |
Indiana State | 1 |
Iowa | 1 |
Jacksonville | 1 |
Kansas State | 1 |
Loyola-Chicago | 1 |
Maryland | 1 |
NYU | 1 |
Oregon | 1 |
San Diego State | 1 |
Seattle | 1 |
Seton Hall | 1 |
St. John's | 1 |
Stanford | 1 |
Texas Tech | 1 |
UNLV | 1 |
UTEP | 1 |
Virginia | 1 |
Washington State | 1 |
West Virginia | 1 |
Wyoming | 1 |
Final Four Appearance Percentages by Seed
The following seeds numbers have the most Final Four appearances, in descending order.
Seed | Final Four Appearances | Percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | 71 | 39.44% |
2 | 37 | 20.56% |
3 | 19 | 10.56% |
4 | 16 | 8.89% |
5 | 10 | 5.56% |
6 | 6 | 3.33% |
7 | 4 | 2.22% |
8 | 7 | 3.89% |
9 | 3 | 1.67% |
10 | 1 | 0.56% |
11 | 6 | 3.33% |
12 | 0 | 0.00% |
13 | 0 | 0.00% |
14 | 0 | 0.00% |
15 | 0 | 0.00% |
16 | 0 | 0.00% |
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Seed Performance
The following table shows how each seed performed through tournament rounds, using a select set of years.
# | R2 | S16 | E8 | F4 | F2 | Win | Odds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 99.3% | 85.3% | 69.1% | 41.2% | 24.3% | 15.4% | 61.8% |
2 | 94.1% | 62.5% | 45.6% | 20.6% | 9.6% | 3.7% | 14.7% |
3 | 84.6% | 51.5% | 25.0% | 11.8% | 7.4% | 2.9% | 11.8% |
4 | 79.4% | 47.1% | 15.4% | 9.6% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
5 | 65.4% | 33.8% | 5.9% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
6 | 63.2% | 30.9% | 10.3% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
7 | 61.8% | 19.9% | 7.4% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
8 | 50.0% | 9.6% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 2.2% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
9 | 50.0% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
10 | 38.2% | 16.9% | 5.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
11 | 36.8% | 16.2% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
12 | 34.6% | 14.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
13 | 20.6% | 4.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
14 | 15.4% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
15 | 5.9% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
16 | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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References
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_basketball_tournament_selection_process
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