Bracket Tips

While we think the selection of 2012 NCAA Brackets here at CollegeHoops.net can't be beat, there are a host of other sites that have quality brackets as well. Here is a sampling of NCAA Bracket resources:

 

 CollegeHoops.net

This chart shows how each seed has fared over the six rounds of each tournament since 1985 (the start of the 64/68 team tournament). For Example the #1 Seeds have won 100% of their first round games, but #2 have only won 95.7% of the time. The #1 Seeds have made it to the finals 14.1% of the time, but note #4 seeds have only made it 1.1% of the time.

 

This chart shows how each seed has fared over the six rounds of each tournament since 1985 (the start of the 64/68 team tournament). For Example the #1 Seeds have won 100 of 100 games in the first round, but 4 times a #2 seed has lost. The #1 Seeds have made it to the finals 24 times and have won 15 of them. The #4 seeds have made it to the finals only twice however.

 

This time of the year brings out all kinds of strategies in regards to how one will fill out their bracket. Opinions, uniform colors and mascots are just three of the dozens of ideas that people throughout the nation (and in some cases outside of the US) have in regards to turning in that winning bracket. But what about the statistics of recent champions? Those numbers can go a long way in showing which teams have the best shot at cutting down the nets on April 5^th.