Chris 'The Bear' Fallica's College Basketball March Madness Bear Bytes

It’s that time of the year when we dive into all the college basketball historical bracket minutiae that I love so much for March Madness.

If nothing else, I hope you’ll find these nuggets interesting and good talking points as we head toward filling out our brackets and making our tournament wagers. 

Enjoy!

Let's take a look at some general bracket notes first.

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Final Four 

In the last two years, six No. 1 seeds have reached the Final Four. In the previous five years, six No. 1 seeds reached the Final Four. The years 2007, 2008 and 2009 were the last time there were three straight Final Fours with at least two No. 1 seeds and there have never been consecutive tournaments with at least three 1-seeds in the Final Four. 

Title Game Chalk

Each of the last two national title games has featured two No. 1 seeds. There has never been a stretch of three straight years when the national title game featured two No. 1 seeds. The last three champs have either been Connecticut (twice) or the team that beat Connecticut (Florida last year). Additionally, 17 of the last 18 national champions have either been named UConn or been a 1-seed. No. 2-seed Villanova in 2016 is the one team that bucked the trend. In those 18 years, UConn has won four national titles — three coming as a 3-, 7- and 4-seed.

3-Seeds Rolling

Since 2017, teams that are 3-seeds are 30-2 straight up (SU) and 20-12 against the spread (ATS). In the previous three years, there were four upsets where a 14-seed defeated a 3-seed.

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