Bracket Breakdown

Fun facts about the brackets:

Breakdown of who picked whom to win it all:

Villanova	46
Virginia	41
Michigan State	25
Duke	20
Kansas	16
North Carolina	14
Xavier	10
Arizona	8
Cincinnati	7
Purdue	6
Michigan	4
Gonzaga	4
Kentucky	3
Tennessee	2
Ohio State	1
Creighton	1
West Virginia	1
San Diego State	1
Rhode Island	1
NC State	1

It looks like there are some pretty clear favorites at the top.  If you picked Villanova or Virginia, I hope you do well in the rest of the bracket, because you are going to have a lot of competition.

Here's the breakdown of the final game participants:

Virginia vs. Villanova	20
Virginia vs. Michigan State	20
North Carolina vs. Villanova	14
Xavier vs. Villanova	13
Virginia vs. Kansas	13
Arizona vs. Villanova	10
North Carolina vs. Kansas	9
Michigan vs. Villanova	9
Arizona vs. Duke	9
Virginia vs. Duke	8
Michigan vs. Michigan State	8
North Carolina vs. Michigan State	6
Gonzaga vs. Villanova	5
Xavier vs. Duke	5
Cincinnati vs. Villanova	5
Xavier vs. Michigan State	4
Arizona vs. Michigan State	3
Cincinnati vs. Michigan State	3
Gonzaga vs. Duke	3
Virginia vs. Purdue	2
Cincinnati vs. Purdue	2
Kentucky vs. Duke	2
North Carolina vs. Purdue	2
Kentucky vs. Villanova	2
Kentucky vs. Kansas	2
Virginia vs. Texas Tech	2
Tennessee vs. Purdue	2
Michigan vs. Kansas	2
Cincinnati vs. Duke	2
Xavier vs. NC State	2
Gonzaga vs. Michigan State	2
Michigan vs. Duke	2
North Carolina vs. Duke	2
Tennessee vs. Kansas	1
Ohio State vs. Purdue	1
Houston vs. West Virginia	1
Creighton vs. Villanova	1
Xavier vs. Purdue	1
Virginia vs. Florida	1
Michigan vs. Purdue	1
Arizona vs. Kansas	1
Xavier vs. Kansas	1
Arizona vs. Purdue	1
San Diego State vs. Michigan State	1
Cincinnati vs. Kansas	1
Xavier vs. Rhode Island	1
North Carolina vs. NC State	1
Xavier vs. Wichita State	1
Gonzaga vs. West Virginia	1
Virginia vs. West Virginia	1

You really have to drill down a ways before you get to a Championship game that doesn't feature either Villanova or Virginia.  They were very popular teams this year.

Speaking of which, here's the breakdown of the South Regional winners:

Virginia	106
Cincinnati	41
Arizona	39
Tennessee	12
Kentucky	7
Miami-Florida	4
Creighton	2
Kansas State	1

This is largely to form, with the exception of Arizona outperforming Tennessee.  No love for Nevada, I guess.  Then again, the last time anyone saw them, they were getting their heads handed to them by San Diego State.

Here's the West region:

North Carolina	65
Michigan	58
Xavier	51
Gonzaga	32
Ohio State	3
Providence	1
Houston	1
San Diego State	1

There's always one wacky bracket (remember South Carolina last year, or Syracuse the year before as a 10 seed?).  This looks like it might be the wacky bracket.  Xavier is the 1 seed, but they don't seem particularly dominant.  This looks also like everyone took someone in the top 4.  Again, no love for the 7 seed (Texas A&M).  I guess 7s don't make the Final 4 all that often, but you might think someone would take a shot.

Here's the East bracket:

Villanova	137
Purdue	36
West Virginia	12
Texas Tech	12
Wichita State	7
Butler	3
Florida	2
Virginia Tech	2
Alabama	1

This is the most lopsided of the 4 brackets.  Everyone seems to love Villanova.  There's a little love for Purdue,  but by far, the most popular team is Villanova.

Here's the Midwest bracket:

Michigan State	75
Kansas	63
Duke	60
NC State	6
TCU	2
Rhode Island	2
Clemson	2
Oklahoma	1
Auburn	1

This bracket looks a lot like a 3-horse race.  There's a little surprising amount of NC State picks here, but otherwise, it's all MSU, Kansas or Duke.