by Alma Bean
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With the men’s college basketball season coming to a close, here’s what you need to know as you make your bracket for March Madness.
Meet the Teams
Every year, March Madness is filled with heavy front runners, Cinderella stories, and heart-breaking losses sending these student athletes home. Below are the teams that hope to finish the tournament with the championship trophy.
The matchups below will tip-off starting on Thursday, March 16 at 10:15 a.m. MT. These games will be broadcasted on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV.
#9 West Virginia vs #8 Maryland @ 10:15 a.m. MT on CBS (3/16)
In the last four tournaments, the nine seed is 11-5 against the eighth seed. Maryland and West Virginia have played each other 38 times in their history and West Virginia is 24-14 against Maryland. West Virginia is currently on a three-game winning streak against Maryland with their last meeting being on March 22, 2015. Maryland’s last win against West Virginia was on December 7, 1991.
#9 West Virginia
Notable Games: #24 Purdue (Lost 80-68), #3 Kansas (Lost 3 times), #11 Iowa State (Won both) #7/#5Texas (Lost twice), #9 Baylor (Lost twice), #11 Kansas State (W/L), #14/#15TCU (W/L), Pittsburgh (W)
#8 Maryland
Notable Games: #7 Tennessee (Lost 56-53), #3 Purdue (W/L), #16 UCLA (Lost 87-20), #21/#19 Indiana (W/L), Miami (Won 88-70), #16 Illinois (Won 71-66), Michigan State (Lost 63-58), #21 Northwestern (Won 75-59), Iowa (Lost 81-67)
#13 Furman vs #4 Virginia @ 10:40 a.m. MT on truTV (3/16)
In the last four tournaments, 12 of the 16 matches were decided by single digits. Since 1985, 31 13 seeds have upset a 4 seed meaning the 13 seed is 31-113 since 1985. Furman and Virginia have only faced each other one time in their program’s history on December 8, 2004. Virginia came away with the win 79-67 and is currently the heavy favorite in this year’s first-round matchup.
#13 Furman
Notable Games: NC State (Lost 92-73), Penn State (Lost 73-68)
#4 Virginia
Notable Games: #5 Houston (Lost 69-61), #5 Baylor (Won 86-79), #22 Miami (Lost 66-64), #19 Illinois (Won 70-61) #21 Duke (W/L), UNC (W/L/W), Boston College (Won 76-57)
#10 Utah State vs #7 Missouri @ 11:40 a.m. MT on TNT (3/16)
Between the 7 and 10 seed matchups, the 7 seed has won 60.5 percent of them since 1985. In the last four tournaments, 8 of the last 15 matchups have been decided by five or fewer points, four of those matches being decided in overtime. Missouri and Utah State have faced each other twice in their program’s history splitting those games 1-1. Their last match-up was on December 2, 1968, as Missouri got the win at home 97-87.
#10 Utah State
Notable Games: #25 /#20 San Diego St. (Lost 3 times), Boise St. (W/W/L), Nevada (W/L), Oral Roberts (Won 95-85), New Mexico (Won twice)
#7 Missouri
Notable Games: #6/#17 Tennessee (Won twice), #4 Alabama (Lost twice), #6 Kansas (lost 95-67), Texas A&M (Lost twice), #12 Iowa State (Won 78-61), #19 Kentucky (Won 89-75), #13/#25 Arkansas (W/L), #16 Illinois (Won 93-71)
#16 Howard vs #1 Kansas @ 12:00 p.m. MT on TBS (3/16)
In matchups between the 1 and 16 seeds, the number 1 seed is 147-1 since 1985 against the number 16 seeds. The one win by the 16 seed was in 2018 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) defeated Virginia 74-54. Howard and Kansas have faced each other twice in their program’s history with Kansas winning both games. Their last meeting was on December 29, 2011, when Kansas won 89-34.
#16 Howard
Notable Games: #4 Kentucky (Lost 95-63), VCU (Lost 70-60), Yale (Lost 86-40)
#1 Kansas
Notable Games: #5/#9/#7 Texas (W/L/L), #17/#9 Baylor (W/L), #7 Duke (Won 69-64), #22 Tennessee (Lost 64-50), #13/#7 Kansas State (W/L), #14 Indiana (Won 84-62), #14/#13 Iowa State (W/W/L), Kentucky (Won 77-68), #14/#24 TCU (W/L)
#16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs #1 Alabama @ 12:45 p.m. MT on CBS (3/16)
In matchups between the 1 and 16 seeds, the number 1 seed is 147-1 since 1985 against the number 16 seeds. The one win by the 16 seed was in 2018 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) defeated Virginia 74-54. These teams have only faced each other once on December 22, 2004, when Alabama won 76-54.
#16 Texas A&M-CC
Notable Games: #9 Arizona (Lost 99-61), Oklahoma State (Lost 81-58), Mississippi State (Lost 63-44)
#1 Alabama
Notable Games: #1 Houston (Won 71-65), #15 Arkansas (Won twice), Auburn (Won twice), #10 Tennessee (Lost 68-59), #15 Gonzaga (Lost 100-90), #20 UConn (Lost 82-67), #24/#18 Texas A&M (W/L)
#12 Charleston vs #5 San Diego St. @ 1:10 p.m. MT on truTV (3/16)
Since 1985, the 15 seeds are 55-99 with two upsets last year with New Mexico State beating UConn 70-63 and Richmond beating Iowa 67-63. These two teams have met once in their program’s history on November 28, 2013. San Diego St. came away with the win on the road with a 72-52 win over Charleston.
#12 Charleston
Notable Games: #1 North Carolina (Lost 102-86), Kent State (Won 74-72), Virginia Tech (Won 77-75)
#5 San Diego St.
Notable Games: #14 Arizona (Lost 87-70), Saint Mary’s (Lost 68-61), Utah State (Won 3 Times), #9 Arkansas (Lost 78-74), Boise State (W/L), Nevada (W/L), New Mexico (W/L)
#15 Princeton vs #2 Arizona @ 2:10 p.m. MT on TNT (3/16)
When the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the 2 seeds are 138-110 with two of those losses coming in the last two tournaments with St. Peter’s beating Kentucky 85-79 last year and Oral Roberts beating Ohio St. 75-72 in 2021. These two teams have only met once in their program’s history on December 27, 1985. Arizona came away with the win on the road, 54-41 against Princeton.
#15 Princeton
Notable Games: Yale (W/L/L), Iona (Lost 70-64)
#2 Arizona
Notable Games: #5/#4/#2 UCLA (W/W/L), #6 Tennessee (won 75-70), #17 San Diego St. (Won 87-70), #10 Creighton (Won 81-79), Oregon (Lost 87-66), Utah (W/L)
#9 Illinois vs #8 Arkansas @ 2:30 p.m. MT on TBS (3/16)
In the last four tournaments, the nine seed is 11-5 against the eighth seed. These two teams have played each other five times in their program’s history with Illinois winning all five meetings. Their last meeting was on December 4, 2004, when Illinois won on the road, 72-60.
#9 Illinois
Notable Games: #8 UCLA (Won 79-70), #5 Purdue (Lost 76-71), #2 Texas (Won 85-78), #14 Indiana (Lost twice), #16 Virginia (Lost 70-61), Michigan State (Won 75-66), #21 Northwestern (W/L), Penn State (Lost 3 times)
#8 Arkansas
Notable Games: #4/#2 Alabama (Lost twice), #10 Creighton (Lost 90-87), #12 Tennessee (Lost 75-57), #17 Baylor (Lost 67-64), #17 San Diego State (Won 78-74), #23 Kentucky (W/L), Texas A&M (W/L/L), #20 Missouri (W/L)
#9 Auburn vs #8 Iowa @ 4:50 p.m. MT on TNT (3/16)
In the last four tournaments, the nine seed is 11-5 against the eighth seed. This will be the first time that these two programs will face each other in their program’s history.
#9 Auburn
Notable Games: #3/#2 Alabama (Lost twice), #2/#12 Tennessee (W/L), West Virginia (Lost 80-77), #13 Arkansas (W/L), Kentucky (Lost 86-54), Texas A&M (Lost twice), Memphis (Lost 82-73), Northwestern (Won 43-42)
#8 Iowa
Notable Games: #1 Purdue (Lost 87-73), #15 Duke (Lost 74-62), #15 Indiana (Won twice), #20 Iowa State (Won 75-56), TCU (Lost 79-66), Michigan State (W/L), Illinois (Won 81-79), Maryland (Won 81-67)
#12 Oral Roberts vs #5 Duke @ 5:10 p.m. MT on CBS (3/16)
Since 1985, the 15 seeds are 55-99 with two upsets last year with New Mexico State beating UConn 70-63 and Richmond beating Iowa 67-63. This will be the first time that these two programs will play each other in their program’s history.
#12 Oral Roberts
Notable Games: #3 Houston (Lost 83-42), Saint Mary’s (Lost 78-70), Utah State (Lost 95-85), New Mexico (Lost 82-75), Liberty (Won 84-70)
#5 Duke
Notable Games: Xavier (Won 71-64), #17/#19 Miami (W/L), #24 Purdue (Lost 75-56), #6 Kansas (Lost 69-64), #13/#8 Virginia (W/L), Wake Forest (W/L), Virginia Tech (W/L)
#15 Colgate vs #2 Texas @ 5:25 p.m. MT on TBS (3/16)
When the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the 2 seeds are 138-110 with two of those losses coming in the last two tournaments with St. Peter’s beating Kentucky 85-79 last year and Oral Roberts beating Ohio St. 75-72 in 2021. This will be the first time that these programs will have played each other in their program’s history.
#15 Colgate
Notable Games: #15 Auburn (Lost 93-66), Syracuse (Won 80-68), Vermont (Lost 73-72)
#2 Texas
Notable Games: #9/#3 Kansas (W/W/L), #2 Gonzaga (Won 93-74), #11/#9Baylor (W/L), #4 Tennessee (Lost 82-71), #7 Creighton (Won 72-67), #23Iowa State (W/L), #17/#22TCU (W/W/L), #17 Illinois (Lost 85-78)
#10 Boise St. vs #7 Northwestern @ 5:35 p.m. MT on truTV
Between the 7 and 10 seed matchups, the 7 seed has won 60.5 percent of them since 1985. In the last four tournaments, 8 of the last 15 matchups have been decided by five or fewer points, four of those matches being decided in overtime. This will be the first time that these programs will meet in their program’s history.
#10 Boise St.
Notable Games: #18/#22 San Diego State (W/L), Texas A&M (Won 86-71) Utah State (W/L/L), Nevada (W/L), New Mexico (W/L)
#7 Northwestern
Notable Games: #1 Purdue (Won 64-58), Maryland (Lost 75-59), #15/#14 Indiana (Won twice), Illinois (W/L), #20 Michigan State (Won 70-63), #13 Auburn (Lost 43-42), Iowa (W/L), Penn State (Lost twice), Rutgers (W/L)
#16 Northern Kentucky vs #1 Houston @ 7:20 p.m. MT on TNT (3/16)
In matchups between the 1 and 16 seeds, the number 1 seed is 147-1 since 1985 against the number 16 seeds. The one win by the 16 seed was in 2018 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) defeated Virginia 74-54. This will be the first time that these two programs will meet in their program’s history.
#16 Northern Kentucky
Notable Games: FAU (Lost 67-52), Cincinnati (Won 64-51), Kent State (Lost 79-57), Toledo (Lost 82+69), Washington State (Lost 68-47)
#1 Houston
Notable Games: Saint Mary’s (Won 53-48), #2 Virginia (Won 69-61), Oregon (Won 66-56), #8 Alabama (Lost 71-65), Memphis (W/W/L)
#13 Louisiana vs #4 Tennessee @ 7:40 p.m. MT on CBS (3/16)
In the last four tournaments, 12 of the 16 matches were decided by single digits. Since 1985, 31 13 seeds have upset a 4 seed meaning the 13 seed is 31-113 since 1985. These programs have faced each other 10 times in their program history with Tennessee owning a 9-1 record against Louisiana. Their last meeting was on November 9, 2018, when Tennessee won at home, 87-65. The last time that Louisiana beat Tennessee was on December 27, 1985, when they won 79-78.
#13 Louisiana
Notable Games: #7 Texas (Lost 100-72), Drake (Lost 76-64)
#4 Tennessee
Notable Games: #1 Alabama (Won 68-59), #3 Kansas (Won 64-50), #10 Texas (Won 82-71), #9 Arizona (Lost 75-70), Kentucky (Lost twice), Texas A&M (Lost 68-63), #13 Maryland (Won 56-53), Arkansas (Won 75-57)
#10 Penn State vs #7 Texas A&M @ 7:55 p.m. MT on TBS (3/16)
Between the 7 and 10 seed matchups, the 7 seed has won 60.5 percent of them since 1985. In the last four tournaments, 8 of the last 15 matchups have been decided by five or fewer points, four of those matches being decided in overtime. These programs have faced each other three times in their program’s history. Texas A&M has won all three meetings with the last one being on November 21, 2017, with a 98-87 win.
#10 Penn State
Notable Games: #17 Illinois (Won twice), #1/#1/#5 Purdue (Lost 3 times), #21 Maryland (W/L), Rutgers (Lost twice), #19 Indiana (Won twice), Northwestern (Won twice)
#7 Texas A&M
Notable Games: #2/#4 Alabama (W/L), #11 Tennessee (Won 68-63), Arkansas (W/W/L), #15 Auburn (Won twice), #20 Missouri (Won twice), Kentucky (Lost 76-67)
#15 UNC Asheville vs #2 University of California Los Angeles @ 8:05 p.m. MT on truTV
When the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the 2 seeds are 138-110 with two of those losses coming in the last two tournaments with St. Peter’s beating Kentucky 85-79 last year and Oral Roberts beating Ohio St. 75-72 in 2021. This will be the first time that these two programs will face each other in their program’s history.
#15 UNC Asheville
Notable Games: #10 Arkansas (Lost 85-51), Dayton (Lost 79-56), UCF (Won 98-95)
#2 UCLA
Notable Games: #8/#11/#8Arizona (W/L/L), #5 Baylor (Lost 80-75), #20 Maryland (Won 87-60), #13 Kentucky (Won 63-53), #19 Illinois (Lost 79-70), Oregon (Won twice)
#14 Kennesaw St. vs #3 Xavier @ 10:40 a.m. MT on truTV (3/17)
The 3 seed is 126-22 all-time against 14 seeds. In the last five tournaments, the 3 seed is 19-1 with the only 14 seed to win coming from Abilene Christian defeating Texas in 2021. These programs have faced each other once in their program history on November 11, 2004. Xavier came away with a narrow 67-60 victory over Kennesaw State.
#14 Kennesaw St.
Notable Games: #18 Indiana (Lost 69-55), San Diego State (Lost 88-54), VCU (Lost 64-61), Liberty (Won twice)
#3 Xavier
Notable Games: #6 Gonzaga (Lost 88-84), #2/#19 UConn (Won twice), #25/#11/#6 Marquette (W/L/L), #8 Duke (Lost 71-64), #24 Creighton (W/W/L), #12 Indiana (Lost 81-79), West Virginia (Won 84-74), #17/#20 Providence (Won twice)
#14 University of California Santa Barbara vs #3 Baylor @ 11:30 a.m. MT on TNT (3/17)
In the last four tournaments, 12 of the 16 matches were decided by single digits. Since 1985, 31 13 seeds have upset a 4 seed meaning the 13 seed is 31-113 since 1985. These programs have faced each other twice in program history splitting the matches 1-1. The last meeting was on December 5, 1970, when UCSB came away with the win at home, 95-68.
#14 UCSB
Notable Games: UC Irvine (W/L)
#3 Baylor
Notable Games: #8 UCLA (Won 80-75), #14 Gonzaga (Won 64-63), #9/#5 Kansas (W/L), #8/#10Texas (W/L), Marquette (Lost 96-70), #14 Kansas State (Lost twice), Iowa State (Lost 3 times), #17 TCU (W/L)
#12 Virginia Commonwealth University vs #5 Saint Mary’s @ 12:00 p.m. MT on TBS (3/17)
Since 1985, the 15 seeds are 55-99 with two upsets last year with New Mexico State beating UConn 70-63 and Richmond beating Iowa 67-63. These programs have faced each other once in their program’s history on March 16, 2017. Saint Mary’s won as the 7 seed against the 10 seed VCU 85-77.
#12 VCU
Notable Games: Memphis (Lost 62-47), Arizona State (Lost 63-59), Pittsburgh (Won 71-67), Dayton (W/W/L)
#5 Saint Mary’s
Notable Games: #1 Houston (Lost 53-48), #12/#9 Gonzaga (W/L/L), #22 San Diego State (Won 68-61), Oral Roberts (Won 78-70), Vanderbilt (Won 75-65), North Texas (Won 63-33)
#15 Vermont vs #2 Marquette @12:45 p.m. MT on CBS (3/17)
When the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, the 2 seeds are 138-110 with two of those losses coming in the last two tournaments with St. Peter’s beating Kentucky 85-79 last year and Oral Roberts beating Ohio St. 75-72 in 2021. These programs have faced each other twice in their program’s history with Marquette winning both meetings. Their last meeting was on December 5, 2017, where Marquette won 91-81 at home against Vermont.
#15 Vermont
Notable Games: Saint Mary’s (Lost 79-53), USC (Lost 59-57), Colgate (Won 73-72), Iona (Lost 71-50), Yale (Lost 73-44)
#2 Marquette
Notable Games: Purdue (Lost 75-70), #6/#11/#21 UConn (W/W/L), #6 Baylor (Won 96-70), #19 Creighton (Won twice), #16/#15/#12 Xavier (W/W/L), #22 Providence (W/L), Mississippi State (Lost 58-55)
#11 Pittsburgh vs #6 Iowa State @1:10 p.m. MT on truTV (3/17)
The 11 seed vs 6 seed is the most popular upset to choose in the tournament. Though the 6 seed has a 91-57 record against the 11 seed, over the last six tournaments the 11 seed has a 14-10 record against the 6 seed. These programs have faced each other once in their program’s history on December 27, 1981. Pittsburgh came away with the 81-65 win.
#11 Pittsburgh
Notable Games: #24/#21 Duke (Lost twice), #20/#16 Miami (W/L), West Virginia (Lost 81-56), #11 Virginia (Won 68-65), NC State (Won 68-60), Northwestern (Won 87-58), #25 North Carolina (Won twice)
#6 Iowa State
Notable Games: #20 UConn (Lost 71-53), #8/#2/#3 Kansas (W/L/L), #7/#8 Texas (W/L), #12/#7/#10 Baylor (Won 3 times), #5/#12 Kansas State (W/L), #17/#22 TCU (Won Twice), West Virginia (Lost twice), Iowa (Lost 75-56)
#11 North Carolina St. vs #6 Creighton @ 2:00 p.m. MT on TNT (3/17)
The 11 seed vs 6 seed is the most popular upset to choose in the tournament. Though the 6 seed has a 91-57 record against the 11 seed, over the last six tournaments the 11 seed has a 14-10 record against the 6 seed. These programs have faced each other twice in their program’s history with the two splitting the meetings 1-1. Their last meeting was on November 20, 2016, when Creighton came away with the 112-94 win at home.
#11 NC State
Notable Games: #3 Kansas (Lost 80-74), #16 Duke (W/L), #16 Miami (W/L), #8 Virginia (Lost 63-50), Clemson (Lost 3 times), Pittsburgh (Lost 68-60), North Carolina (W/L)
#6 Creighton
Notable Games: #23/#4 UConn (W/L), #2 Texas (Lost 72-67), #14 Arizona (Lost 81-79), #10 Marquette (Lost twice), #13/#12/#15 Xavier (W/L/L), #9 Arkansas (Won 90-87), #19/#24 Providence (W/L), Arizona State (Lost 73-71)
#13 Iona vs #4 UConn @ 2:30 p.m. MT on TBS (3/17)
The 3 seed is 126-22 all-time against 14 seeds. In the last five tournaments, the 3 seed is 19-1 with the only 14 seed to win coming from Abilene Christian defeating Texas in 2021. These programs have faced each other twice in their program’s history with UConn winning both times. Their last matchup was on December 4, 2019, when UConn easily won 80-62.
#13 Iona
Notable Games: New Mexico (Lost 82-74), Hofstra (Lost 83-78), Vermont (Won 70-51)
#4 UConn
Notable Games: #18 Alabama (Won 82-67), #10/#25/#6 Marquette (W/L/L), #23 Creighton (W/L), Iowa State (Won 71-53), #22/#13 Xavier (Lost twice), #20 Providence (W/W/L), Oklahoma State (Won 74-64)
#16 Fair Dickinson vs #1 Purdue @4:50 p.m. MT on TNT (3/17)
In matchups between the 1 and 16 seeds, the number 1 seed is 147-1 since 1985 against the number 16 seeds. The one win by the 16 seed was in 2018 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) defeated Virginia 74-54. This will be the first meeting between both programs.
#16 Fair Dickinson
Notable Games: Pittsburgh (Lost 83-61)
#1 Purdue
Notable Games: #6 Gonzaga (Won 84-66), Marquette (Won 75-70), #8 Duke (Won 75-56), West Virginia (Won ), Michigan State (Won twice), #21/#17 Indiana (Lost twice), Maryland (W/L)
#11 Providence vs #6 Kentucky @ 5:10 p.m. MT on CBS (3/17)
The 11 seed vs 6 seed is the most popular upset to choose in the tournament. Though the 6 seed has a 91-57 record against the 11 seed, over the last six tournaments the 11 seed has a 14-10 record against the 6 seed. These programs have faced each other twice in their program’s history with Kentucky winning both matchups. Their last meeting was on November 30, 2014, when Kentucky won 58-38 at home.
#11 Providence
Notable Games: #4/#18/#11 UConn (W/L/L), #24/#20 Marquette (W/L), #18 Creighton (W/L), #16/#19 Xavier (Lost twice), TCU (Lost 75-62), Miami (Lost 74-64)
#6 Kentucky
Notable Games: #16 UCLA (Lost 63-53), #2 Gonzaga (Lost 88-72), Tennessee (Won twice), #7 Alabama (Lost 78-52), #9 Kansas (Lost 77-68), Texas A&M (Won 76-67), Arkansas (W/L), Michigan State (Lost 86-77), Auburn (Won 86-54)
#12 Drake vs #5 Miami @ 5:25 p.m. MT on TBS (3/17)
Since 1985, the 15 seeds are 55-99 with two upsets last year with New Mexico State beating UConn 70-63 and Richmond beating Iowa 67-63. This will be the first time that these schools will face each other in their program’s history.
#12 Drake
Notable Games: #15 Mississippi State (Won 58-52), Bradley (W/W/L)
#5 Miami
Notable Games: #21 Duke (W/L/L), #6 Virginia (Won 66-64), Maryland (Lost 88-70), NC State (W/L), #20 Clemson (Won 78-74), Pittsburgh (W/L), Providence (Won 74-64), Rutgers (Won 68-61)
#14 Grand Canyon vs #3 Gonzaga @ 5:35 p.m. MT on truTV (3/17)
The 3 seed is 126-22 all-time against 14 seeds. In the last five tournaments, the 3 seed is 19-1 with the only 14 seed to win coming from Abilene Christian defeating Texas in 2021. This will be the first time that these schools will face each other in their program’s history.
#14 Grand Canyon
Notable Games: Nevada (Lost 59-46), North Texas (Lost 60-58), Sam Houston State (Won twice), Utah Valley (Lost 76-74)
#3 Gonzaga
Notable Games: #4 Alabama (Won 100-90), #24Purdue (Lost 84-66), #11 Texas (Lost 93-74), #6 Baylor (Lost 64-63), #15/#16/#18 Saint Mary’s (W/W/L), #4 Kentucky (Won 88-72), Xavier (Won 88-84)
#9 Florida Atlantic University #8 Memphis @ 7:20 p.m. MT on TNT (3/17)
In the last four tournaments, the nine seed is 11-5 against the eighth seed. These programs have faced each other once in their program’s history on February 3, 1993. Memphis came away with the blowout win, 96-46.
#9 FAU
Notable Games: North Texas (Won twice), UAB (W/W/L), Florida (Won 76-74), Ole Miss (Lost 80-67)
#8 Memphis
Notable Games: #1/#2/#1 Houston (W/L/L), #4 Alabama (Lost 91-88), Texas A&M (Won 83-79), #11 Auburn (Won 82-73)
#14 Montana St. vs #3 Kansas St. @ 7:40 p.m. MT on CBS (3/17)
The 3 seed is 126-22 all-time against 14 seeds. In the last five tournaments, the 3 seed is 19-1 with the only 14 seed to win coming from Abilene Christian defeating Texas in 2021. These programs have faced each other once in their program’s history on November 30, 1974. Kansas State got the 96-73 win at home against Montana State.
#14 Montana St.
Notable Games: #5 Arizona (Lost 85-64), Oregon (Lost 81-51)
#3 Kansas St.
Notable Games: #2/#8 Kansas (W/L), #6/#10 Texas (W/L), #19/#9 Baylor (Won twice), #17/#17/#22 TCU (W/L/L), #19/#12 Iowa State (W/L), #24West Virginia (W/L), Nevada (Won 96-87), Oklahoma State (Won twice)
#13 Kent St. vs #4 Indiana @ 7:55 p.m. MT on TBS (3/17)
In the last four tournaments, 12 of the 16 matches were decided by single digits. Since 1985, 31 13 seeds have upset a 4 seed meaning the 13 seed is 31-113 since 1985. These programs have faced each other twice in their program’s history with an even record of 1-1. Their last meeting was on March 23, 2002, when Indiana came away with an 81-69 win over Kent State.
#13 Kent St.
Notable Games: #2 Houston (Lost 49-44), #18 Gonzaga (Lost 73-66), Charleston (Lost 74-72), Toledo (Won twice)
#4 Indiana
Notable Games: #1/#5 Purdue (Won twice), #8 Kansas (Lost 84-62), #10 Arizona (Lost 89-75), Xavier (Won 81-79), Michigan State (W/L), Illinois (Won twice), Northwestern (Lost twice), Maryland (W/L)
#11 Arizona St. vs #6 Texas Christian University @ 8:05 p.m. MT on truTV (3/17)
The 11 seed vs 6 seed is the most popular upset to choose in the tournament. Though the 6 seed has a 91-57 record against the 11 seed, over the last six tournaments the 11 seed has a 14-10 record against the 6 seed. These programs have faced each other four times in their program’s history with the games being split 2-2. Their last game was on November 17 2009 when TCU lost a nail-biter 52-49 to Arizona State.
#11 Arizona St.
Notable Games: #7/#5/#8 Arizona (W/L/L), Creighton (Won 73-71), #5/#4 UCLA (Lost twice), USC (W/L/L), Oregon (W/L), VCU (Won 63-59), #20 Michigan (Won 87-62)
#6 TCU
Notable Games: #9/#10/#7Texas (W/L/L), #2/#3Kansas (W/L), #19/#14 Baylor (W/L), #25/#19 Iowa State (Lost twice), #11/#12/#12 Kansas State (W/W/L), West Virginia (W/L), #25 Iowa (Won 79-66), Providence (Won 75-62)
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