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Top 10 Craziest March Madness Facts

Created by Heather Morris Staff · May 2024 · Updated Dec 2024

Top 10 Craziest March Madness Facts: 20 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in Basketball.

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Your odds of randomly selecting a perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion

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UCLA has the record for most tournament championships

UCLA has the record for most tournament championships

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The lowest seed to make the Final 4 was an 11 seed

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UConn is the only school to have both men's and women's teams win a championship in the same year

UConn is the only school to have both men's and women's teams win a championship in the same year

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The lowest seed to ever win the tournament was #8 seed Villanova in 1985

The lowest seed to ever win the tournament was #8 seed Villanova in 1985

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UMBC Is the only #16 seed to beat a #1 seed

UMBC Is the only #16 seed to beat a #1 seed

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No 5 seed has ever won the title

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Michigan and LMU have the highest point total in a tournament game

Michigan and LMU have the highest point total in a tournament game

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Harvard has the longest drought in between appearances at 66 years

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Notre Dame's Austin Carr set a tournament game record with 61 points

Notre Dame's Austin Carr set a tournament game record with 61 points

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2008 was the only year all 4 #1 seeds made the Final Four

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Since 1985 there have been 8 different 15 seeds knock off a 2 seed

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The Florida Gators are the last team to win back to back National Titles in 2006-07

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Henry V Porter created the name March Madness in 1939

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Since 1979, North Carolina has been a #1 seed 17 times. More than any other school

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Kansas has 30 consecutive tournament appearances; the most of any school

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There have been 7 schools win a championship with an undefeated record

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Kentucky has the most tournament appearances at 58

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The most losses ever by a national championship team was 11 set by Kansas in 1988

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Kentucky and North Carolina have the most tournament wins with 128 and 124 respectively

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