Interesting Facts about March Madness Brackets:
#1 There are a few more than 9.2 quintillion combinations for a 64-team bracket. A quintillion is 1 million times 1 trillion — a 1 with 18 zeros behind it. If every possibility were filled out on its own sheet of paper, the weight of the paper would be 184 trillion tons — more than 500 million times the weight of the Empire State Building.
#2 There have only been seven No. 15 seeds to ever win a tournament game:
- 1991: Richmond over Syracuse
- 1993: Santa Clara over Arizona
- 1997: Coppin State over South Carolina
- 2001: Hampton over Iowa State
- 2012: Norfolk State over Missouri
- 2012: Lehigh over Duke
- 2013: Florida Gulf Coast over Georgetown
#3 Only once have all No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four. In 2008: Kansas, UCLA, Memphis and North Carolina made it.
#4 According to NCAA.com, only one team in the last six years has gone on to win the national championship after losing four games after Feb. 1. That team was Connecticut.
For more Fun Facts visit: http://bleacherreport.com or http://www.ncaa.com
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