NCAA Tourney Sweet 16 Fun Facts

Sweet 16 seeds:

There are three No. 1 seeds (Kentucky, Syracuse and Duke)
There are three No. 2 seeds (West Virginia, Ohio State and Kansas State)
There is one No. 3 seed (Baylor)
There is one No. 4 seed (Purdue)
There are two No. 5 seeds (Michigan State and Butler)
There are two No. 6 seeds (Xavier and Tennessee)
There is one No. 9 seed (Northern Iowa)
There is one No. 10 seed (Saint Mary’s)
There is one No. 11 seed (Washington)
There is one No. 12 seed (Cornell)

RPIs of the Sweet 16 teams:

2-Kentucky
3-Duke
4-West Virginia
5-Syracuse
6-Kansas St
9-Baylor
12-Butler
14-Tennessee
16-Purdue
17-Northern Iowa
19-Xavier
22-Ohio State
28-Michigan State
35-Saint Mary’s
41-Washington
46-Cornell

Conference records (conferences with two or more wins):

Big 10 is 7-2
Big 12 is 7-5
Big East is 6-6
ACC is 5-5
SEC is 4-2
Pac-10 is 3-1
West Coast Conference is 3-1

Won-loss records of the seeds:

No. 1 seeds are 7-1
No. 2 seeds are 7-1
No. 3 seeds are 4-3
No. 4 seeds are 4-3
No. 5 seeds are 5-2
No. 6 seeds are 4-2
No. 7 seeds are 1-4
No. 8 seeds are 2-4
No. 9 seeds are 3-3
No. 10 seeds are 4-3
No. 11 seeds are 3-3
No. 12 seeds are 2-3
No. 13 seeds are 1-4
No. 14 seeds are 1-4
No. 15 seeds are 0-4
No. 16 seeds are 0-4


Four teams that have the toughest road thus far:

Washington beat a No. 6 seed (Marquette) and a No. 3 seed (New Mexico)
Cornell beat a No. 5 seed (Temple) and a No. 4 seed (Wisconsin)
Northern Iowa beat a No. 8 seed (UNLV) and a No. 1 seed (Kansas)
Saint Mary’s beat a No. 7 seed (Richmond) and a No. 2 seed (Villanova)