The selection committee for the NCAA Bracket 2018 who seeds the whole field of 68 teams from 1-68, but did not make this information public until 2012. The committee then divides the teams amongst the regions. The top four teams will be distributed among the four regions, and each will receive a #1 rank within that region. The next four ranked teams will then be distributed among the four regions, each receiving a #2 rank with their region, and the process continues down the line. Carried to its logical conclusion, this would give each region seventeen teams ranked 1-17, but as seen below, this is complicated somewhat (see the next paragraph and the The First Four section below).
The selection committee is also instructed to place teams so that whenever possible, conference teams cannot meet until the regional finals. Additionally, they are also instructed to avoid any possible rematches of regular season or previous year's tournament games during the Rounds of 32 and 64. Further restrictions are listed in the Venues section below. To comply with these other requirements, the selection committee may move one or several teams up or down one seed from their respective original seed line. Thus, for example, the 40th overall seeded team, originally slated to be a #10 seed within a particular region, may instead be moved up to a #9 seed or moved down to a #11 seed.
The bracket is thus established, and during the semifinals, the champion of the top overall number 1 seed's region will play against the champion of the fourth-ranked number 1 seed's region, and the champion of the second-ranked number 1 seed's region will play against the champion of the third-ranked number 1 seed's region.
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March Madness Odds
The Jayhawks entered March Madness 2018 as the team to beat, and still look that way heading into the Sweet 16.
Kansas is a +350 betting favorite to win the NCAA Tournament this season at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. After opening as a +450 favorite to win the title, the Jayhawks have improved their chances by avoiding an upset in the first two rounds.
Next, the No. 1 Jayhawks are set to take on the No. 5 Maryland Terrapins (+2800 to win the championship). In the last 18 games between 1-seeds and 5-seeds, 1-seeds are 15-3 SU.
The ACC is well represented in the Sweet 16 with six teams, including both of its No. 1 seeds in North Carolina (+425) and Virginia (+575). North Carolina entered the tournament as a +600 favorite and has been peaking at the right time with a 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS record over its last six games.
Virginia is down from +1000 and has a 12-3 SU and 11-4 ATS record over its last 15 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database.
The No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners are next up on the betting board at +750 to win the NCAA Tournament, down from their opening number of +1400. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Villanova both started the tournament with odds of +1600 to win it, and both are now at +1200.
Oregon struggled in its Round of 32 game against Saint Joseph's, but is still 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games against teams with winning records.
Other contenders looking to make a splash in the Sweet 16 include No. 4 Duke (+1800), No. 3 Texas A&M (+2000), No. 5 Indiana (+2000), No. 3 Miami (+2800), No. 4 Iowa State (+2800) and No. 11 Gonzaga (+2800).
Gonzaga is 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS in its last seven games and is up from a starting line of +6600.
No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 10 Syracuse are all now going off at +3300 on the March Madness odds after coming into the tournament each going off at +10000. Notre Dame and Wisconsin meet in the Sweet 16.
Kansas is a +350 betting favorite to win the NCAA Tournament this season at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. After opening as a +450 favorite to win the title, the Jayhawks have improved their chances by avoiding an upset in the first two rounds.
Next, the No. 1 Jayhawks are set to take on the No. 5 Maryland Terrapins (+2800 to win the championship). In the last 18 games between 1-seeds and 5-seeds, 1-seeds are 15-3 SU.
The ACC is well represented in the Sweet 16 with six teams, including both of its No. 1 seeds in North Carolina (+425) and Virginia (+575). North Carolina entered the tournament as a +600 favorite and has been peaking at the right time with a 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS record over its last six games.
Virginia is down from +1000 and has a 12-3 SU and 11-4 ATS record over its last 15 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database.
The No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners are next up on the betting board at +750 to win the NCAA Tournament, down from their opening number of +1400. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Villanova both started the tournament with odds of +1600 to win it, and both are now at +1200.
Oregon struggled in its Round of 32 game against Saint Joseph's, but is still 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games against teams with winning records.
Other contenders looking to make a splash in the Sweet 16 include No. 4 Duke (+1800), No. 3 Texas A&M (+2000), No. 5 Indiana (+2000), No. 3 Miami (+2800), No. 4 Iowa State (+2800) and No. 11 Gonzaga (+2800).
Gonzaga is 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS in its last seven games and is up from a starting line of +6600.
No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 10 Syracuse are all now going off at +3300 on the March Madness odds after coming into the tournament each going off at +10000. Notre Dame and Wisconsin meet in the Sweet 16.
CHAMPION March Madness 2018
The Villanova Wildcats are the 2018 NCAA men's national champions. The 2-seed Wildcats won a thriller Monday over No. 1-seed North Carolina, beating the Tar Heels on forward Kris Jenkins' three-pointer as time expired to capture the 77-74 victory
Villanova led by 10 points, 67-57, with 5:29 left, but UNC wouldn't simply fade away. The Tar Heels used a 12-3 run to pull within 70-69 with a minute remaining, setting up one of the most memorable finishes in NCAA title game history. The win gives Villanova its first national title since 1985, also the last time the Wildcats reached the championship game.
Villanova, which reached this year's title game with a 44-point blowout of Oklahoma on 71 percent shooting in the Final Four, finished Monday's game 28 of 48 from the floor (58.3 percent) and, at 58.2 percent, finished with the highest tournament shooting percentage by a champion in the last 50 years.
Jenkins finished with 14 points, one of four Wildcats in double figures. Reserve guard Phil Booth led Villanova with a career-high 20 points off the bench.
Villanova led by 10 points, 67-57, with 5:29 left, but UNC wouldn't simply fade away. The Tar Heels used a 12-3 run to pull within 70-69 with a minute remaining, setting up one of the most memorable finishes in NCAA title game history. The win gives Villanova its first national title since 1985, also the last time the Wildcats reached the championship game.
Villanova, which reached this year's title game with a 44-point blowout of Oklahoma on 71 percent shooting in the Final Four, finished Monday's game 28 of 48 from the floor (58.3 percent) and, at 58.2 percent, finished with the highest tournament shooting percentage by a champion in the last 50 years.
Jenkins finished with 14 points, one of four Wildcats in double figures. Reserve guard Phil Booth led Villanova with a career-high 20 points off the bench.
SWEET 16 March Madness 2018
Welcome to the Sweet 16, otherwise known as the ACC Invitational (with a few outsiders). The fact that one league composes 37.5 percent of the surviving March Madness bracket is the latest head-shaking, logic-defying twist in an 2018 NCAA Tournament that has been flooded with them.
Six teams out of 16 from one conference. "The tournament," Mike Krzyzewski said aloud, "is crazy."
Seemed that way Sunday, anyway, when Northern Iowa could not hold a 12-point lead in 44 seconds.
When Maryland went 1-of-18 in 3-pointers and moved past Hawaii, anyway.
When Notre Dame was saved by a reserve averaging 2.5 points a game.
When Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig – 3-for-17 in 3-pointers the previous three games – hit two in the last 14 seconds to break Xavier’s hearts.
When Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield waited until his team was tied and in trouble against VCU with 11 minutes left to bring his A game – scoring 21 points in those 11 minutes.
And just look at the curvy roads taken by some of the 16..
Syracuse lost five of its last six regular season games?
Wisconsin was once 9-9, with an interim coach and the team calling a players’ only meeting after losing to Northwestern?
Gonzaga was on the brink of being left out of the tournament?
Indiana’s Tom Crean was toast, according to talk shows and critics?
Texas A&M needed 12 points in 44 seconds just to get into overtime? "I still don’t know what happened," Billy Kennedy said afterward. And he was the winning coach.
What happened is Northern Iowa had only eight turnovers the first 39 minutes and 30 seconds of regulation, and four in the last 30 seconds. "Thirty seconds," coach Ben Jacobson said, "that we aren’t going to be able to ever have an answer for."
Six teams out of 16 from one conference. "The tournament," Mike Krzyzewski said aloud, "is crazy."
Seemed that way Sunday, anyway, when Northern Iowa could not hold a 12-point lead in 44 seconds.
When Maryland went 1-of-18 in 3-pointers and moved past Hawaii, anyway.
When Notre Dame was saved by a reserve averaging 2.5 points a game.
When Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig – 3-for-17 in 3-pointers the previous three games – hit two in the last 14 seconds to break Xavier’s hearts.
When Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield waited until his team was tied and in trouble against VCU with 11 minutes left to bring his A game – scoring 21 points in those 11 minutes.
And just look at the curvy roads taken by some of the 16..
Syracuse lost five of its last six regular season games?
Wisconsin was once 9-9, with an interim coach and the team calling a players’ only meeting after losing to Northwestern?
Gonzaga was on the brink of being left out of the tournament?
Indiana’s Tom Crean was toast, according to talk shows and critics?
Texas A&M needed 12 points in 44 seconds just to get into overtime? "I still don’t know what happened," Billy Kennedy said afterward. And he was the winning coach.
What happened is Northern Iowa had only eight turnovers the first 39 minutes and 30 seconds of regulation, and four in the last 30 seconds. "Thirty seconds," coach Ben Jacobson said, "that we aren’t going to be able to ever have an answer for."
Brackets 2018
Various methods are used to predict the winners in a bracket 2018. While some use math and statistics, others make selections based on team mascots or colors. President Barack Obama became famous for his bracket predictions. Since entering office, he has presented his projected winners annually on ESPN in a segment called Barack-etology.
Joe Lunardi is credited with inventing the term bracketology. Lunardi had been editor and owner of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, a preseason guide roughly 400 pages long. In 1995, Blue Ribbon added an 80-page postseason supplement which was released the night the brackets were announced. So that the release could be timely, Lunardi began predicting the selection committee's bracket. On February 25, 1996, The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Lunardi as a bracketologist, which is the first known instance the term was applied to a college basketball expert. While Lunardi did not recall using the term before its use in the article, Inquirer writer Mike Jensen credits its origins to Lunardi. Lunardi soon started the website Bracketology.net, and ESPN began running his predictions in exchange for a link to his website.
Joe Lunardi is credited with inventing the term bracketology. Lunardi had been editor and owner of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, a preseason guide roughly 400 pages long. In 1995, Blue Ribbon added an 80-page postseason supplement which was released the night the brackets were announced. So that the release could be timely, Lunardi began predicting the selection committee's bracket. On February 25, 1996, The Philadelphia Inquirer referred to Lunardi as a bracketologist, which is the first known instance the term was applied to a college basketball expert. While Lunardi did not recall using the term before its use in the article, Inquirer writer Mike Jensen credits its origins to Lunardi. Lunardi soon started the website Bracketology.net, and ESPN began running his predictions in exchange for a link to his website.
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