With four No. 1 seeds and four 30-win teams making to the Final Four for the first time ever, who comes out on top is anybody's guess come Monday night, but here are some interesting trends and stats for you to chew on:
--Kansas, North Carolina and UCLA alone have won 17 national championships and have been to a combined 48 Final Fours
--UCLA is tied with Kentucky for the most wins in NCAA Tournament history with 98, and the Bruins have appeared in 18 Final Fours and won 11 national titles.
--Memphis scored 90 points eight times this season and topped 100 in three games. UCLA has not reached 100 points in a game since December 2002; the Bruins never even scored 90 this season.
--Memphis has won 103 games over the last three years, which is the second-most wins over a three-year period in Division I history. UCLA has won 97 games during that same stretch.
--The Bruins take full advantage of the 14.4 turnovers per game they force and of the +8.6 edge in rebounding. As a team, UCLA is hitting 47.9 percent of its field goal attempts, with 35.1 percent of its three-point tries finding the bottom of the net.
--Memphis' John Calipari and UCLA's Ben Howland are the only coaches in college basketball history to go back-to-back-to-back on 30 wins.
--Kansas has plenty of interchangeable parts and that has led to the team leading the nation in scoring margin (+19.4), ranking second in assists (18.2 per game) and third in field goal percentage (.507).
--UNC finished first in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency. The past three national champs (Florida, Florida, UNC) finished either first or second in that category.
--The Heels finished 121st in 2-point FG percentage defense, which is the worst mark of any team in the past five Final Fours.
--Carolina has scored at least 1.2 points per possession in four of its past seven games, which is incredibly good in league tournament and NCAA tournament play (even with Mount St. Mary's thrown in).
What does this all mean? I have no idea, I just can't wait to watch the games.
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