MARCH MADNESS BABY!

It is now my favorite time of the year, March Madness. The time when some team's hopes are dashed and others' hopes are fulfilled when the NCAA selection committee releases their bracket for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. In the four days between the release of the bracket to the start of the first round games, millions of people will mark down their picks for the tournament hoping to win the office pool, gain bragging rights over their buddies, or beat out total strangers on the internet. Many strategies will be used to decide just which teams will capture lightning in a bottle for the month long tournament, and to separate the contenders from the pretenders. Some of these strategies may include picking which mascot is toughest, which team has the best team colors, which team can win on the road, which team can rebound the ball the best, or even by just flipping a coin.

In my madness this March, I have compiled the statistics for all 68 teams in the field. Along with this year's teams, I have also compiled the past 10 years National Champions' statistics to compare. I'm not too sure if it will be much help but I enjoy looking at what similarities all successful basketball teams have.

Let me know who you have in the Final 4 and which team will win it all!

Team	W-L	Rd W-L	Conf. W-L	Feb. W-L	Def. FG%	Off FG%	Def. 3pt%	Off 3pt%	Reb Diff	Off Reb	to's	to's op.	Conf. T.
Ohio State	32-2	9 2	16 2	7 2	43%	50	34	41	5	11	10	15	W-C
Kansas	32-2	9 1	14 2	9 0	40	51	29	39	8	12	13	14	W-C
Pitt.	27-5	7 2	15 3	7 0	40	47	33	39	10	14	12	11	L-Q
Duke	29-4	5 4	13 3	8 2	40	47	3	38	3	12	12	15	W-C
UNC	26-7	7 3	14 2	9 1	40	45	33	33	7	14	14	15	L-C
SD. State	32-2	12 1	14 2	8 1	40	47	31	34	6	13	11	13	W-C
ND	26-6	5 4	14 4	8 1	41	47	35	40	4	11	11	10	L-S
Florida	26-7	8 2	13 3	8 1	43	46	32	36	7	13	13	13	L-C
Syracuse	26-7	6 3	12 6	7 2	39	47	31	35	4	13	12	14	L-S
Uconn	26-9	5 5	9 9	4 5	40	43	34	33	4	14	12	12	W-C
Purdue	25-7	7 5	14 4	7 2	41	45	33	37	1	11	10	14	L-Q
BYU	30-4	10 1	14 2	8 1	41	45	33	36	4	12	11	14	L-C
Kentucky	24-8	4 7	10 6	8 4	39	46	33	40	4	12	11	12	W-C
Texas	27-7	7 3	13 3	6 3	38	45	29	38	7	14	12	13	L-C
L'Ville	25-9	4 6	12 6	6 3	40	45	31	36	1	13	13	16	L-C
Wisconsin	23-8	5 6	13 5	8 2	43	45	38	37	4	11	7	9	L-Q
West Vir.	20-11	5 6	11 7	6 4	41	43	29	34	3	14	12	12	L-1ST
Arizona	27-7	7 4	14 4	7 2	44	47	29	40	4	10	13	13	L-C
Vandy	23-10	5 5	9 7	6 4	41	46	31	37	2	11	13	12	L-S
K. State	22-10	5 5	10 6	8 1	42	44	35	38	7	15	15	16	L-Q
Xavier	24-7	8 4	15 1	9 1	40	46	34	33	5	10	12	13	L-Q
Cincy	25-8	8 4	11 7	6 3	41	44	32	34	5	13	12	14	L-Q
G'Town	21-10	7 5	10 8	4 4	42	49	33	36	3	10	13	12	L-1ST
St. John's	21-11	5 7	12 6	8 2	43	46	33	37	0	11	12	16	L-Q
Washington	23-10	5 6	11 7	5 5	42	47	32	37	4	14	12	15	W-C
Temple	25-7	8 4	14 2	9 1	41	45	35	35	3	11	11	13	L-S
Tex. A&M	24-8	5 4	10 6	6 3	41	45	32	34	6	13	13	13	L-S
UCLA	22-10	5 5	13 5	8 2	42	46	34	33	4	12	15	12	L-Q
G. Mason	26-6	10 3	16 2	8 0	41	47	31	40	2	11	11	14	L-S
Michigan	20-13	5 5	9 9	6 3	43	44	33	35	-2	8	11	12	L-S
UNLV	24-8	9 3	11 5	7 2	40	46	32	33	1	11	13	16	L-S
Butler	23-9	7 6	13 5	7 1	43	45	33	36	3	11	11	13	W-C
Villanova	21-11	7 5	9 9	4 6	41	44	32	35	4	12	12	12	L-1ST
Tenn.	19-14	5 4	8 8	4 6	42	43	33	30	4	14	13	14	L-Q
Illinois	19-13	3 7	9 9	5 5	40	47	31	39	1	10	13	12	L-Q
Old Dom.	27-6	7 4	14 4	7 1	40	44	37	33	12	16	12	11	W-C
Georgia	21-11	7 4	9 7	6 4	40	45	32	34	5	12	13	12	L-Q
Penn St.	19-14	3 8	9 9	4 5	44	44	37	34	2	10	11	11	L-C
FSU	21-10	8 5	11 5	6 3	36	44	30	33	5	12	16	16	L-Q
Mich. St.	19-14	3 8	9 9	4 5	42	43	36	35	4	12	13	12	L-S
Marquette	20-14	4 7	9 9	4 5	44	47	36	35	2	12	12	14	L-Q
Mizzou	23-10	2 7	8 8	5 5	44	46	34	37	-2	12	13	18	L-Q
Gonzaga	24-9	6 4	11 3	8 1	40	48	36	37	5	11	13	14	W-C
Memphis	25-9	5 6	10 6	6 4	42	45	33	33	1	12	15	15	W-C
Richmond	27-7	10 3	13 3	8 1	40	46	30	40	-2	9	11	13	W-C
Utah St.	30-3	11 3	15 1	8 1	38	47	30	37	8	11	12	12	W-C
Princeton	25-6	10 5	12 2	10 2	42	47	33	37	4	10	12	12	W-C
Oakland	25-9	10 7	17 1	6 1	44	50	36	38	5	13	14	12	W-C
More. St.	24-9	8 8	13 5	7 1	42	46	37	34	10	14	15	15	W-C
Belmont	30-4	13 4	19 1	7 0	41	46	33	38	3	13	14	19	W-C
Ind. St.	20-13	6 8	12 6	5 3	40	43	33	36	2	10	14	13	W-C
Bucknell	25-8	10 6	13 1	7 0	40	45	32	40	0	8	11	12	W-C
St. Peters	20-13	9 8	11 7	4 4	37	40	31	35	0	11	15	14	W-C
Wofford	20-12	8 6	14 4	6 2	45	48	35	41	1	11	12	14	W-C
Long Island	27-5	13 3	16 2	7 0	43	47	30	37	5	14	15	15	W-C
No. Co.	21-10	6 9	13 3	8 1	41	43	35	39	5	12	14	14	W-C
Akron	23-12	4 9	9 7	7 3	42	43	32	36	-2	10	12	14	W-C
UC. SB.	18-13	5 8	8 8	4 5	40	46	36	38	0	9	14	13	W-C
Hampton	24-8	8 5	11 5	4 3	38	41	31	33	-4	11	12	16	W-C
Boston U.	21-13	5 10	12 4	8 0	40	40	32	36	1	12	12	11	W-C
UNCA	19-13	8 8	11 7	4 3	42	46	34	33	0	12	15	18	W-C
UALR	19-16	3 10	7 9	3 5	43	43	34	40	-1	11	12	14	W-C
TX-SA	19-13	5 10	9 7	6 4	42	43	33	36	-1	11	14	14	W-C
Alabama St.	17-17	4 14	11 7	8 1	40	40	35	28	1		16	16	W-C
Clemson	21-10	3 7	9 7	5 4	40	44	32	34	2	11	13	15	L-Q
UAB	22-8	9 5	12 4	7 2	41	44	31	34	2	12	12	12	L-Q
USC	19-14	5 8	10 8	6 3	41	44	33	36	1	10	11	12	L-S
VCU	23-11	8 6	11 6	4 5		44		36	2	11	12		L-C

NCAA Champions

Team	W-L	Rd W-L	Conf. W-L	Feb. W-L	Def. FG%	Off FG%	Def. 3pt%	Off 3pt%	Reb Diff	Off Reb	to's	to's op.	Conf. T.
Duke	35-5	5 5	13-3	9 1	40%	44	28	39	6	15	11	14	W-C
UNC	34-4	8 2	13-3	8 0	41	48	34	39	6	15	12	16	L-S
KU	37-3	8 3	13-3	8 0	38	51	33	40	8	12	13	16	W-C
Florida	35-5	5 4	13-3	6 3	41	53	29	41	9	11	14	13	W-C
Florida	33-6	6 4	10 6	5 4	40	50	32	39	4	11	13	16	W-C
UNC	33-4	8 2	14-2	9 1	40	50	34	40	8	14	16	18	L-S
Uconn	33-6	6 4	12 4	7 3	37	48	32	40	10	15	14	12	W-C
Syracuse	30-5	6 3	13-3	10 1	39	48	30	34	2	14	14	15	L-S
Maryland	32-4	7 2	15-1	8 0	40	48	32	37	4	13	14	16	L-S
Duke	35-4	10 1	13-3	7 3	42	48	34	39	1	14	14	19	W-C