Post on 03-Apr-2018
7/28/2019 The Games! The Upsets! The Madness!: March Madness [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Once upon a time, there was...
...in March.
George MasonButler VCU
AdmissionsIncrease
AthleticDonations
SeasonTicket Sales
41%45%
25%
20%67%
27%
22%25%
100%
The Perfect Bracket
The odds of lling out a perfect bracket were a staggering
1in9.2 quintillion.
That's 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 if you're not into the whole rounding thing.
For NCAA basketball acionados, the odds increased to
1in128,000,000,000.
How big isthat?
Youd have a better chance of hittingfourholes-in-onein a single round of golf.
You could travel to the edge of our solar system
and back9.9 billiontimes.
The End
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CinderellaStories
FGCU vs. UF:InState RivalryFlorida Gulf Coast was the rst 15-seeded team to advance to the
Sweet Sixteen. Their March Madness run ended in Texas where the
Eagles were defeated by the Florida Gators 60-52 on Friday, March 29.
48,785$8,474,783 12,000
UF #3
est. 1853
Student Body Arena SeatingBball Expenses
8,000$1,098,569 4,500
FGCU #15
est. 1991
Villanova #8
1985
Butler #5 + #8
2010 + 2011
Mizzou #12
2002
Temple Owls #11
2001
Loyola Marymount #11
1990
Cleveland State #14
1986
Chattanooga #14
1997
FGCU #15
2013
NationalChampion
National
Championship
Elite 8
Sweet 16
Final Four
LSU #11
1986
GMU #11
2006
VCU #11
2011
The Cinderella EffectThe Cinderella Effect (n.) - the dramatic increase in student
applications, athletic donations, and season ticket sales as a result of
an underdog schools advancement in the NCAA tournament.
Historicallymore#12 seeds have
2nd round winsthan #11 seeds with
awinning percentage of 48.8%.
2013was the only year to have 3 teams
seeded 12 or lower in the Sweet 16:
Oregon #12, LaSalle #13 & FGCU #15
1991 & 2013 had at least1 team
of every seed (except #16s)
advance to the Round of 32.
Butleris the only team to make
consecutive Final Fours while not beinga #1 or #2 seed either time.
FGCU: 596 days UF: 80 years
Full NCAADivision 1 Eligibility