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Well, the veterans guards continue to be the winners most of the time - included the pick for Alabama to make the Final 4. That win meant this bracket I published before the tournament was worse than on 23,000 ESPN brackets, and better than 22,000,000 (million) for 99th percentile. If the three games left - which count as a ridiculous amount of points, this bracket is among the 25 percent to pick uconn to go all the way so need those 2 wins to stay in the 99th+ percentile because I do not have the other final 4 winner still alive so if Purdue wins that will drop it a little, but if NC State wins that won't hurt me much since so few picked them to make the finals.

The facts are simple. Big East and ACC teams have won 16 of 22 titles this century and were given 8 total bids between them. A total of 7 of the 8 (88%) are in the Sweet 16. The other 8 multi-bid conferences received 38 bids, and 9 have made the Sweet 16 (23%). The Mountain West was ranked 6th but had 6 bids with only 1 making the Sweet 16 - while the Big East was ranked 3rd and only had 3 bids - all of which are in the Sweet 16. For good measure, the last team left out of the Big East - Seton Hall Pirates - just drubbed the last team (91-68) left out of the Mountain West - UNLV which was actually the hottest team in the MWC - having beaten San Diego State and 2 of the other teams getting bids while rising 32 spots in the rankings with a 10-2 mark. Here is the rest ...

Pudner: As ACC-Big East Dominate Again; Simple Tweak Would Fix Selection Criteria As ACC-Big East Dominate Again; Simple Tweak Would Fix Selection Criteria