Claude's Coded Brackets

{
  "query": "2026 NCAA March Madness tournament bracket seeds rankings"
}

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{
  "query": "2026 college basketball AP top 25 rankings"
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{
  "query": "2026 NCAA tournament 12 seed 5 seed upsets predictions"
}

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{
  "query": "Duke basketball 2025-2026 season record injuries"
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{
  "query": "UConn basketball 2025-2026 season performance tournament history"
}

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    {
      "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2026-ncaa-tournament-cheat-sheet-stats-march-madness-history-bracket-picks/",
      "title": "2026 NCAA Tournament cheat sheet of stats, things ...",
      "snippet": "Ultimate 2026 NCAA Tournament cheat sheet: March Madness stats and facts before you lock in your bracket picks. Matt Norlander. By Matt ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-basketball/article/march-madness-bracket-duke-has-ncaa-no-1-overall-seed-it-also-has-the-toughest-path-to-the-title-005508673.html",
      "title": "Duke has NCAA No. 1 overall seed. It also ...",
      "snippet": "March Madness 2026: NCAA tournament watch times, bracket news, first ... March Madness: Ranking every NCAA tournament team, from 1 to 68."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48156563/march-madness-2026-every-team-mens-ncaa-tournament-bracket-explained",
      "title": "Men's March Madness 2026 bracket: Get to know all 68 ...",
      "snippet": "Men's March Madness 2026 bracket: Get to know all 68 teams. play. Why Duke has a 'very, very difficult' draw in the ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.hoopshq.com/bracketology/seth-davis-ncaa-mens-2026-tournament-bracket",
      "title": "Seth Davis' NCAA Men's 2026 Tournament Bracket",
      "snippet": "Bracketology 2026, predicting the 68 teams in the men's NCAA March Madness Tournament · Rankings · 6 Teams Are In the Tournament. Florida Grabs ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2026-03-15/duke-takes-no-1-seed-andy-katzs-final-march-madness-bracket-predictions",
      "title": "Duke takes the No. 1 seed in Andy Katz's final March ...",
      "snippet": "Duke takes the No. 1 seed in Andy Katz's final March Madness bracket predictions ; 8, Georgia, Utah State, Clemson, UCLA ; 9, Ohio State, Iowa ..."
    }
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  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2026/03/15/college-rankings-basketball-top-25-ap-coaches-poll-march-15/89169875007/",
      "title": "Men's college basketball rankings: Updated Coaches Poll, AP Top 25",
      "snippet": "USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll · Duke (26) · Arizona (5) · Michigan · Florida · Houston · Iowa State · Connecticut · Virginia ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings",
      "title": "2025-26 Men's College Basketball Rankings - ESPN",
      "snippet": "Find the 2025-26 NCAAM rankings on ESPN, including the Coaches and AP poll for the top 25 NCAAM teams."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/associated-press",
      "title": "NCAA college basketball rankings, polls from the AP and Coaches",
      "snippet": "Get NCAA college basketball rankings from the NET Rankings, Associated Press and USA Today Coaches poll."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll",
      "title": "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll",
      "snippet": "Rankings ; 1. Blue Devils · Duke 32-2 · 1418 (50) ; 2. Wildcats. Arizona 32-2 · 1372 (7) ; 3. Wolverines · Michigan 31-3 · 1310 (0)."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/25406953-ap-college-basketball-poll-2026-final-rankings-after-march-madness-bracket-reveal",
      "title": "AP College Basketball Poll 2026 Final Rankings After March ...",
      "snippet": "1. Duke (32-2) · 2. Arizona (32-2) · 3. Michigan (31-3) · 4. Florida (26-7) · 5. Houston (28-6) · 6. Iowa State (27-7) · 7. UConn (29-5) · 8. Purdue ( ..."
    }
  ]
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  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7121264/2026/03/16/march-madness-upsets-ncaa-tournament-2026-10-most-likely/",
      "title": "The 10 most likely men's NCAA tournament upsets for March ...",
      "snippet": "The 10 most likely men's NCAA tournament upsets for March Madness 2026 ; No. 5 Vanderbilt Commodores vs. No. 12 McNeese Cowboys · 41.2 percent ; No ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/ncaa-tournament-2026-bracket-simulation-predicts-surprising-upsets-best-sleepers-march-madness-picks/",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament 2026 bracket: Simulation predicts surprising ...",
      "snippet": "This model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, has nailed 25 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds since its inception in 2016 and ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMV9y2zvvRo",
      "title": "THE MOST ACCURATE MARCH MADNESS UPSET PICKS OF 2026",
      "snippet": "Elite 8, Final 4, Championship PICKS for '26 NCAA Tournament | How Many 1-Seeds In Final 4? Locked On College Basketball. New. 192 views · 12:05."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://deadspin.com/best-12-vs-5-ncaa-tournament-upset-picks-for-2026-march-madness/",
      "title": "Best 12 vs 5 NCAA Tournament Upset Picks for 2026 March Madness",
      "snippet": "Looking for 12 vs 5 upsets in March Madness? Here's a breakdown of the best underdog picks in the first round."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-basketball/article/2026-march-madness-bracket-how-to-choose-upsets-use-odds-betting-lines-and-other-expert-picks-to-win-your-pool-183030158.html",
      "title": "2026 March Madness bracket: How to choose upsets, use odds ...",
      "snippet": "13 seeds 33 and No. 14 seeds 23. Upsets in 12-5 matchups are popular picks each year. Those who went heavy on 12 seeds in 2025 were rewarded ..."
    }
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    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dukes-jon-scheyer-confirms-key-165110316.html",
      "title": "Duke's Jon Scheyer Confirms Key Players May Return for ...",
      "snippet": "Jon Scheyer and the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils secured the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament after finishing the 2025-26 college basketball ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.covers.com/sport/basketball/ncaab/teams/main/duke-blue-devils/injuries",
      "title": "Duke Blue Devils Injury Report",
      "snippet": "Injuries ; Ufochukwu is dealing with an undisclosed injury and will not take the court for the Blue Devils. He will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article315059036.html",
      "title": "Duke basketball injury update for March Madness ...",
      "snippet": "Duke coach Jon Scheyer provided updates on Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba following the Blue Devils' ACC Championship win Saturday night."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.hoopshq.com/acc/duke-acc-tournament-2026",
      "title": "Duke Keeps on Winning as It Adjusts to an Injury-Depleted ...",
      "snippet": "So far, they've been able to carry on without point guard Caleb Evans, who will be out for several weeks with a fractured foot, and big man ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://keepingitheel.com/caleb-foster-injury-duke-s-revenge-on-unc-may-have-come-with-a-season-changing-cost",
      "title": "Caleb Foster Injury: Duke's revenge on UNC may have ...",
      "snippet": "Caleb Foster Injury: Duke's revenge on UNC may have come with a season-changing cost ... This injury could have major implications for the No. 1- ..."
    }
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    {
      "url": "https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/men/2026-schedule.html",
      "title": "2025-26 UConn Huskies Men's Schedule and Results",
      "snippet": "2025-26 UConn Huskies Men's Schedule and Results ; Record: 29-5 (17-3, 2nd in Big East MBB) ; Rank: 6th in the Mar 9th AP Poll ; Coach: Dan Hurley."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule",
      "title": "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule - University of Connecticut ...",
      "snippet": "The official 2025-26 Men's Basketball schedule for the University of Connecticut Huskies."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_UConn_Huskies_men%27s_basketball_team",
      "title": "2025–26 UConn Huskies men's basketball team - Wikipedia",
      "snippet": "The 2025–26 UConn Huskies men's basketball team represents the University of Connecticut in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.theuconnblog.com/pages/2025-26-uconn-huskies-mens-basketball-schedule",
      "title": "2025-26 UConn Men's Basketball Schedule",
      "snippet": "2025-26 UConn Men's Basketball Schedule ; NCAA Tournament ; March 17-18, First Four, Dayton, OH ; March 19-20, First Round, TBA ; March 21-22, Second Round, TBA ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.bigeast.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=2711",
      "title": "2025-26 UConn Men's Basketball - Schedule - Big East Conference",
      "snippet": "Date, Conference Game, Opponent, Location, Time/Result. 11/3/2025, New Haven, Storrs, Conn. W 79-55 Recap. 11/7/2025, UMass Lowell, Hartford, Conn."
    }
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}

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{
  "query": "Arizona basketball 2025-2026 season record performance tournament"
}

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}

{
  "query": "Michigan basketball 2025-2026 season NCAA tournament"
}

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}

{
  "query": "Florida Gators basketball 2025-2026 season tournament"
}

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}

{
  "query": "Gonzaga basketball 2025-2026 season record"
}

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}

{
  "query": "Houston basketball 2025-2026 season tournament"
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  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/arizonas-lloyds-time-ncaa-tournament-100005928.html",
      "title": "Arizona's Lloyd's All-Time NCAA Tournament Record and Best ...",
      "snippet": "The Wildcats had a 32-2 record this season and won the Big 12 Tournament. ... - Arizona Basketball (@ArizonaMBB) March 15, 2026. Lloyd has ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/387323107017276/posts/966042862478628/",
      "title": "Arizona basketball team's record season - Facebook",
      "snippet": "They beat 1 ranked team in the tournament. AZ had 10 before the B12 tournament and beat 2 ranked teams. Along with Kentucky with 12 in '02-03, ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://arizonawildcats.com/news/2026/3/15/mens-basketball-arizona-wins-2026-phillips-66-big-12-tournament-championship.aspx",
      "title": "Arizona Wins 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Championship",
      "snippet": "— Arizona completed the season sweep of Big 12 championships with a 79-74 win over No. 2 seed Houston in the title game Saturday night at T- ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/arizona/men/2026-schedule.html",
      "title": "2025-26 Arizona Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results",
      "snippet": "2025-26 Arizona Wildcats Men's Schedule and Results ; Record: 32-2 (16-2, 1st in Big 12 MBB) ; Rank: 2nd in the Mar 9th AP Poll ; Coach: Tommy Lloyd."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/77267/arizona-wildcats-ncaa-tournament-final-four-projection-analysis-west-region-2026-tommy-lloyd",
      "title": "NCAA Tournament: How No. 1 seed Arizona can get to the Final Four",
      "snippet": "In the 2026 NCAA Tournament, Arizona (32-2) is the No. 1 seed in the West Region and actually the betting favorite to win it all. According to ..."
    }
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      "url": "https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2026-03-14/2026-big-ten-tournament-bracket-schedule-scores-mens-basketball",
      "title": "2026 Big Ten tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores for men's ...",
      "snippet": "Purdue won the 2026 2026 Big Ten men's basketball tournament, downing No. 1 Michigan, 80-72. It's the program's first win conference ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/predicting-where-michigan-basketball-play-134319958.html",
      "title": "Predicting Where and When Michigan Basketball Will Play in the ...",
      "snippet": "Current projections widely expect Michigan to begin its NCAA Tournament journey in Buffalo, New York, at the KeyBank Center. If that projection ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan/men/2026-schedule.html",
      "title": "2025-26 Michigan Wolverines Men's Schedule and Results",
      "snippet": "2025-26 Michigan Wolverines Men's Schedule and Results ; Record: 31-3 (19-1, 1st in Big Ten MBB) ; Rank: 3rd in the Mar 9th AP Poll ; Coach: Dusty May."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Eq6nYKZ8Og",
      "title": "A Preview Of The 2026 NCAA Tournament: Can Michigan Win The ...",
      "snippet": "A Look Back At Team 146: A Review Of The 2025 Michigan Football Season · 94 views ; Michigan-Ohio State 2025: Mar Mar's Early Predictions For THE ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/basketball/2026/03/with-a-bulls-eye-on-its-back-michigan-shoots-for-ncaa-tournament-title.html",
      "title": "With a bull's-eye on its back, Michigan shoots for NCAA Tournament ...",
      "snippet": "With a bull's-eye on its back, Michigan shoots for NCAA Tournament title · Michigan is +370 to win the 2026 NCAA Tournament over on ·. Our ..."
    }
  ]
}

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  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/57/florida-gators",
      "title": "Florida Gators 2025-26 Postseason NCAAM Schedule - ESPN",
      "snippet": "ESPN has the full 2025-26 Florida Gators Postseason NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Gators games."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/gators/mens-basketball/2026/03/08/florida-basketball-sec-tournament-schedule/89053586007/",
      "title": "When is Florida basketball playing in the 2026 SEC Tournament?",
      "snippet": "The SEC Tournament, held inside Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, kicks off its single-elimination bracket on Wednesday, March 11, and ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-basketball/article/2026-sec-mens-basketball-tournament-bracket-schedule-florida-falls-back-to-earth-in-sec-semis-064241771.html",
      "title": "2026 SEC men's basketball tournament bracket, schedule",
      "snippet": "2026 SEC men's basketball tournament bracket, schedule: Florida falls back to earth in SEC semis. The Gators could run it back in the NCAA ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://floridagators.com/news/2025/8/19/mens-basketball-enters-multi-year-agreement-with-players-era",
      "title": "Men's Basketball Enters Multi-Year Agreement with Players Era",
      "snippet": "The Gators have signed on to participate in the fast-growing Players Era Championship, beginning with the 2026-27 season. Men's Basketball ..."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_Florida_Gators_men%27s_basketball_team",
      "title": "2025–26 Florida Gators men's basketball team - Wikipedia",
      "snippet": "The 2025–26 Florida Gators men's basketball team represents the University of Florida during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season."
    }
  ]
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  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26",
      "title": "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule - Gonzaga University Athletics",
      "snippet": "Season Record. Overall 30-3; PCT .909; Conf 16-2; PCT .889; Streak W2; Home 14-0; Away 8-2; Neutral 8-1. Scheduled Games. kraziness small."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2250/gonzaga-bulldogs",
      "title": "Gonzaga Bulldogs 2025-26 Postseason NCAAM Schedule - ESPN",
      "snippet": "ESPN has the full 2025-26 Gonzaga Bulldogs Postseason NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Bulldogs games."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wccsports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=3112",
      "title": "2025-26 Gonzaga Men's Basketball - Schedule",
      "snippet": "2025-26 Gonzaga Men's Basketball Schedule (30-3)​​ Northwest (Exh.) Western Oregon (Exh.)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/gonzaga/men/2026-schedule.html",
      "title": "2025-26 Gonzaga Bulldogs Men's Schedule and Results",
      "snippet": "2025-26 Gonzaga Bulldogs Men's Schedule and Results ; Record: 30-3 (16-2, 1st in WCC MBB) ; Rank: 12th in the Mar 9th AP Poll ; Coach: Mark Few."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://gozags.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26?path=mbball",
      "title": "2025-26 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics",
      "snippet": "Team Stats (30-3, 16-2) ; Points Per Game PPG, 85.1, 66.0 ; Scoring Margin Margin, 19.1, -- ; Shooting ; FG: Made-Attempted FGM-FGA, 1067-2092, 751-1903."
    }
  ]
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    {
      "url": "https://uhcougars.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule",
      "title": "2025-26 Men's Basketball Schedule - University of Houston Athletics",
      "snippet": "The official 2025-26 Men's Basketball schedule for the University of Houston Cougars."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/248/houston-cougars",
      "title": "Houston Cougars 2025-26 Postseason NCAAM Schedule - ESPN",
      "snippet": "ESPN has the full 2025-26 Houston Cougars Postseason NCAAM schedule. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information for all Cougars games."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl",
      "title": "2026 Men's Basketball Tournament Central - Houston Cougars",
      "snippet": "2026 Men's Basketball Tournament Central for University of Houston Cougars Men's Basketball."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.si.com/college/houston/basketball/houston-cougars-officially-announced-as-no-2-seed-in-ncaa-tournament",
      "title": "Houston Cougars Officially Announced as No. 2 Seed in NCAA ...",
      "snippet": "Houston Cougars Officially Announced as No. 2 Seed in NCAA Tournament ... Houston's placement and pathway in the NCAA Tournament is now final."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/cougars/article/uh-big-12-basketball-tournament-21963071.php",
      "title": "What to know about Houston and the Big 12 basketball tournament",
      "snippet": "Houston enters the Big 12 tournament as the No. 2 seed and has a bye until the quarterfinals on Thursday in Kansas City, Mo."
    }
  ]
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{
  "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2026-ncaa-tournament-cheat-sheet-stats-march-madness-history-bracket-picks/"
}

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{
  "query": "Iowa State basketball 2025-2026 season tournament path"
}

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{
  "query": "Ohio State basketball 2025-2026 season vs TCU tournament"
}

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{
  "query": "Kansas basketball 2025-2026 season tournament"
}

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}

{
  "query": "Purdue basketball 2025-2026 season Big Ten tournament winner"
}

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  "content": "site: media \\| arena: collegebasketball \\| pageType: stories \\|\nsection: \\| slug: 2026-ncaa-tournament-cheat-sheet-stats-march-madness-history-bracket-picks \\| sport: collegebasketball \\| route: article\\_single.us \\|\n6-keys: media/spln/collegebasketball/reg/free/stories\n\n[Skip to Main Content](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2026-ncaa-tournament-cheat-sheet-stats-march-madness-history-bracket-picks/#page-content)\n\nClose\n\nSign in with your TV provider\n\nIf not listed, please contact your TV provider.\n\n![[object Object] Logo](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/2020/04/22/e9ceb731-8b3f-4c60-98fe-090ab66a2997/screen-shot-2020-04-22-at-11-04-56-am.png)\n\nAll ProvidersXfinity\n\n# Ultimate 2026 NCAA Tournament cheat sheet: March Madness stats and facts before you lock in your bracket picks\n\n## Did you finish your bracket? You shouldn't before scanning through Matt Norlander's annual cornucopia of goodies to get you ready for the Big Dance.\n\n[![            Matt Norlander     ](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2016/05/25/209ff976-7132-40b6-8249-fe6e874880dd/thumbnail/80x80/7dcb32c00a38632ae5830135b26c5202/mattnorlandermug.png)](https://www.cbssports.com/writers/matt-norlander/)\n\nBy\n[Matt Norlander](https://www.cbssports.com/writers/matt-norlander/)\n\n5 hrs ago\n•\n18 min read\n\n\n![stats2026coverstory.jpg](https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2026/03/18/5c320daf-1876-43a5-a3b0-cd35d173ec87/thumbnail/770x433/b2c2b376a4cd5ca8d60f6ae83ce04df8/stats2026coverstory.jpg)Getty Images\n\nWelcome back to the happiest week of the year in sports. The bracket is set and so much lies ahead of us. What chaos and cacophony will this year's Big Dance bring?\n\nOver the next few days, we'll all find out together. That's a joyous thought.\n\nBefore you finalize your bracket picks, though, take a little time here to scroll the buffet of data I've once again culled for you. There are all sorts of individual, team, historical and trend-based stats baked into this annual story that, I hope, gets you that much more excited for the first round on Thursday. If it helps bring any more clarity to you as you overthink the process and invariably wreck your bracket, even better.\n\n_Clock is ticking for Brackets! Get back in your pools and enter our Bracket Challenge for your chance to_ **[_win a dream trip_](https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket?ftag=CBS-03-10aed4f)** _to the 2027 Final FourⓇ._\n\nAs always, in addition to my own research, some supplementary stats were provided by CBS Sports' research team (a special thanks to our Nicky Nathanson this year), the NCAA, [KenPom.com](http://www.kenpom.com/), ESPN, Elias Sports, Sports Reference and [BartTorvik.com](http://www.barttorvik.com/).\n\nOnce again, with feeling, here are the statistics, facts and history to know before we begin the 2026 NCAA Tournament in earnest.\n\n- **Highest-scoring team:** [Alabama](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BAMA/alabama-crimson-tide/) (91.7 points per game)\n\n- **Lowest-scoring team:** [Northern Iowa](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/NIOWA/northern-iowa-panthers/) (69.9 points per game)\n\n- **Fastest team:** Alabama (74.6 possessions per game)\n\n- **Slowest team:** Northern Iowa (63.4 possessions per game)\n\n- **Best free-throw shooting team:** [Saint Mary's (](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/MARYCA/saint-marys-gaels/) 81.1%)\n\n- **Worst free-throw shooting team:** LIU (66.8%)\n\n- **Best 3-point shooting team:** [Saint Louis](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/STLOU/saint-louis-billikens/) (40.5%)\n\n- **Worst 3-point shooting team:** [Siena](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/SIENA/siena-saints/) (30.4%)\n- **Most experienced team(s)**: [SMU](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/SMU/smu-mustangs/) and [Texas](https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/) (2.74 average seasons)\n- **Least experienced team**: Saint Mary's (0.74 a"
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      "title": "Missouri basketball takes on Miami to open 2026 NCAA tournament",
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