NCAA Tournament: Duke Leads, Upsets Loom

0:00On March 18th, the bracket for the 87th NCAA men's basketball tournament is locked in, kicking off what promises to be another wild big. Dance. Duke grabs the number one overall seed, leading favorites alongside Michigan, Arizona, and Florida. Alabama tops scoring at 91.7 points per game, and paces pace at 74.6 possessions, while St. Mary's nails free. Thursday 81.1%. On the flip side, Northern Iowa scores the least at 69.9, and Liberty struggles from the line at 66.8%. Efficiency numbers Highlight produced top offense at 131.6 adjusted points per hundred possessions, with Illinois, Alabama, and Duke closed behind. Defensively, Michigan leads at 89.0, followed by Duke and Arizona. Standouts include, Buy-Y-U's AJ-Divansa, averaging 21.8 points, Florida's Rubin Chinielu, with 11.5 rebounds, and Michigan.

1:01State's Jeremy Fears Jr. dishing 9.2 assists. Fans are all in on Duke, with nearly 30% of CBS sports brackets picking them to cut down the nets, ahead of Arizona, at 21.9. Historically, champions boast elite defenses and draft prospect guards, a box checked by Duke, Arizona, Houston, Kansas, and Yukon. No top seat has swept to the title easily lately, and teams like Houston, Purdue, Iowa State, Gonzaga, and Illinois chased their first championship. Upset Trends Scream Caution, with a number 11 seed or worse, winning on opening Thursday for 13 straight years, watch Troy, South Florida, or McNeese. Double Digest C's reached the sweet 16 almost every time, and no conference tourney first round losers have ever won at all, putting Illinois. Michigan State, Nebraska, and Alabama, on notice. First timers, queens, and cowbaptists join the fray, while Nebraska eyes its first ever win. With nine quintillion possible outcomes, and first round action starting Thursday,

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