[SBR Tony]

Use these as you see fit
it's a mix of trends, seed vs. seed and a few other things

don't shoot the messenger

[SBR Tony]

#1 Seed vs. #16 Seed


When favored by 20 or more points...
- the #1 seed is 21-26 ATS (5 G by no more than +/- 1 point of spread, #1 Seed 3-2), O/U is 23-22-2 in these games
- and the O/U is no more than 140 points, the #1 Seed is 8-14 ATS, O/U 10-11-1
- and the #16 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking of 200 of worse, #1 Seed is 13-5 ATS, w/ 7 covers by 10 or more points
- since 2010, the #1 Seed has led by 15 or more points at the half in 12 of 13 games
- When the O/U is set at 145 or higher, #1 Seed is 15-9 ATS and the O/U is 14-9-1. In games that went over, #1 Seed scored on average 47.9
points in first half, in games that went under #1 Seed scored on average 35.8 points
- When the O/U is set at 144.5 or lower, #1 Seed is 15-21 ATS and the O/U is 15-20-1. Since 2013, when the O/U is 144.5 or lower, the
halftime margin has been 15 or more points 11 times and has been 6 or fewer points 7 times
- Over last 60 games, when the #1 Seed scores 85 or fewer points, the #1 Seed is 13-23 ATS, 6-15 ATS since 2012
- Over last 60 games, the average halftime score is #1 Seed: 39.9 points to #16 Seed 27.5 points
- At the half, when the #1 Seed trails or leads by 8 or fewer points, #1 Seed is 22-1 S/U and 4-19 ATS
- At the half, when the #1 Seed leads by 15 or more points, the #1 Seed is 23-5 ATS
- When #1 Seed comes from a conference outside of Tier 1, #1 Seed is 3-4 ATS
- When #1 Seed comes for a Tier 1 conference and the #16 Seed from a tier 5 or 6 conference, with a Ken Pom ranking of 200 or worse, #1
Seed is 17-0 S/U and 11-6 ATS
- When #16 Seed has an offensive efficiency ranking of 150 or better (20 G), the #16 Seed averages 61.55 PPG (60 or more 11 times) — when
ranking is 250 or worse (13 G) the #16 Seed averages 50.85 points (60 or more 2 times)
- When #16 Seed shoots 35% or better on its 3PA, #1 Seed is 10-17 ATS
- When #16 Seed has a defensive efficiency ranking of 150 or better (20 G), the #1 Seed averages 80.7 points per game (#1 Seed avg. OE rank:
8.3) — when ranking is 250 or worse (17 games) the #1 Seed averages 89.2 points (#1 Seed avg. OE rank: 8.1)
- When both teams have an adj. tempo ranking of 150 or better, the average total points scored is 160.9 points, O/U is 14-4
- When either team has an adj. tempo ranking of 200 or worse, the O/U is 11-17-1, the average pints scored is 129.4
- When #16 Seed has an adj. tempo ranking of 100 or worse AND a 3PT FG% ranking of 100 or worse AND has a 3PT FGA to FGA rate of
35% or lower, the #1 Seed is 10-5 ATS.
- When #1 Seed has ranking of 30 or better in both adj. off. efficiency AND 3PT FG%, #1 Seed is 16-7 ATS

[SBR Tony]

#2 Seed vs. #15 Seed

When favored by 20 or more points, the #2 Seed is 4-7-1 ATS (2 G by no more than +/- 1 point of spread, #2 Seed 1-0-1)
- When the O/U is set at 145 points or higher, O/U is 3-12
- When the #2 Seed wins and covers vs. spread, O/U is 7-20
- In games where #2 Seed wins by 15 or more points...
- #2 Seed is 27-8-2 ATS (6 G by no more than +/- 1 point of spread, #2 Seed is 3-2-1 ATS), O/U 12-25
- #15 Seed scores 56.11 points per game
- In the games won by the #15 Seed...
- three of the four #15 Seeds had a Ken Pom ranking of 130 or better
- When the #15 Seed had a defensive efficiency ranking of 75 or better, #2 Seed 6-1 S/U and 1-6 ATS. O/U is 3-4
- When the #15 Seed had a defensive efficiency ranking of 100 or better, #2 Seed 10-1 S/U and 3-8 ATS. O/U is 3-8
- When the #15 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency total of under 100 (under 1 PPP), #2 Seed is 13-2 (5-10) and O/U is 4-11
- When the #15 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency total of 100 or higher (1 PPP or more), #2 Seed is 42-1 (21-20-2) and O/U is 19-24
- #2 Seed at halftime: Leading by more than 10 points: 21-7-2 ATS —— When trailing OR leading by 10 or less at half: 6-24 ATS
- #2 Seed has led by 10 or more points at half in 10 of last 16 games, trailed twice ('18 Michigan St./Bradley, '16 Michigan St./MTSU)
- When #15 Seed scores 65 or fewer points, #2 Seed is 25-14-1 ATS (O/U 12-28), 22-7 ATS (O/U 5-24) when 60 or fewer points
- When #15 Seed scores 70 or more points, the #2 Seed is 1-13-1 ATS, O/U is 11-4
- When #2 Seed scores 80 or fewer points, the O/U is 15-29, O/U is 4-24 when #2 Seed scores 75 or fewer points
- #2 Seed with a top 20 offensive AND defensive adjusted deficiency ranking is 21-1 S/U and 12-10 ATS. Since 2015, just 4-7 ATS
- #2 Seed with an adjusted tempo rank of 200 or slower AND an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of 50 or better is 21-2 S/U and 16-6-1ATS, both L's against spread were by 1⁄2 of a point
- #2 Seed with a 3PA/FGA ranking of 1-100 is 14-2 S/U and 5-11 ATS (O/U 4-12). When 3PA/FGA ranking is 200+, #2 Seed is 22-0 S/U,9-12-1 ATS (O/U 13-9)
- When #15 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of 100 or better, #2 Seed is 10-1 S/U, 3-8 ATS (O/U 3-8)
- When #15 Seed has a 2PT FG% ranking of 100 or worse AND a 3PT FG% ranking of 100 or worse, #2 Seed is 10-1 S/U ('12 Duke/Lehigh)and 8-2-1 ATS

[Bcatswin]

Man Tony, nice job. Will look closer.

[hawkwind]

Nice Work & Thanks

[SBR Tony]

#3 Seed vs. #14 Seed



When #3 Seed favored by 12.5 points or more, #3 Seed is 20-4 S/U and 12-12 ATS

- When #3 Seed is favored by 10.5 or more points vs. a #14 Seed with....

- A conference tier ranking of 4 or better, the #3 Seed is 17-3 S/U and 12-8 ATS

- A conference tier ranking of 5 or 6, the #3 Seed is 13-2 S/U and 5-10 ATS

- When #3 Seed favored by 10 points or less, #3 Seed is 22-3 S/U and 14-10-1 ATS (O/U 7-18)

- When #3 Seed is favored by 10 or fewer points vs. a #14 Seed with a conf. tier ranking of 4 or better, the #3 Seed is 17-0 S/U and 11-5-1 ATS

- In four of eight wins by #14 Seed, margin of victory has been one point

- When #14 Seed scores 65 or more points, #3 Seed is 20-4 S/U, 9-15 ATS, and O/U is 17-7

- When #14 Seed scores 60 or fewer points, #3 Seed is 28-2 S/U, 20-9-2 ATS, and O/U is 3-27

- When #3 Seed scores 75 or more points, #3 Seed is 27-1 S/U ('10 Georgetown/Ohio), 19-9 ATS, and O/U is 18-10

- When #3 Seed scores 65 or fewer points, #3 Seed is 8-6 S/U, 4-10 ATS, and O/U is 2-12

- When #14 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking of 125 or worse, #3 Seed is 9-1 S/U ('15 Iowa St/UAB), 6-4 ATS

- When #3 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking that is no more than 50 spots better than the #14 Seed, the #3 Seed is 8-1 S/U and 4-4-1 ATS

- When #3 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking that is 100 spots or better than the #14 Seed, the #3 Seed is 17-1 S/U and 11-7 ATS

- #3 Seed w/ an adjusted offensive efficiency ranking of...

- 40 or better is 45-6 S/U, 27-23-2 ATS, and O/U is 21-30

- 15 or better is 20-5 S/U, 6-18-1 ATS, and O/U is 10-15

- #3 Seed w/ an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of...

- 40 or better is 40-6 S/U, 29-16-1 ATS, and O/U is 18-28

- 15 or better is 20-3 S/U, 16-7 ATS, and O/U is 4-19

- #3 Seed w/ BOTH an adj. offensive and defensive eff. ranking of 30 or better is 22-4 S/U, 17-8-1 ATS, and 12-14 O/U

- #3 Seed w/ an adj. defensive efficiency of 95 (.95 PPP) or better is 37-6 S/U and 27-15-1 ATS, O/U is 15-28

- When #14 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of 150 or worse, #3 Seed is 16-0 S/U and 9-6-1 ATS

- At the half, when the #3 Seed is trailing or tied, the #3 Seed is 13-4 S/U and 4-13 ATS

- At the half, when the #3 Seed is leading, the #3 Seed is 39-4 S/U and 27-15-1 ATS

- At the half, when the #3 Seed is leading by 5 or more points, the #3 Seed is 28-0 S/U and 22-5-1 ATS

- In 15 games decided by 6 or fewer points, avg. defensive efficiency ranking of #3 Seed: 43.9 — #14 Seed: 101.9. In 33 games decided by 12

or more points, avg. defensive efficiency ranking of #3 Seed: 18.9 — #14 Seed: 111

[SBR Tony]

#4 Seed vs. #13 Seed


When the #4 Seed is....

- favored by 10 or more points, the #4 Seed is 18-2 S/U, 6-13-1 ATS, and the O/U is 7-13

- favored by no more than 8 points, the #4 Seed is 16-8 S/U, 15-9 ATS, and the O/U is 12-12

- favored by no more than 5 points, the #4 Seed is 3-2 S/U, 2-3 ATS, and the O/U is 4-1

- When the O/U is set to...

- no more than 125 points, the #4 Seed is 10-1 S/U, 6-5 ATS, and the O/U is 5-6

- no less than 150 points, the #4 Seed is 8-3 S/U, 5-5-1 ATS, and the O/U is 5-6

- When the #13 Seed leads at halftime, the #4 Seed is 4-9 S/U and 2-11 ATS. When tied, the #4 Seed is 4-2 S/U and 2-4 ATS

- When leading by 5 or more points at halftime, the #4 Seed is 30-0 S/U and 21-8-1 ATS

- When #4 Seed scores 75 or more points, #4 Seed is 26-1 S/U, 20-6-1 ATS, and the O/U is 16-11

- When #4 Seed scores 70 or fewer points, #4 Seed is 13-11 S/U, 4-20 ATS, and the O/U is 5-19

- When #13 Seed...

- scores 65 or more points, the #4 Seed is 18-10 S/U, 11-16-1 ATS, and the O/U is 18-10

- scores 70 or more points, the #4 Seed is 10-8 S/U, 6-11-1 ATS, and the O/U is 14-4

- #4 Seed with a Ken Pom ranking of 10 or better is 16-1 S/U and 7-10 ATS

- #4 Seed with a Ken Pom ranking of 20 or worse is 11-10 S/U and 9-12 ATS

- When the #4 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking that is 85 ranking spots or better than the #13 Seed, the #4 Seed is 12-2 S/U and 9-4-1 ATS

- When the #4 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking that is no more than 40 spots better than the #13 Seed, the #4 Seed is 3-5 S/U and 2-6 ATS

- When #13 Seed has a Ken Pom Ranking of 65 or better, #4 Seed is 9-5 S/U, 7-7 ATS and the O/U is 8-6

- When #13 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking of 90 or worse, #4 Seed is 17-4 S/U, 13-7-1 ATS, and the O/U is 8-13

- When #4 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking....

- of 30 or better, the #4 Seed is 31-5 S/U and 17-18-1 ATS. The #13 Seed is scoring 63 PPG

- and an offensive efficiency ranking of 30 or better, the #4 Seed is 16-0 S/U and 5-10-1 ATS

- of 60 or worse, the #4 Seed is 7-4 S/U and 6-5 ATS

- When #13 Seed has an adjusted offensive efficiency of...

- 110 points or more (1.1 adjusted PPP), the #13 Seed averages 70.3 PPG (17 G)

- 105 points or less (1.05 adjusted PPP), the #13 Seed averages 59.3 PPG (11 G)

- #4 Seed from a Tier 1 conference is 17-3 S/U and 14-6 ATS against a #13 Seed from a Tier 5 or 6 Conference. Two of the 3 S/U L's have beenby a single point.

[SBR Tony]

#5 Seed vs. #12 Seed



When the #5 Seed is favored by...

- 7.5 or more points, the #5 Seed is 11-1 S/U and 4-6-2 ATS (O/U 8-4)

- 4 or fewer points, the #5 Seed is 10-14 S/U and 8-15-1 ATS (O/U 13-10-1)

- Average score when #5 Seed wins: 75.4 to 64.4 — average score when #12 Seed wins: 74.5 to 67

- When game goes OVER, #5 Seed is 22-13 S/U and 15-17-3 ATS

- When game goes UNDER, #5 Seed is 14-10 S/U and 8-15-1 ATS

- At the half...

- when the #5 Seed leads by 5 or more points, they are 24-2 S/U and 19-6-1 ATS

- when the #5 leads by 3 or fewer points, they are 3-4 S/U and 0-7 ATS

- when tied or trailing, the #5 Seed is 8-17 S/U and 3-19-3 ATS

- When the #5 Seed scores 75 or more points, #5 Seed is 22-7 S/U, 15-11-3, and the O/U is 27-2

- When the #5 Seed scores 70 or fewer points, #5 Seed is 11-15 S/U, 5-18-1 ATS, and the O/U is 2-21-1

- When the #12 Seed scores 65 or more points, #5 Seed is 19-18 S/U, 11-23-3 ATS, and the O/U is 31-5-1

- When #5 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking....

- of 25 or worse, #5 Seed is 8-11 S/U and 4-14-1 ATS

- of 20 or better, #5 Seed is 22-9 S/U and 15-13-3 ATS

- that is 50 more ranking spots better than the #12 Seed, the #5 Seed is 13-2 S/U and 5-8-2 ATS

- that is no more than 25 ranking spots better than the #12 Seed, the #5 Seed is 11-9 S/U and 10-10 ATS

- When the #12 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking of 80 or worse, the #5 Seed is 8-2 S/U and 3-7 ATS (O/U 7-3)

- When the #5 Seed wins outright...(36 G)

- adj. offensive efficiency: #5 Seed - 111.3 (32.2), #12 Seed - 107.6 (66.4)

- adj. defensive efficiency: #5 Seed - 91.4 (29.9), #12 Seed - 95.4 (78.6)

- When the #12 Seed wins outright...(24 G)

- adj. offensive efficiency: #5 Seed - 107.9 (48.5), #12 Seed - 105.9 (63.1)

- adj. defensive efficiency: #5 Seed - 89.2 (30.3), #12 Seed - 93 (65.9)

- When the #12 Seed has an adjusted offensive AND defensive efficiency ranking of 100 or better, #5 Seed is 17-16 S/U and 15-18 ATS

- When the #12 Seed has an adjusted offensive efficiency ranking of 101 or worse, #5 Seed is 7-3 S/U and 3-6-1 ATS

- When the #12 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of 101 or worse, #5 Seed is 12-5 S/U and 5-9-3 ATS

- When the #12 Seed's 3PT FG % is <=36%, #5 Seed is 20-13 S/U and 14-17-2 ATS, when >=37%, #5 Seed is 11-8 S/U and 7-10-2 ATS

- When #5 Seed's 2PT FG% is >=50%, #5 Seed is 24-10 S/U and 15-15-4 ATS, when <50%, 12-14 S/U and 8-18 ATS

- When #5 Seed's 3PT FG % is >=35%, #5 Seed is 27-15 S/U and 18-21-3 ATS (O/U 28-13-1), when <35%, 9-9 S/U, 5-12-1 ATS (O/U 7-11)

[SBR Tony]

#6 Seed vs. #11 Seed



When the #6 Seed is favored by...

- 5.5 or more points, the #6 Seed is 8-6 S/U, 5-9 ATS, and the O/U is 5-9

- 3 or fewer points, the #6 Seed is 9-11 S/U, 9-11 ATS, and the O/U is 7-12-1

- When the #11 Seed is favored, the #6 Seed is 1-5 S/U, 1-5 ATS, and the O/U is 4-2

- Each S/U win by #11 Seed is by 12 or more points

- When the O/U is set at...

- No more than 130 points, the #6 Seed is 12-6 S/U, 10-8 ATS, and the O/U is 7-11

- No less than 142 points, the #6 Seed is 10-5 S/U, 8-7 ATS, and the O/U is 5-10

- When tied or trailing at the half, the #6 Seed is 6-22 S/U and 5-23 ATS

- When #6 Seed scores...

- 70 or more points, #6 Seed is 17-6 S/U and 15-8 ATS (O/U 17-5-1)

- 75 or more points, #6 Seed is 13-2 S/U and 11-4 ATS (O/U 10-4-1)

- 65 or fewer points, #6 Seed is 12-19 S/U and 8-23 ATS (O/U 4-27)

- When #11 Seed scores 65 or more points, #6 Seed is 8-22 S/U and 5-25 ATS (O/U 18-12)

- When #11 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking...

- of 30 or better, #6 Seed is 5-7 S/U and 5-7 ATS

- of 50 or better, #6 Seed is 18-19 S/U and 13-24 ATS

- that is better than the #6 Seed, the #6 Seed is 3-6 S/U and 3-6 ATS

- When #6 Seed has an adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency ranking of 50 or better, #6 Seed is 13-10 S/U and 9-14 ATS

- When #11 Seed has an adjusted defensive efficiency ranking of 75 or worse, #6 Seed is 14-5 S/U and 10-9 ATS — when the efficiencyranking is 50 or better, #6 Seed is 9-16 S/U and 5-18 ATS

- #6 Seed NOT from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #11 Seed from one of those conferences, #6 Seed is 2-4 S/U and 2-4 ATS

- #6 Seed NOT from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #11 Seed NOT from those power conferences, #6 Seed: 4-2 S/U, 4-2 ATS

- When #6 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #11 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC is 13-8 S/U and12-9 ATS, #6 Seed has led at half in 16 of 21 games, 8 times by ten or more points

- 21 of 60 games decided by 5 or fewer points, 16 of 60 games decided by 3 or fewer points

- 30 of 60 games decided by 10 or more points, 14 of 60 games decided by 15 or more points

[SBR Tony]

#7 Seed vs. #10 Seed


When the #7 Seed is favored by...

- 5 or more points, the #7 Seed is 6-0 S/U, 3-3 ATS, and the O/U is 5-1

- 3 or fewer points, the #7 Seed is 20-9 S/U, 16-11-2 ATS, and the O/U is 17-12

- When the #10 Seed is favored, the #7 Seed is 6-10 S/U, 8-8 ATS, and the O/U is 6-10

- Each S/U win by #10 Seed is by 12 or more points

- When the O/U is set at...

- No more than 130 points, the #7 Seed is 12-3 S/U, 11-3-1 ATS, and the O/U is 8-7

- No less than 145 points, the #7 Seed is 7-2 S/U, 5-4 ATS, and the O/U is 4-5

- When game goes OVER, #7 Seed is 24-10 S/U and 20-13-1 ATS

- When the #7 Seed does not lead at the half, the #7 Seed is 11-13 S/U and 9-15 ATS

- When trailing by 5 or more points at the half, the #7 Seed is 4-8 S/U and 4-8 ATS

- When the #7 Seed does lead at the half by five or more points, the #7 Seed is 17-4 S/U and 16-5 ATS

- When #7 Seed scores...

- 70 or fewer points, the #7 Seed is 12-15 S/U, 10-15-2 ATS, and the O/U is 5-22

- 75 or more points, the #7 Seed is 22-4 S/U, 19-7 ATS, and the O/U is 23-3

- When #10 Seed scores...

- 65 or more points, the #7 Seed is 19-17 S/U, 15-21 ATS, and the O/U is 27-9

- 72 or more points, the #7 Seed is 11-14 S/U, 9-16 ATS, and the O/U is 20-5

- When the #7 Seed has a worse Ken Pom ranking than a #10 Seed, the #7 Seed is 9-13 S/U and 9-12-1 ATS

- When the #7 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking...

- of 25 or better AND it's a better ranking than the #10 Seed, the #7 Seed is 16-3 S/U and 12-7 ATS

- of 40 or worse, the #7 Seed is 9-9 S/U and 7-10-1 ATS

- When the #10 Seed has a Ken Pom ranking...

- of 40 or better AND is favored, the #7 Seed is 4-10 S/U and 6-8 ATS (as underdog, the #7 Seed is 12-7 S/U and 9-9-1 ATS)

- of 50 or worse, the #7 Seed is 13-3 S/U and 10-6 ATS

- When the #7 Seed has BOTH a 2PT FG% and 3PT FG% that rank 100 or better, the #7 Seed is 13-5 S/U and 12-6 ATS

- When the #10 Seed has BOTH a 2PT FG% and 3PT FG% that rank 100 or better, the #7 Seed is 9-6 S/U and 9-6 ATS

- When the #10 Seed has BOTH a 2PT FG% and 3PT FG% that rank outside of the top 100 the #7 Seed is 14-7 S/U and 12-9 ATS

- When the #7 Seed has a defensive efficiency ranking of 40 or better, the #7 Seed is 22-9 S/U and 18-12-1 ATS

- When the #7 Seed has a defensive efficiency ranking of 50 or worse, the #7 Seed is 13-12 S/U and 11-13-1 ATS

- #7 Seed from ACC, AAC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #10 Seed from ACC, AAC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC, #7 Seed is 14-12 S/U

and 10-16 ATS --- #7 Seed from those conferences vs. #10 Seed from OTHER conferences, #7 Seed is 7-2 S/U and 6-2-1 ATS

[SBR Tony]

#8 Seed vs. #9 Seed


When favored by more than three points, the favored team is 10-9 S/U and 10-9 ATS

- When leading at the half, the #8 Seed is 22-7 S/U and 24-5 ATS

- When leading by five or more points at the half, the #8 Seed is 15-3 S/U and 16-2 ATS

- When tied or trailing at the half, the #8 Seed is 9-22 S/U and 6-25 ATS (4-14 S/U and 2-16 ATS when trailing at half by five or more points)

- When #8 Seed scores...

- 70 or fewer points, #8 Seed is 11-22 S/U and 9-24 ATS, with the O/U being 11-20-2

- 75 or more points, #8 Seed is 18-3 S/U and 19-2 ATS, with the O/U being 18-3

- When #9 Seed scores...

- 70 or fewer points, #8 Seed is 18-10 S/U and 16-12 ATS

- 75 or more points, #8 Seed is 6-12 S/U and 7-11 ATS, with the O/U being 15-3

- When the #8 Seed has a worse Ken Pom ranking than the #9 Seed, the #8 Seed is 10-11 S/U and 11-10 ATS

- When also an underdog, the #8 Seed is 7-9 S/U and 8-8 ATS

- When #8 Seed has an offensive efficiency of 110 or worse, the #8 Seed is 6-7 S/U and 5-8 ATS

- When #8 Seed has an offensive efficiency of 115 or better, the #8 Seed is 8-6 S/U and 8-6 ATS

- #8 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #9 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC is 12-9 S/U & 12-9 ATS

- #8 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC vs. #9 Seed from OTHER conferences is 4-5 S/U and 4-5 ATS

- #8 Seed from OTHER conferences vs. #9 Seed from OTHER conferences, #8 Seed is 3-3 S/U and 4-2 ATS

- #8 Seed from OTHER conferences vs. #9 Seed from AAC, ACC, B10, B12, BE, P10, P12, SEC, #8 Seed is 8-5 S/U and 7-6 ATS

- In these matchups, when #9 Seed is favored, #8 Seed is 6-2 S/U and 6-2 ATS

- In 27 games where the Ken Pom ranking difference is 20 spots or less, the avg.MOV is 8.07 points, 8 G decided by 3 points or less- Average halftime margin is 7.43 points