Interesting facts
Most efficient defenses, adjusted points allowed per 100 possessions:
1. Wichita State (89.9)
2. Virginia (91.9)
3. Kansas (92.0)
5/1: Kansas' odds to win the national championship. See all of the odds for title contenders and each team's outlook on winning their respective region here.
29: The percentage of brackets at CBSSports.com that have Kansas winning it all.
16: According to our Bracket Voodoo wizardry, that's Kansas' percentage of winning the national title. For perspective, last year's Kentucky team was slated at 41 percent at the start of the tournament, which is an incredibly high number.
Here are the nine most likely teams to reach the Final Four. Notice that Oregon is the lowest on the list despite renting a top seed line.
-24.5: Kansas' -24.5 line against Austin Peay is the biggest line of the first round, while the Gonzaga-Seton Hall game is the only pick 'em on the board. Here's every line for every Thursday and Friday game.
Most consecutive NCAA tourneys: Kansas (27), Duke (21), Michigan State (19), Gonzaga (17), Wisconsin (17). Additionally, Bill Self is coaching his 16th straight NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed or better. INSANE.
7: Kansas is in its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament with a No. 1 or No. 2 seed. It's the first time this has ever happened at any program. Repeat after me: IN-FREAKING-INSANE.