By the Numbers

by J Lou on Mar 18, 2008 10:57 AM CDT in Basketball

Want a little help when filling in your bracket? Here is a breakdown of how the each seed/power conference fair historically since 1987 round by round. Who knows? Maybe there are a few nerds out there that will really dive into all this. Enjoy it one way or the other, and don't forget to sign up for the 12th MC 2008 NCAA Tournament Pool. The winner gets a free dry-fit polo of their choice.

Records by Seed

Seed	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	92-0	80-12	65-15	38-27	21-17	13-8
2	88-4	58-30	43-15	21-22	10-11	4-6
3	77-15	44-33	21-23	12-9	8-4	3-5
4	74-18	40-34	14-26	9-5	2-7	1-1
5	63-29	34-29	5-29	4-1	2-2	0-2
6	63-29	35-28	12-23	3-9	2-1	1-1
7	57-35	17-40	6-11	0-6	-	-
8	42-50	9-33	6-3	3-3	1-2	1-0
9	50-42	3-47	1-2	0-1	-	-
10	35-57	17-18	6-11	0-6	-	-
11	29-63	11-18	4-7	2-2	0-2	-
12	29-63	14-15	1-13	0-1	-	-
13	18-74	4-14	0-4	-	-	-
14	15-77	2-13	0-2	-	-	-
15	4-88	0-4	-	-	-	-
16	0-92	-	-	-	-	-

Records by Power Conference

Conference	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
ACC	95-23	62-33	33-29	21-12	11-10	6-5
Big 10	92-37	45-47	26-19	16-10	8-8	3-5
Big 12	70-39	41-29	22-19	11-11	4-7	1-3
Big East	92-30	52-40	28-24	11-17	8-3	4-4
SEC	77-38	48-29	22-26	13-9	8-5	5-3
Pac 10	54-38	34-20	17-17	8-9	4-4	2-2

If this isn't enough for you, click Read More below. I have broken down the entire West Region in depth. Good Luck.

West Region Breakdown

Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
UCLA	13-5	10-3	5-5	3-2	2-1	1-1
UCLA as #1	2-0	2-0	2-0	1-1	1-0	1-0
Pac 10 as #1	11-0	8-3	6-2	2-4	1-1	1-0
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Miss. Valley St.	0-3	-	-	-	-	-
Miss. Valley St as #16	0-2	-	-	-	-	-
SWAC as #16	0-10	-	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
BYU	3-8	0-3	-	-	-	-
BYU as #8	0-2	-	-	-	-	-
Mountain West as #8	1-1	0-1	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
A&M	2-1	1-1	0-1	-	-	-
A&M as #9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Big 12 as #9	5-2	0-5	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Drake	-	-	-	-	-	-
MVC	15-29	7-8	0-7	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
WKU	4-	1-3	0-1	-	-	-
WKU as #12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Su Belt as #12	0-2	-	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Connecticut	14-0	11-3	7-4	2-5	2-0	2-0
Connecticut as #4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Big East as #4	8-1	5-3	2-3	1-1	1-0	0-1
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
San Diego	0-2	-	-	-	-	-
San Diego as #13	0-1	-	-	-	-	-
WCC as #13	0-1	-	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Purdue	12-4	5-7	2-3	0-2	-	-
Purdue as #6	1-2	1-0	1-0	0-1	-	-
Big 10 as #6	11-6	4-7	4-0	1-3	1-0	0-1
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Baylor	0-1	-	-	-	-	-
Baylor as #11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Big 12 as #11	0-5	-	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Xavier	9-7	2-7	1-1	0-1	-	-
Xavier as #3	1-0	0-1	-	-	-	-
Atl. 10 as #3	3-0	1-2	0-1	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Georgia	3-5	1-2	0-1	-	-	-
Georgia as #14	-	-	-	-	-	-
SEC as #14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
West Va.	4-3	3-1	1-2	0-1	-	-
West Va. As #7	2-1	1-1	1-0	0-1	-	-
Big East as #7	4-3	2-2	1-1	0-1	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Arizona	14-9	11-3	7-4	4-3	2-2	1-1
Arizona as #10	0-2	-	-	-	-	-
Pac 10 as #10	2-4	0-2	-	-	-	-
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Duke	20-2	17-3	11-6	10-1	7-3	3-4
Duke as #2	5-0	4-1	4-0	4-0	2-2	1-1
ACC as #2	16-0	12-4	9-3	5-4	2-3	1-1
Team	1st Round	2nd Round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
Atlantic Sun	0-6	-	-	-	-	-