NCAA Tournament: Why each number one seed won't win the title

78% of the NCAA Tournament winners since 1985 have been either a one seed or a two seed, so as fun as it may be to pick an underdog – it doesn’t happen often.

HOUSTON — March Madness is officially here, with the majority of teams beginning their tournament run on Thursday and Friday.

College basketball was full of parity this season, with teams like UConn and Purdue catapulting from unranked to top five – while North Carolina went from preseason number one to out of the NCAA Tournament entirely.

Despite the parity, the NCAA Tournament is almost always won by a top seed.

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