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          Men's College Basketball Blog

          Tournament Challenge: 2.4 percent of brackets picked Villanova-Michigan

          • ESPN
          Apr 1, 2018, 03:18 AM

          Here are some Tournament Challenge takeaways now that No. 1 Villanova and No. 3 Michigan have secured their spots in Monday's title game:

          • Since 2007, No. 1 seeds have won 10 of 12 meetings vs. No. 3 seeds. That includes No. 1 Villanova beating No. 3 Texas Tech in the Elite Eight this season.

          • 2.4 percent of entries (409,682 of 17,304,320) predicted that No. 1 Villanova and No. 3 Michigan would face each other in the title game. Of those brackets, 61.5 percent picked Villanova to beat Michigan and win the championship.

          • Overall, 31.7 percent of entries have No. 1 Villanova making it to the championship game, and 16.3 percent picked them to win it all.

          • Overall, 8.1 percent of entries have No. 3 Michigan making it to the title game. 3.8 percent have them winning the championship.