SWEET 16 ROUND NOTES:

• #1 Seed favs of less than 11 pts off BB SU/ATS wins are 10-2 ATS
(Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse)

• #2 Seeds are 12-5 ATS vs opponents off a SU dog win
(Kansas St)

• #4 Seed dogs are 2-8 ATS vs foes off BB SU/ATS wins
(Purdue)

• #5 Seeds are 1-4 ATS vs foes off BB SU/ATS wins
(Butler, Michigan State)

• #6 Seeds off a DD SU win are 2-6 ATS
(Tennessee)

• #9 or higher seed dogs of more than 2 pts are 3-10 ATS
(St Mary's, Washington, Cornell)

• Favorites off a SU win of 30 or more pts are 4-0 ATS
(Kentucky)

• Favorites off BB SU wins of 15 or more pts are 10-2 ATS
(Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke)

• Underdogs who scored less than 65 pts last game are 7-3 ATS
(Purdue, Butler)

• Underdogs off BB dog wins are 2-9 ATS
(Cornell, St. Mary's)

• Underdogs who scored 85 or more pts last game are 2-7 ATS
(Cornell)

Best Team SU & ATS records in this round
Xavier: 3-0 ATS, Michigan St: 5-1 SU & ATS, Kentucky: 10-2 SU / 9-3 ATS, West Virginia: 3-1 ATS

Worst Team SU & ATS records in this round
Butler: 0-3 SU / 1-2 ATS, Tennessee: 0-3 SU / 1-2 ATS, Washington: 0-3 SU, Duke: 1-5 SU & ATS, Syracuse: 1-4 SU / 0-4-1 ATS, Purdue: 1-3 SU & ATS.

Best Conference ATS records in this round
Atlantic 10: 6-0, SEC: 8-2 as dogs, Big 10: 14-5.

Worst Conference ATS records in this round
Big East: 0-5 as favs of less than 7 pts, Pac 10: 1-6 as dogs, Big 12: 1-5 as favs 10 or more pts, ACC: 3-11 as favs 8 or more pts.

ELITE 8 ROUND NOTES:

• #1 Seed favs of greater than 7 pts are 0-7 ATS vs foe off BB ATS wins

• #2 Seeds are 2-9-1 ATS off a DD ATS win

• #3 Seeds are 1-4 ATS

• #4 Seeds are 7-1 ATS

• #5 Seeds are 4-0 SU and ATS

• #6 Seeds are 0-6 SU

• #8 or higher seeds are 6-2-2 ATS

• Teams off BB ATS losses are 6-2 ATS

• Teams with Revenge are 12-4-1 ATS

• Favs who scored less than 65 pts last game are 0-5 ATS

• Dogs off 3 straight DD wins are 1-4-1 ATS

• Dogs who scored 85 or more pts last game are 1-4 ATS

COACH ME IF YOU CAN:

• Jim Boeheim is 1-5-1 ATS in Sweet 16 games, but 6-0 ATS from the Elite 8 out

• Tom Izzo is 11-3 SU and 9-4-1 ATS in Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games

• Bob Huggins is 1-9 ATS as an NCAA tourney dog or favorite of less than two points

THE IDES OF MARCH:

• Xavier is 25-12 SU and 24-12-1 ATS during the month of March since 2004, including 14-1-1 ATS in the NCAA tourney.

I’ll be back next week with a final look at FINAL FOUR and Championship game action.

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