After simulating the playing of the 2016 Z-Bracket 1,000,000 times, the following occured: | ||||||
Team | champions | title game | Final Four | Elite 8 | Sweet 16 | Round 2 |
Kansas | 306,775 | 434,981 | 589,693 | 759,884 | 895,324 | 995,782 |
Villanova | 141,252 | 271,279 | 428,517 | 648,262 | 845,014 | 994,017 |
Xavier | 90,834 | 193,889 | 354,958 | 580,808 | 797,994 | 990,010 |
Oklahoma | 82,843 | 154,682 | 346,346 | 584,439 | 807,009 | 995,616 |
Michigan State | 61,638 | 141,183 | 274,569 | 484,264 | 742,194 | 966,955 |
West Virginia | 56,492 | 131,832 | 244,603 | 484,708 | 772,701 | 977,034 |
Virginia | 48,578 | 98,566 | 186,284 | 489,571 | 747,932 | 974,872 |
North Carolina | 46,087 | 94,478 | 235,804 | 428,931 | 747,937 | 970,183 |
Oregon | 40,419 | 84,421 | 212,038 | 391,323 | 698,331 | 958,511 |
Miami (FL) | 24,733 | 67,794 | 143,969 | 325,924 | 652,852 | 949,128 |
Utah | 21,700 | 61,123 | 144,499 | 303,143 | 634,419 | 920,179 |
Seton Hall | 14,291 | 36,448 | 85,054 | 285,446 | 611,124 | 935,908 |
Baylor | 9,230 | 30,975 | 86,360 | 204,370 | 541,973 | 879,953 |
Iowa State | 7,982 | 27,436 | 70,771 | 170,932 | 529,009 | 880,159 |
Purdue | 5,932 | 17,923 | 66,494 | 173,425 | 481,637 | 858,710 |
Arizona | 5,652 | 17,178 | 46,199 | 109,919 | 517,499 | 895,652 |
Texas | 5,227 | 15,948 | 60,002 | 157,744 | 442,180 | 804,777 |
California | 3,815 | 14,892 | 43,649 | 117,066 | 410,679 | 819,663 |
Duke | 3,691 | 14,076 | 45,159 | 122,623 | 373,931 | 760,264 |
Maryland | 3,660 | 11,773 | 34,353 | 85,951 | 430,075 | 827,706 |
Indiana | 2,738 | 10,890 | 31,764 | 99,989 | 269,595 | 691,537 |
Texas A&M | 2,593 | 10,694 | 35,835 | 101,996 | 290,703 | 723,085 |
Kentucky | 2,553 | 8,481 | 25,465 | 111,045 | 295,733 | 685,036 |
Providence | 2,523 | 8,148 | 32,732 | 89,361 | 234,388 | 688,297 |
Butler | 1,876 | 7,898 | 27,076 | 79,695 | 189,749 | 653,830 |
Texas Tech | 1,013 | 3,818 | 13,031 | 65,375 | 161,530 | 587,467 |
Iowa | 869 | 3,459 | 16,902 | 53,946 | 164,360 | 595,486 |
Saint Joseph's | 835 | 4,092 | 14,446 | 55,260 | 155,686 | 614,131 |
Dayton | 683 | 3,370 | 13,862 | 45,857 | 110,661 | 527,790 |
Colorado | 627 | 2,663 | 14,021 | 49,106 | 118,711 | 565,877 |
Notre Dame | 530 | 2,183 | 8,111 | 25,465 | 61,413 | 546,231 |
Oregon State | 414 | 2,224 | 9,850 | 35,400 | 90,925 | 472,210 |
Pittsburgh | 365 | 2,119 | 8,430 | 31,269 | 81,424 | 514,698 |
Michigan | 292 | 1,719 | 7,054 | 27,285 | 73,319 | 485,302 |
Southern California | 240 | 1,052 | 4,501 | 16,053 | 43,129 | 453,769 |
Wisconsin | 200 | 1,053 | 4,425 | 28,749 | 88,620 | 412,533 |
Connecticut | 176 | 930 | 6,105 | 26,272 | 74,193 | 434,123 |
South Carolina | 139 | 806 | 5,212 | 21,568 | 84,895 | 404,514 |
Virginia Tech | 107 | 736 | 4,137 | 18,483 | 64,628 | 346,170 |
Georgia Tech | 102 | 673 | 3,351 | 18,082 | 69,706 | 385,869 |
Gonzaga | 70 | 403 | 3,176 | 14,463 | 62,555 | 311,703 |
Syracuse | 44 | 230 | 1,258 | 9,561 | 42,825 | 157,870 |
Kansas State | 40 | 287 | 1,440 | 8,013 | 36,470 | 155,660 |
Cincinnati | 39 | 238 | 1,279 | 9,644 | 42,521 | 157,094 |
Hawaii | 37 | 297 | 1,971 | 11,014 | 60,950 | 276,915 |
Marquette | 34 | 267 | 1,422 | 7,565 | 35,440 | 152,803 |
Arkansas - Little Rock | 13 | 175 | 1,427 | 8,933 | 60,670 | 239,736 |
Chattanooga | 10 | 81 | 905 | 6,527 | 49,017 | 195,223 |
UNC Wilmington | 3 | 50 | 424 | 3,433 | 37,056 | 180,337 |
Yale | 2 | 10 | 180 | 1,989 | 23,426 | 120,047 |
South Dakota State | 1 | 21 | 241 | 2,487 | 27,166 | 141,290 |
Northern Iowa | 1 | 14 | 147 | 1,743 | 23,256 | 119,841 |
Fresno State | 0 | 33 | 278 | 2,100 | 35,785 | 172,294 |
Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 4 | 103 | 1,180 | 13,928 | 79,821 |
Middle Tennessee State | 0 | 2 | 19 | 510 | 7,797 | 64,092 |
Green Bay | 0 | 2 | 14 | 225 | 3,429 | 33,045 |
Stony Brook | 0 | 1 | 48 | 626 | 16,641 | 104,348 |
Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 16 | 282 | 4,726 | 41,489 |
Iona | 0 | 0 | 11 | 365 | 5,643 | 50,872 |
Cal State - Bakersfield | 0 | 0 | 6 | 126 | 2,808 | 29,817 |
Weber State | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 1,918 | 25,128 |
UNC Asheville | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 1,907 | 22,966 |
Florida Gulf Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 420 | 9,990 |
Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 213 | 4,335 |
Austin Peay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 134 | 4,218 |
Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 2,951 |
Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1,648 |
Holy Cross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1,433 |