After simulating the playing of the 2017 Z-Bracket 1,000,000 times, the following occured: | ||||||
Team | champions | title game | Final Four | Elite 8 | Sweet 16 | Round 2 |
Gonzaga | 406,698 | 554,460 | 694,398 | 829,029 | 935,997 | 997,538 |
Villanova | 169,294 | 340,106 | 532,545 | 707,459 | 871,828 | 996,678 |
Arizona | 101,262 | 228,063 | 401,221 | 631,632 | 850,732 | 993,652 |
UCLA | 77,580 | 151,780 | 390,809 | 598,791 | 827,547 | 993,095 |
Kansas | 66,267 | 164,601 | 313,783 | 572,650 | 807,292 | 991,004 |
Kentucky | 33,297 | 77,323 | 241,577 | 470,195 | 744,414 | 983,887 |
Duke | 25,234 | 78,673 | 178,734 | 442,576 | 719,682 | 985,532 |
North Carolina | 21,215 | 53,206 | 109,399 | 415,519 | 729,528 | 987,361 |
Oregon | 18,117 | 46,448 | 98,135 | 382,410 | 694,432 | 978,543 |
Louisville | 12,848 | 36,076 | 136,568 | 310,802 | 637,925 | 954,851 |
Baylor | 11,371 | 42,610 | 112,754 | 324,892 | 650,929 | 968,827 |
Florida State | 9,631 | 35,849 | 97,034 | 248,720 | 621,493 | 953,847 |
Notre Dame | 8,288 | 31,307 | 86,219 | 202,198 | 578,565 | 932,546 |
Purdue | 6,646 | 20,770 | 88,629 | 196,841 | 542,888 | 927,066 |
Butler | 4,673 | 15,189 | 39,251 | 89,619 | 548,252 | 910,876 |
Saint Mary's | 4,091 | 18,346 | 57,319 | 130,227 | 509,994 | 896,009 |
Virginia | 3,630 | 12,317 | 58,584 | 141,285 | 424,546 | 856,024 |
Florida | 3,219 | 14,422 | 46,206 | 107,818 | 436,979 | 826,564 |
Southern Methodist | 2,755 | 12,493 | 40,815 | 112,352 | 380,629 | 821,275 |
West Virginia | 2,200 | 7,935 | 22,555 | 56,342 | 393,833 | 796,308 |
Creighton | 1,843 | 7,136 | 37,065 | 110,587 | 292,965 | 715,351 |
Wisconsin | 1,678 | 8,082 | 27,943 | 91,432 | 290,426 | 682,920 |
Cincinnati | 1,635 | 8,369 | 30,257 | 117,870 | 305,560 | 767,488 |
Iowa State | 1,326 | 5,286 | 16,375 | 99,611 | 252,382 | 717,642 |
Minnesota | 924 | 3,911 | 22,988 | 76,032 | 187,164 | 642,695 |
Michigan | 853 | 4,896 | 18,829 | 78,274 | 188,246 | 604,141 |
Maryland | 689 | 3,198 | 10,886 | 72,916 | 196,858 | 639,435 |
Virginia Tech | 620 | 3,381 | 13,862 | 53,022 | 131,908 | 607,185 |
Miami (FL) | 573 | 3,320 | 13,315 | 37,921 | 88,352 | 605,355 |
Seton Hall | 337 | 1,666 | 11,218 | 37,018 | 99,977 | 546,036 |
Northwestern | 250 | 1,634 | 7,439 | 28,964 | 82,816 | 530,251 |
Xavier | 144 | 1,044 | 5,356 | 29,409 | 91,468 | 395,859 |
Oklahoma State | 135 | 808 | 6,128 | 23,575 | 72,236 | 453,964 |
Arkansas | 116 | 684 | 3,156 | 11,808 | 33,327 | 510,309 |
Wichita State | 111 | 940 | 4,906 | 21,362 | 66,211 | 469,749 |
Southern California | 93 | 592 | 2,773 | 10,583 | 30,591 | 489,691 |
Marquette | 77 | 639 | 3,657 | 18,405 | 60,407 | 392,815 |
Michigan State | 62 | 621 | 3,485 | 13,101 | 39,747 | 394,645 |
Providence | 48 | 346 | 1,819 | 18,527 | 73,147 | 360,565 |
Wake Forest | 47 | 414 | 3,807 | 18,874 | 67,618 | 357,305 |
South Carolina | 45 | 455 | 2,702 | 15,613 | 84,018 | 317,080 |
Kansas State | 21 | 126 | 1,319 | 7,037 | 33,948 | 147,478 |
Clemson | 16 | 119 | 1,060 | 6,232 | 30,812 | 137,171 |
Middle Tennessee State | 10 | 72 | 742 | 6,882 | 41,239 | 232,512 |
Dayton | 9 | 81 | 441 | 5,576 | 25,902 | 141,558 |
Indiana | 7 | 76 | 444 | 5,391 | 26,009 | 140,800 |
UNC Wilmington | 5 | 40 | 390 | 2,699 | 37,049 | 173,436 |
Rhode Island | 5 | 38 | 337 | 2,271 | 44,916 | 203,692 |
Nevada | 4 | 32 | 384 | 3,062 | 32,293 | 178,725 |
Vermont | 1 | 12 | 209 | 2,054 | 23,691 | 143,976 |
Princeton | 0 | 3 | 27 | 422 | 8,513 | 67,454 |
New Mexico State | 0 | 2 | 30 | 346 | 12,999 | 89,124 |
East Tennessee State | 0 | 1 | 67 | 774 | 15,978 | 103,991 |
Winthrop | 0 | 1 | 31 | 434 | 8,875 | 72,934 |
Florida Gulf Coast | 0 | 1 | 8 | 148 | 4,063 | 46,153 |
Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 8 | 217 | 4,350 | 45,149 |
Iona | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1,275 | 21,457 |
Troy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 604 | 14,468 |
Northern Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 2,272 | 31,173 |
Kent State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 804 | 16,113 |
North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 393 | 8,996 |
New Orleans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 467 | 12,639 |
South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 241 | 6,348 |
Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 6,905 |
Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1,266 |
UC-Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1,196 |
North Carolina Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1,525 |
Mount St. Mary's | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1,797 |