After simulating the playing of the 2018 Z-Bracket 1,000,000 times, the following occured: | ||||||
Team | champions | title game | Final Four | Elite 8 | Sweet 16 | Round 2 |
Virginia | 404,954 | 535,184 | 664,425 | 785,258 | 909,980 | 996,201 |
Villanova | 154,704 | 310,238 | 459,270 | 656,005 | 832,000 | 988,456 |
Xavier | 90,583 | 209,413 | 383,913 | 570,586 | 796,760 | 998,217 |
Kansas | 61,932 | 121,380 | 323,373 | 535,884 | 771,313 | 984,743 |
Cincinnati | 50,369 | 102,280 | 281,289 | 486,258 | 734,889 | 971,480 |
Michigan State | 47,044 | 123,877 | 224,811 | 471,235 | 735,904 | 970,498 |
Duke | 26,647 | 81,094 | 189,534 | 396,849 | 680,969 | 966,394 |
Purdue | 20,166 | 48,595 | 100,696 | 381,581 | 678,382 | 968,333 |
West Virginia | 19,746 | 63,621 | 156,981 | 346,409 | 639,393 | 952,373 |
North Carolina | 18,403 | 58,683 | 125,154 | 310,045 | 632,885 | 938,833 |
Tennessee | 18,274 | 44,343 | 93,173 | 360,148 | 645,627 | 954,535 |
Michigan | 14,722 | 37,936 | 137,318 | 291,728 | 632,299 | 952,355 |
Gonzaga | 11,532 | 40,747 | 108,959 | 219,146 | 567,264 | 910,776 |
Texas Tech | 9,636 | 25,169 | 56,266 | 109,676 | 542,612 | 883,800 |
Kentucky | 7,338 | 27,748 | 69,222 | 161,814 | 539,610 | 899,569 |
Auburn | 7,177 | 20,887 | 85,298 | 199,046 | 505,619 | 890,694 |
Clemson | 5,365 | 16,428 | 70,644 | 170,484 | 445,206 | 841,586 |
Arizona | 3,920 | 16,422 | 52,660 | 122,248 | 370,421 | 781,592 |
Wichita State | 3,820 | 11,622 | 30,492 | 68,130 | 405,116 | 836,093 |
Kansas State | 3,469 | 15,063 | 41,498 | 106,565 | 398,262 | 797,399 |
Houston | 2,565 | 8,478 | 23,811 | 129,595 | 297,063 | 741,470 |
Arkansas | 2,322 | 7,827 | 37,855 | 103,189 | 288,140 | 696,439 |
Ohio State | 2,276 | 10,523 | 35,657 | 104,669 | 251,017 | 632,785 |
Texas Christian | 1,937 | 9,004 | 25,766 | 88,682 | 243,328 | 613,588 |
Florida | 1,373 | 6,825 | 24,961 | 79,682 | 196,584 | 574,605 |
Seton Hall | 1,059 | 3,864 | 20,517 | 61,756 | 150,327 | 544,205 |
Creighton | 999 | 3,822 | 12,093 | 75,137 | 193,347 | 564,380 |
Texas A&M | 968 | 4,851 | 15,657 | 59,813 | 152,432 | 549,756 |
Texas | 866 | 4,528 | 17,426 | 47,443 | 114,850 | 538,377 |
Miami (FL) | 750 | 3,770 | 12,416 | 37,758 | 88,131 | 514,028 |
Providence | 725 | 2,898 | 17,104 | 53,034 | 130,465 | 542,099 |
Oklahoma | 550 | 2,075 | 6,788 | 18,867 | 47,960 | 517,618 |
Oklahoma State | 543 | 3,026 | 10,186 | 32,572 | 79,147 | 485,972 |
Baylor | 480 | 2,033 | 12,282 | 41,470 | 112,432 | 455,795 |
Virginia Tech | 449 | 2,626 | 10,972 | 33,339 | 88,370 | 461,623 |
Butler | 396 | 1,610 | 5,508 | 15,820 | 41,910 | 482,382 |
Marquette | 373 | 2,341 | 8,669 | 38,149 | 109,062 | 450,244 |
Louisville | 359 | 2,251 | 10,326 | 40,382 | 119,816 | 425,395 |
North Carolina State | 336 | 1,587 | 10,488 | 36,215 | 97,397 | 457,901 |
Missouri | 314 | 1,441 | 5,541 | 41,707 | 125,904 | 435,620 |
Alabama | 159 | 896 | 4,388 | 17,956 | 57,903 | 196,534 |
Florida State | 129 | 864 | 3,552 | 16,641 | 60,771 | 199,015 |
Mississippi State | 100 | 766 | 3,070 | 14,776 | 55,487 | 187,397 |
Nevada | 80 | 600 | 2,989 | 13,639 | 47,122 | 170,681 |
Loyola - Chicago | 50 | 340 | 3,157 | 15,236 | 75,005 | 303,561 |
New Mexico State | 18 | 146 | 911 | 11,459 | 52,543 | 258,530 |
San Diego State | 10 | 90 | 610 | 4,319 | 45,698 | 202,601 |
South Dakota State | 8 | 123 | 1,126 | 6,319 | 48,478 | 218,408 |
Buffalo | 2 | 21 | 509 | 3,777 | 31,540 | 158,414 |
Murray State | 2 | 17 | 168 | 1,307 | 29,377 | 163,907 |
Davidson | 1 | 14 | 121 | 938 | 22,895 | 116,200 |
Charleston | 0 | 4 | 91 | 919 | 13,837 | 89,224 |
UNC Greensboro | 0 | 4 | 73 | 931 | 16,430 | 100,431 |
Montana | 0 | 3 | 148 | 1,521 | 17,635 | 109,306 |
Marshall | 0 | 2 | 36 | 512 | 7,529 | 61,167 |
Stephen F. Austin | 0 | 0 | 14 | 296 | 4,565 | 47,627 |
Bucknell | 0 | 0 | 10 | 215 | 4,556 | 47,645 |
Wright State | 0 | 0 | 8 | 148 | 2,352 | 28,520 |
Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | 8 | 147 | 2,602 | 29,502 |
Cal State - Fullerton | 0 | 0 | 7 | 280 | 4,767 | 45,465 |
Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 3 | 118 | 2,631 | 33,606 |
UMBC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 722 | 11,544 |
Georgia State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 2,367 | 31,667 |
Iona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 825 | 15,257 |
Radford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 3,362 |
North Carolina Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1,065 |
Long Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 437 |
Texas Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 718 |