71.   Minnesota, the top seed in the Midwest Regional, advanced to the first Final Four in school history with excellent defense and its usual balanced scoring.

72.   No time in the history of the NCAA tournament has the top four seeds all reached the Final Four.

73.   Of the top four seeds in the West, only UConn made it out of the second round.

74.   North Carolina had won the East Regional as the top seed.

75.   Of the two titles he holds, he won one from the top seed and another from second.

76.   Ohio State is precluded from playing in the Midwest if Michigan State is the top seed there.

77.   Only the South, where the top four seeds all advanced, was impervious to this fluctuation.

78.   Pace of Texas was the top seed and had a much easier time reaching the final.

79.   Only a spectacular performance from Ray Allen keeps the top seed alive.

80.   Only top seed Kentucky survived and advanced to the second round.