Round of 32 Tournament Tidbits - Summary

Round of 32 Rematches:

• Florida defeated Virginia 71-45 in the 2012 Round of 64
• Kansas is 1-1 vs. Michigan State
• Kansas defeated Michigan State 96-86 (OT) in the 1986 Sweet Sixteen
• Michigan State defeated Kansas 67-62 in the 2009 Sweet Sixteen
• Louisville defeated Michigan 82-76 in the 2013 National Championship Game
• North Carolina is 3-2 vs. Arkansas
• Arkansas defeated North Carolina 96-73 in the 1990 Sweet Sixteen
• North Carolina defeated Arkansas 80-74 in the 1993 Sweet Sixteen
• Arkansas defeated North Carolina 75-68 in the 1995 National Semifinals
• North Carolina defeated Arkansas 108-77 in the 2008 Round of 32
• North Carolina defeated Arkansas 87-78 in the 2015 Round of 32
• Cincinnati is 1-1 vs. UCLA
• Cincinnati defeated UCLA 72-70 in the 1962 National Semifinals
• UCLA defeated Cincinnati 105-101 (2OT) in the 2002 Round of 32
• Kentucky defeated Wichita State 78-76 in the 2014 Round of 32

Teams by Conference:

• ACC 6 (40% of conference)
• Big Ten 5 (36%)
• Big Twelve 4 (40%)
• Pac Twelve 4 (33%) 
• SEC 4 (29%) 
• Big East 3 (30%) 
• West Coast 2 (20%)
• Missouri Valley 1 (10%)
• American 1 (9%)
• Atlantic Ten 1 (7%)
• Conference USA 1 (7%)

Consecutive Round of 32 Appearances:

• Kansas 11
• Gonzaga 9
• North Carolina 7
• Oregon 5
• Wichita State 5
• Kentucky 4
• Villanova 4
• Virginia 4
• Wisconsin 4
• Butler 3
• Duke 3
• Notre Dame 3
• Xavier 3
• Iowa State 2
• Middle Tennessee 2

Most recent Round of 32 Appearance for non-repeat teams:

• Never
• Northwestern
• 1974
• South Carolina
• 1998
• Rhode Island
• 2009
• Southern California
• 2010
• St. Mary's
• 2012
• Florida State
• Purdue
• 2014
• Baylor
• Florida
• Michigan
• 2015
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Cincinnati
• Louisville
• Michigan State
• UCLA
• West Virginia

All teams seeded #1 through #4 advance to the Round of 32.  This is 5th time that has happened in tournament history (since 1985) and the first time since 2017.  Here are the other years with the number of teams that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen:

Year	Sweet 16
1994	11
2000	7
2004	9
2007	11

Round of 32 All-Time Records:

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct
Baylor	3	0	1.000
St. Mary's	1	0	1.000
Arizona	17	4	0.810
Michigan State	17	4	0.810
Duke	26	7	0.788
Kentucky	25	7	0.781
Louisville	23	7	0.767
UCLA	19	7	0.731
Florida	10	4	0.714
North Carolina	28	12	0.700
South Carolina	2	1	0.667
Virginia	9	5	0.643
Kansas	21	12	0.636
Oregon	5	3	0.625
Notre Dame	17	11	0.607
Wisconsin	9	6	0.600
Villanova	16	11	0.593
Wichita State	4	3	0.571
Michigan	9	8	0.529
Arkansas	10	10	0.500
Butler	5	5	0.500
Gonzaga	7	8	0.467
Iowa State	5	6	0.455
West Virginia	9	11	0.450
Xavier	7	9	0.438
Southern California	3	4	0.429
Florida State	4	6	0.400
Purdue	8	13	0.381
Cincinnati	6	12	0.333
Rhode Island	2	4	0.333
Middle Tennessee	0	5	0.000
Northwestern	0	0