Crunching numbers in this weekend’s NCAA wins that set the Final Four | The Sacramento Bee

The NCAA Tournament has its Final Four after this weekend’s bout of March Madness. On Saturday, the No. 1-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs blew away eleventh-seeded Xavier Musketeers, 83-59, while No. 3-seeded Oregon Ducks toppled top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks, 74-60. On Sunday, the seventh-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks bested the No. 4-seeded Florida Gators, 77-70, and the top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels beat the No. 2-seeded Kentucky Wildcats, 75-73. South Carolina will face Gonzaga and North Carolina will face Oregon on April 1. Here’s a statistical look at this weekend’s games:

0: Previous times South Carolina has made it to the Final Four.

0: Previous times Gonzaga has made it to the Final Four.

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1: Elite Eight wins in Oregon coach Dana Altman’s career.

2: Straight trips the Tar Heels have now made to the Final Four.

3: Straight games the Gamecocks have won after trailing at half time.

4: Number of times North Carolina and Kentucky have met in a regional final.

4: NCAA Tournament wins the Gamecocks had in their history until this year.

7: Losses as a No. 1 seed for Kansas coach Bill Self.

8: Straight points Sindarius Thornwell scored for the Gamecocks.

8: Times the Zags have made the Sweet 16.

10: Ties in the Gamecocks-Gators game.

12: Straight points for the Tar Heels in the final 5 minutes.

14: Lead changes in the South Carolina-Florida game.

16: Times the Zags have won the West Coast Conference Tournament.

17: Points the Tar Heels’ Luke Maye scored, a career high.

18: Points the Gators’ Justin Leon scored, a team high for the game.

20: National semifinals that have included North Carolina.

23: Points Nigel Williams-Goss scored for Gonzaga against Xavier.

26: Points the Gamecocks’ Sindarius Thornwell scored in the rout of Florida, a game high.

27: Points Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey scored in the rout of Kansas.

33: Elite Eights in which the Wildcats have played.

45: Years since South Carolina won a tournament game (1972).

51: Percent Oregon shot from the field vs. Kansas.

60: Years since a WCC team reached the Final Four.

78: Years since Oregon has reached the Final Four.

121: Tournament wins for North Carolina.

124: Tournament wins for Kentucky.

657: Tournament bracket challenges had the correct Final Four