In an earlier post, we discussed how many wins each seed line has accumulated in each round of the tournament since 1985. Here, we examine those data a bit more and explore the historical odds a team advancing to and winning a game in each round of the tournament.
| Percentage of Seeds That Advance From Each Round (1985-2014) | ||||||
| Seed | Round 1 | Round 2 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | National Champion |
| 1 | 100.0% | 86.7% | 68.3% | 40.0% | 22.5% | 15.0% |
| 2 | 94.2% | 64.2% | 46.7% | 21.7% | 10.0% | 3.3% |
| 3 | 85.0% | 50.0% | 25.0% | 11.7% | 7.5% | 3.3% |
| 4 | 79.2% | 45.0% | 15.8% | 10.8% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| 5 | 63.3% | 32.5% | 6.7% | 5.0% | 2.5% | |
| 6 | 65.8% | 34.2% | 10.8% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 0.8% |
| 7 | 60.8% | 16.7% | 6.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 8 | 49.2% | 9.2% | 6.7% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 0.8% |
| 9 | 50.8% | 4.2% | 1.7% | 0.8% | ||
| 10 | 39.2% | 19.2% | 5.8% | |||
| 11 | 32.0% | 13.3% | 4.7% | 2.3% | ||
| 12 | 34.4% | 15.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 13 | 20.8% | 5.0% | ||||
| 14 | 15.0% | 1.7% | ||||
| 15 | 5.8% | 0.8% | ||||
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