🏀 Stat of the Day: When it comes to this year’s men’s March Madness, Cinderella should have no problem making it home by midnight. No team seeded #13 or higher advanced past the first round for the first time since 2017, while only one double-digit seeded team remains heading into the Sweet 16 (#10 Arkansas).

The games haven’t been particularly close, either. Only four of the 32 first-round games were decided by two possessions or less, the fewest since 1997.

Behind the upset drought: NIL-era transfer portal rules have turned mid-major programs into feeder schools for high-major programs, with top players continuously leaving for greener ($) pastures. It’s also been an all-time season when it comes to offensive efficiency, with teams at the top scoring at historic rates, according to The Athletic.

See the latest brackets here: Men’s | Women’s

P.S. Zero perfect brackets remain across all major online men’s bracket challenges (ESPN, CBS, Yahoo, USA Today, and X's BCG). 141 are still left for the women’s tourney, which concludes its second round action today.

🤔 Did You Know? The “Where Do We Go Now?” ending of Guns N’ Roses’ Sweet Child of Mine actually came to be by the band not knowing what to sing in that section. As the band recorded the original demo of the song, producer Spencer Proffer suggested adding a breakdown at the end. Agreeing to the idea but not sure exactly what to do, lead singer Axl Rose began playfully singing, "Where do we go? Where do we go now?," which made it into the final song.

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