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Numbers to know for NCAA men’s Sweet 16

AP file photo by Wade Payne / Rick Barnes is in his 36th season as an NCAA Division I men's basketball coach and ninth at Tennessee, which has never advanced to the Final Four. Barnes has one trip to the NCAA's national semifinals, with Texas in 2003, but he can double that number with two more wins by the Volunteers this weekend in Detroit.
AP file photo by Wade Payne / Rick Barnes is in his 36th season as an NCAA Division I men's basketball coach and ninth at Tennessee, which has never advanced to the Final Four. Barnes has one trip to the NCAA's national semifinals, with Texas in 2003, but he can double that number with two more wins by the Volunteers this weekend in Detroit.

By STEVE MEGARGEE / The Associated Press 6 min read

Sixteen may be sweet, but it isn’t the only relevant number as the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament heads into the regional semifinals.

With four games set for Thursday and the other four Friday — the Elite Eight matchups will follow with two each on Friday and Saturday — here are some other numbers worth knowing for each team in this year’s Sweet 16.

These statistics will help you learn more about each of the remaining teams and could explain how some of them got this far in March Madness and what started as a 68-team field last week. (No. indicates a team’s seed; record is in parentheses.)


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