After looking at the pairings there seemed to be large amount of teams with double-digit losses during the season.  In fact, there are 26 of 65 NCAA tournament teams who have met defeat at least ten times heading into their first round game in the Big Dance.  With the addition of two more regular season games in 2007-08, a preseason tournament exemption and post season conference tilts there are at least four more opportunities for squads to falter.  It makes the bracket look more mediocre than special.

Here is a look at the overall win-loss numbers of this year’s field.

--26 of 65 teams with 10 or more losses

--4 teams with 31 or more wins

--30 teams with 24-27 wins

--27 teams with 6-9 losses

--24-8 the most common record for tournament teams. 6 teams (UConn, LOU., UMBC, PUR, CS-Fullerton & Wash. St.)

--14 teams with either 21 or 22 wins

--7 schools less than 20 wins

--11 teams with 12 or more losses