March Insanity is sweeping the nation.
The NCAA males’s basketball event bracket was revealed on Sunday, giving 68 groups from coast to coast a highway map to a nationwide title. That highway will result in the Remaining 4 in San Antonio, however the place did every staff’s journey start?
A majority of the 50 states have a minimum of one staff in March Insanity this 12 months. Many states have a number of colleges within the bracket, whereas others throughout the nation don’t have any consultant in any respect.
Earlier than the primary spherical suggestions off on Thursday, let’s map out the place every staff in March Insanity comes from:
What number of states have groups in 2025 March Insanity?
Thirty-five states, together with Washington, D.C., are represented within the 2025 NCAA Event.
Which state has essentially the most groups in 2025 March Insanity?
Texas has essentially the most groups on this 12 months’s event with 5: Houston, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Baylor and Texas.
Alabama, California, North Carolina and Tennessee are all tied for second with 4 groups apiece.
2025 March Insanity groups by state
Right here is the total state-by-state breakdown for this 12 months’s NCAA Event:
Alabama
Auburn (No. 1, South)
Alabama (No. 2, East)
Troy (No. 14, Midwest)
Alabama State (No. 16, South, First 4)
Arizona
Arizona (No. 4, East)
Grand Canyon (No. 13, West)
Arkansas
California
St. Mary’s (No. 7, East)
UCLA (No. 7, Midwest)
San Diego State (No. 11, South, First 4)
UC San Diego (No. 12, South)
Colorado
Colorado State (No. 12, West)
Connecticut
UConn (No. 8, West)
Yale (No. 13, South)
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Illinois (No. 6, Midwest)
SIU Edwardsville (No. 16, Midwest)
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State (No. 3, South)
Drake (No. 11, West)
Kansas
Kentucky
Kentucky (No. 3, Midwest)
Louisville (No. 8, South)
Louisiana
McNeese (No. 12, Midwest)
Maryland
Maryland (No. 4, West)
Mount St. Mary’s (No. 16, East, First 4)
Michigan
Michigan State (No. 2, South)
Michigan (No. 5, South)
Mississippi
Ole Miss (No. 6, South)
Mississippi (No. 8, East)
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Creighton (No. 9, South)
Omaha (No. 15, West)
New Mexico
New Mexico (No. 10, South)
New York
North Carolina
Duke (No. 1, East)
North Carolina (No. 11, South, First 4)
Excessive Level (No. 13, Midwest)
UNC Wilmington (No. 14, West)
Ohio
Xavier (No. 11, Midwest, First 4)
Akron (No. 13, East)
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Robert Morris (No. 15, East)
Saint Francis (No. 16, South, First 4)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Clemson (No. 5, Midwest)
Wofford (No. 15, Midwest)
Tennessee
Tennessee (No. 2, Midwest)
Memphis (No. 5, West)
Vanderbilt (No. 10, East)
Lipscomb (No. 14, South)
Texas
Houston (No. 1, Midwest)
Texas Tech (No. 3, Midwest)
Texas A&M (No. 4, South)
Baylor (No. 9, East)
Texas (No. 11, Midwest, First 4)
Utah
BYU (No. 6, East)
Utah State (No. 10, Midwest)
Virginia
VCU (No. 11, East)
Liberty (No. 12, East)
Norfolk State (No. 16, West)
Washington
Washington, D.C.
American (No. 16 East, First 4)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin (No. 3, East)
Marquette (No. 7, South)
Which states would not have a staff in 2025 March Insanity?
Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming would not have a college within the 2025 NCAA Event.
Two of these states – Alaska and Maine – have by no means had a staff within the NCAA Event. Alaska doesn’t have a Division I faculty, whereas Maine’s males’s basketball staff has not reached March Insanity in its 95-season historical past.
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