5 (A) Letter writing.
Complete the following letter with the help of the words are in the
bracket
(games, photo, newspaper, worked, congratulation, mainet, RS,
future]
Dear Rohit
Yesterday, I read in the ---- about your success in the state level
I was very happy to see your in the newspaper. My heartiet
on your grand success. You ----hard. Indeed, I was sure of your
You are the best player in your school. This is be proud
you.
Please convey my respects to your parents and wishing you more
success in
Your friends
XYZ
Answers
thank for me
I'm thrilled, after a two-year hiatus, to bring back my picnic basket worth of NCAA Tournament goodies. March Madness bracket fiends, this is for you. A heaping helpful of facts, stats, trends, did-you-knows and more that can expand your mind, and potentially strengthen your bracket, in advance of the NCAA Tournament.
It's CBS Sports' annual cornucopia of nuggets to help you better understand who's good, who's overrated, and why the data -- broadly -- can help you curb your instincts.
The Big Dance starts in less than 48 hours. Fill out your bracket now to win a brand new Nissan Rogue and a college basketball dream trip. Get in the action today.
I make no guarantees of success, but I do assure you that you'll be smarter and more prepared to dive right into the deep end of your pool once you scroll through everything I've laid out below. Let's see the evidence. In addition to my own research, all additional info provided by CBS Sports' research team, the NCAA, KenPom.com, ESPN Stats & Info, Elias and BartTorvik.com.
Highest-scoring team: Gonzaga (92.1 points per game)
Lowest-scoring team: Mount St. Mary's (63.7 points per game)
Fastest team: Gonzaga (74.8 possessions per game)
Slowest team: Virginia (60.1 possessions per game)
Best free-throw shooting team: Oral Roberts (82.6%)
Worst free-throw shooting team: Rutgers (63.2%)
Best 3-point shooting team: Baylor (41.8%)
Worst 3-point shooting team: Texas Southern(27.7%)
Most experienced team(s): Georgia Tech and Texas Southern (2.54 average seasons)
Least experienced team: North Carolina (1.02 average seasons)
Tallest team: USC (average height 79.6 inches)
Smallest team: Abilene Christian (75.1 inches)
Deepest bench: Winthrop (42.2% of minutes played)
Most efficient offenses, adjusted points scored per 100 possessions:
Gonzaga (126.1)
Iowa (124.2)
Baylor (124.0)
Ohio State (123.0)
Most efficient defenses, adjusted points allowed per 100 possessions:
Loyola Chicago (85.9)
Alabama (86.0)
Tennessee (87.0)
Illinois (87.6)
Over the years, teams that have won it all have checked a lot of boxes. You can make the stats tell you a lot of things you want to hear. But if you've got a top-30 per-possession D and a guard that's definitely projected to be drafted, you've got a solid shot. Only a handful of teams meet this criteria each year. Six apply now. Four have two clear draft-worthy guards.
Tennessee: 4th (Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer)
Illinois: 5th (Ayo Dosunmu)
Gonzaga: 10th (Jalen Suggs, Corey Kispert)
VCU: 12th (Nah'Shon Hyland)
Arkansas: 14th (Moses Moody)
UConn: 25th (James Bouknight)
Utah States' Neemias Queta is one of the elite defenders in this tournament. Getty Images
Best scorer: Oral Roberts' Max Abmas (24.2 points per game)
Best rebounder: Utah State'sNeemias Queta (10.0 boards per game)
Best assist man: Ohio'sJason Preston (7.2 dimes per game)
Best 2-point shooter: Gonzaga's Anton Watson (72.5%)
Best 3-point shooter: Illinois' Da'Monte Williams (56.5%)
Best foul shooter: Ohio State's CJ Walker (94.9%)
82: This is the 82nd NCAA Tournament. Thirty-six programs have won a national title dating to 1939, when Oregon won its only championship. All four teams from the first Final Four are in the field this year: Ohio State was runner-up back in '39; Villanova and Oklahoma were semifinalists. Georgetown, a 12, is the lowest-seeded team in this year's field with a national title.
0: The Gonzaga Bulldogs, Baylor Bears and Illinois Fighting Illini are the best-seeded teams in the field without a national title.
20: Gonzaga is the 20th team to enter the NCAAs undefeated. Seven of the previous 19 won a title, but none since 1976, meaning none in the modern era -- since the tournament expanded in 1985.
The most popular picks in CBS Sports Bracket Challenge as of 12:52 p.m. ET Wednesday.
39: The percentage of brackets at CBS Sports that have Gonzaga winning it all. Illinois is second (19%).
33.3: Gonzaga's percentage to win the title, according to Bart Torvik. For perspective, top teams normally hover around 15-20%, so Gonzaga is a dominant favorite. The top five for this year: Gonzaga, Houston (13.2%), Baylor (8.3%), Illinois (7.6%), Michigan (6.7%).