2026 SLUGGO NCAA Men's Tournament Challenge Statistics



  Seed               Team               # of picks   

   1                 Duke                   21
                   Florida                   8
                   Arizona                  31
                   Michigan                 20

   2             Connecticut                12
                   Houston                  32
                    Purdue                  19
                  Iowa State                17

   3            Michigan State              21
                   Illinois                 21
                   Gonzaga                  19
                   Virginia                 19

   4                Kansas                  28
                   Nebraska                  7
                   Arkansas                 29
                   Alabama                  16

   5              St John's                 28
                  Vanderbilt                27
                  Wisconsin                 17
                  Texas Tech                 8

   6              Louisville                13
                North Carolina              15
                     BYU                    23
                  Tennessee                 29

   7                 UCLA                   33
                  St. Mary's                16
                  Miami (FL)                19
                   Kentucky                 12

   8              Ohio State                36
                   Clemson                  15
                  Villanova                 21
                   Georgia                   8

   9                 TCU                    11
                     Iowa                   26
                  Utah State                23
                 Saint Louis                20

   10          Central Florida              12
                  Texas A&M                 19
                   Missouri                 22
               UC - Santa Clara             27

   11           South Florida               16
                     VCU                    36
         Texas / North Carolina State       13
               Miami (OH) / SMU             15

   12           Northern Iowa                4
                McNeese State               14
                  High Point                20
                    Akron                   42

   13         California Baptist            12
                     Troy                   20
                    Hawaii                  14
                   Hofstra                  34

   14         North Dakota State            21
                 Pennsylvania               17
                Kennesaw State              14
                 Wright State               28

   15               Furman                  25
                    Idaho                   22
                    Queens                  16
               Tennessee State              17

   16               Siena                   26
            Prairie View / Lehigh           22
                LIU - Brooklyn               8
                UMBC / Howard               24