Now You Know

Where NCAA men’s basketball champions ranked in final AP polls before tournament began (1949-2006):

* Ranked 1st: 20 teams

* Ranked 2nd: 12 teams

* Ranked 3rd: 7 teams

* Ranked 4th-10th: 11 teams

* Ranked 11th-16th: 4 teams

* Not ranked: 4 teams-x

x-CCNY (1950), California (1959), Villanova (1985) and Kansas (1988).

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