March Madness: your five-minute guide

With the 'March Madness' NCAA men's basketball tournament set to begin Tuesday, here's a quick list of fun facts on the 65-team field. Which team has the longest current winning streak, you ask?

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States with the most teams in the tournament

Texas, 7 (Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, Sam Houston State, North Texas, UTEP,
Houston)
Pennsylvania, 5 (Pitt, Villanova, Temple, Lehigh, Robert Morris)
California, 4 (Cal-Berkeley, Cal-Santa Barbara, San Diego State, St. Mary’s)

Conference with the most teams in the tournament

Big East, 8 (of 16 in the conference)

It’s conceivable that the league could monopolize the Final Four, with Syracuse, Georgetown, West Virginia, and Villanova the teams with possibly the best chances to play in Indianapolis April 3 and 5. In 1985, the Big East sent three teams to the Final Four.

Smallest school in the field

Wofford College, an independent liberal arts school in Spartanburg, S.C.

Wofford is not to be confused with Winthrop, which is also in South Carolina. The latter school enrolls roughly 6,500 undergraduates and has made several NCAA tournaments, but this is the first time for tiny Wofford (enrollment 1,500).

Teams with the most 7-footers

Gonzaga, 2
Baylor, 2
Wake Forest, 2

Jacksonville, with twin towers Artis Gilmore and Pembroke Burrows, came out of nowhere to reach the 1970 final against UCLA. But no team since has relied on two such giants.

Teams with the most players under 6 feet

Gonzaga, 3

Teams with the longest-serving head coaches

Jim Boeheim, Syrcuse, 34 seasons
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke, 30 seasons
Greg Kampe, Oakland, 26 seasons

Number of teams with previous championships

Team with the longest tournament appearance streak to miss making the field

Arizona

After 25 straight years, the Wildcats, who went 16-14 this season, have been forced to sit this one out. Only North Carolina , with a 27-year run that ended in 2001, enjoyed a longer stretch of making the tournament.