The lower-seeded teams benefit from anonymity - the big boys have never seen them before.
In the 10 previous tournaments, just five of the 39 quarterfinal games have been won by the lower-seeded team.
Which lower-seeded teams have a chance to turn the 1999 playoffs upside down?
In each but the last iteration, the lower-seeded and favored team won.
Looking for a lower-seeded team whose defense might get it to the Final Four and perhaps a national title?
For the fifth time in the eight tournament games, the lower-seeded team won.
The lower-seeded team will host the first leg of each semifinal.
This was done to keep a lower-seeded team, the Wisconsin Badgers, close to its campus.
It is hard to pinpoint why lower-seeded teams perform so poorly.
Last year only three lower-seeded teams pulled first-round upsets.