The stat was making the rounds after Auburn didn't make the championship game of the SEC tournament: No team has lost three of its last four games before the NCAA tournament and won a national championship.

American University earned the right to play in the NCAA Tournament as champions of the Patriot League. Winners of their last four games, American is led Matt Rogers who averages 17 points per game. Rogers scored 25 in the Patriot League title game against Navy.

NCAA Tournament bracket is set and now it's time to not only make your picks in the Bracket Games but also to look at how to wager on the first set of games in the First Four and the First Round. The slate is loaded,