BRACKET ADVICE

Take note that over the 20 years, there have been some undeniable trends on the way to determining the NCAA champion.

•They all have fewer than 10 losses entering the tournament.

•They all have at least 26 wins entering the tournament. (There is one exception to this rule, that being Syracuse in 2003.)

•Will all four No. 1 seeds make it to the Final Four? Nope. It’s only happened once, in 2008.

•Will all four No. 1 seeds lose before the Final Four? Again, nope. That’s only happened three times — 1980, 2006 and 2011.

So without further ado ... the picks.

SOUTH

FIRST ROUND WINNERS: Virginia, Kansas State, Kentucky, Arizona, Miami, Tennessee, Texas, Cincinnati.

SECOND ROUND: Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Cincinnati. Mild upset with Kentucky over Arizona, but that’s not really an upset. REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: Virginia over Kentucky, Tennessee over Cincinnati.

REGIONAL FINAL: Virginia over Tennessee.

EAST

FIRST ROUND: Villanova, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Wichita State, St. Bonaventure (yes, saying the Bonnies will beat UCLA and then Florida), Texas Tech, Butler, Purdue. SECOND ROUND: Villanova (in a very scary game), West Virginia, St. Bonaventure, Purdue. REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: Villanova over West Virginia, Purdue over St. Bonaventure.

REGIONAL FINAL: Villanova over Purdue.

MIDWEST

FIRST ROUND: Kansas, N.C. State, New Mexico State, Charleston, Syracuse (winning a play-in game first, then topping TCU), Michigan State, Oklahoma, Duke. SECOND ROUND: Kansas, New Mexico State, Michigan State, Duke. REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: Kansas over New Mexico State, Duke over Michigan State. REGIONAL FINAL: Duke over Kansas.

WEST

FIRST ROUND: Xavier, Missouri, South Dakota State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, Michigan, Providence, North Carolina. Yes, this means the 10, 11 and 12 seeds all advance. SECOND ROUND: Xavier, Gonzaga, Michigan, North Carolina. REGIONAL SEMIFINAL: Gonzaga over Xavier, North Carolina over Michigan.

REGIONAL FINAL: North Carolina over Gonzaga, in a rematch of the 2017 title game.

FINAL FOUR

This sends three ACC teams and a Big East team to the Final Four.

Virginia will beat North Carolina.

Villanova will beat Duke. V for Victory. V for Villanova. Jay Wright will get his second national championship in three seasons.