Notes and numbers

Is Zion Williamson’s knee healthy? Answer: In three ACC tournament games, the Duke wunderkind played 111 of a possible 120 minutes, scored 81 points, made 33 of 43 shots from the field (76.7 percent) and had 30 rebounds. … Grand

Canyon, which played for the WAC title late Saturday, would be an interesting story. It has more than three times as many students enrolled online (about 70,000) as on campus (20,000) and only officially moved to Division I in 2017. … Tennessee, which meets Auburn for the SEC championship Sunday (1 p.m., ESPN), hasn’t won a conference tournament since

1979. … 2018 Cinderellas Loyola-Chicago (Final Four) and Maryland-Baltimore

County (first No. 16 seed to beat at No. 1) both lost in their conference tournaments. … Fletcher Magee needs three 3-pointers in Wofford’s tournament opener to break the NCAA career record held by Oakland’s Travis Bader (504). … Ben Howland (Mississippi State) and Jamie Dixon (TCU) are projected to have teams in the field. … The latest NBAdraft.net mock draft has Ja Morant of Ohio Valley champion Murray State going No. 2 behind Zion Williamson. … A reason to stay away from Kansas on your bracket: The Jayhawks were 19-1 at home this season, but 3-8 on the road. Last we checked, there are no tournament games scheduled for Phog Allen Fieldhouse. … So you think this is Gonzaga’s year? Consider: Since UCLA won eight titles in nine years from 1967-75, only three teams west of the Rocky Mountains have won it all — UNLV (1990), UCLA (1995) and Arizona (1997). What’s more, only one of the past 21 championships has been won by a school west of the Mississippi

River — Kansas (2008). … An estimated

$10 billion will be wagered on this year’s tournament. … An estimated 24 million people played at least one bracket in a pool last year. … 1 in 9.2 quintillion: The odds of filling out a perfect bracket. …

Here are the favorites to win it all, according to vegasinsider.com: 1. Duke (9-4); 2.

Gonzaga (9-2); 3. Virginia (6-1); 4. North

Carolina (10-1); 5. Kentucky/Michigan State/Tennessee (12-1).