What is the March Madness average final score? Total combined points for your bracket tie breaker
March Madness is almost here and with that, we’re reviewing the average final score so that you can be fully ready to complete your bracket tiebreaker.
If you’re wondering how to take on your bracket tiebreaker then don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with the average final score of March Madness games. That way, you can be prepared for whatever goes down in the big dance.
What’s the average score of March Madness games?
We get it. March Madness is here and you’re not sure how to fill out your bracket when it comes to the tiebreaker for the final score of the championship game. According to the last ten finals, the average score of the NCAA Tournament championship game is 140 total points since the 2014 NCAA tournament final.
Last 10 March Madness final scores:
2024: UConn 75, Purdue 60 (135 total)
2023: UConn 76, San Diego State 59 (135)
2022: Kansas 72, North Carolina 69 (141)
2021: Baylor 86, Gonzaga 70 (156)
2019: Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77 (OT) (162)
2018: Villanova 79, Michigan 62 (141)
2017: North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 65 (136)
2016: Villanova 77, North Carolina 74 (151)
2015: Duke 68, Wisconsin 63 (131)
2014: UConn 60, Kentucky 54 (114)
There are a lot of factors to consider: overtime, low scoring games, high scoring games, but that the reason we’re going with the most recent data and we’ll stick to 140 points, which is the average over the last 10 years.
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Total combined score of 140 points
While it would be logical to think that 140 is the number you should use for your tiebreaker, the context here is worth nothing. The average was calculated using scores from games that had lopsided results - blowouts so to speak. As you can imagine, such results skew the averages.
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This is all to say, it would probably be a better idea to base your tiebreaker on the team you have playing in the big game. If that isn’t clear enough, you can think of it like this: If you’ve got two offensive-minded teams in the final game, you can expect a higher score than if you’ve got two who are known for being stingy on defense. That being said, there’s no definitive proof that 72-68 won’t work or any other variant of 140 points.
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The top ranked team in the field is Auburn. Behind them come Duke, Houston and Florida rounding out the top 4 teams. But, as we all know, March Madness is just that, it’s craziness, and we’ll all have to tune in to see what teams get upset and who the Cinderella story is in 2025.
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