Final Fantasy 2

With what little time I have left to talk about this year's Final Four before it becomes passé, I have yet another nugget of statistical wonder.

Butler is the fifth school from the state of Indiana to go to a Final Four. This, of course, triggered my OCD mechanism and made me immediately need to know which states have the most different schools that have been to the Final Four.

With that, here you go. As always, I am including vacated Final Fours.

1. Eight - Pennsylvania
Duquesne (1), LaSalle (2), Penn (1), Penn State (1), Pittsburgh (1), St. Joseph's (1), Temple (2), Villanova (4)

2. Six - California
California (3), San Francisco (3), Santa Clara (1), Stanford (2), UCLA (18), USC (2)

3 (tie). Five – Four States
Indiana: Butler (1), Indiana (8), Indiana State (1), Notre Dame (1), Purdue (2)
New York: CCNY (2), NYU (2), St. Bonaventure (1), St. John's (4), Syracuse (4)
North Carolina: Charlotte (1), Duke (15), North Carolina (18), NC State (3), Wake Forest (1)
Texas: Baylor (2), Houston (5), SMU (1), Texas (3), UTEP (then Texas Western) (1)

7. Four - Illinois
Bradley (2), DePaul (2), Illinois (5), Loyola (IL) (1) (It should be noted that Loyola is still the only school in Illinois to have won an NCAA men's basketball title.)

8 (tie). Three – Seven States
Florida: Florida (4), Florida State (1), Jacksonville (1)
Iowa: Drake (1), Iowa (3), Iowa State (1)
Kansas: Kansas (13), Kansas State (4), Wichita State (1)
Kentucky: Kentucky (13), Louisville (8), Western Kentucky (1)
New Jersey: Princeton (1), Rutgers (1), Seton Hall (1)
Ohio: Cincinnati (6), Dayton (1), Ohio State (10)
Washington: Seattle (1), Washington (1), Washington State (1)

15 (tie). Two – Seven States
Georgia: Georgia (1), Georgia Tech (2)
Massachusetts: Holy Cross (2), Massachusetts (1)
Michigan: Michigan (6), Michigan State (8)
Oklahoma: Oklahoma (4), Oklahoma State (6)
Oregon: Oregon (1), Oregon State (2)
Virginia: George Mason (1), Virginia (2)
Wisconsin: Marquette (3), Wisconsin (2)

22 (tie). One – Sixteen States Plus DC
Arkansas: Arkansas (6)
Arizona: Arizona (4)
Colorado: Colorado (2)
Connecticut: Connecticut (3)
District of Columbia: Georgetown (5)
Louisiana: LSU (4)
Maryland: Maryland (2)
Minnesota: Minnesota (1)
Mississippi: Mississippi State (1)
Nevada: UNLV (4)
New Hampshire: Dartmouth (2)
New Mexico: New Mexico State (1)
Rhode Island: Providence (1)
Utah: Utah (4)
Tennessee: Memphis (3)
West Virginia: West Virginia (2)
Wyoming: Wyoming (1)

39 (tie). Zero – Thirteen States
Alabama
Alaska
Delaware
Hawai'i
Idaho
Maine
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont

And because I am borderline retarded when it comes to NCAA tournament statistics, I will give you another one. If Butler wins, it will be the second school from Indiana to win a title, becoming the 9th state with multiple winners (and if West Virginia wins, it will be the first school from that state to win a title). Here is how the states break down when it comes to number of schools to win an NCAA title:

Four
California: California (1), San Francisco (2), Stanford (1), UCLA (11)

Three
North Carolina: Duke (3), North Carolina (5), NC State (2)

Two
Kentucky: Kentucky (7), Louisville (2)
Michigan: Michigan (1), Michigan State (2)
New York: CCNY (1), Syracuse (1)
Ohio: Cincinnati (2), Ohio State (1)
Pennsylvania: LaSalle (1), Villanova (1)
Wisconsin: Marquette (1), Wisconsin (1)

One
Arkansas: Arkansas (1)
Arizona: Arizona (1)
Connecticut: Connecticut (2)
District of Columbia: Georgetown (1)
Florida: Florida (2)
Illinois: Loyola (IL) (1)
Indiana: Indiana (5)
Kansas: Kansas (3)
Maryland: Maryland (1)
Massachusetts: Holy Cross (1)
Nevada: UNLV (1)
Oklahoma: Oklahoma State (the Oklahoma A&M) (2)
Oregon: Oregon (1)
Texas: UTEP (then Texas Western) (1)
Utah: Utah (1)
Wyoming: Wyoming (1)