Since 1979 in the N.C.A.A. tournament

Since 1979 in the N.C.A.A. tournament, a No. 1 seed has won its region 40.9 percent of the time Christian Dior Sunglasses. But in the N.B.A. during that same period, the top seed has won its conference 60.9 percent of the time. In other words, the first seed in the N.B.A. playoffs is almost one and a half times more likely to win its section of the “bracket” than a No. 1 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
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Only once since 1984 has a team seeded lower than No. 3 won the N.B.A. title. That team was the 1994-95 Houston Rockets, who won as a No. 6 seed after adding Clyde Drexler during the season to join Hakeem Olajuwon. (The Knicks, a likely No. 6 seed, added Carmelo Anthony this season Arnette Sunglasses, but that’s about as far as the comparison goes.)