Numerical Nonsense

4-brackets on ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge that have this weekend’s Final Four… 4-brackets on ESPN.com’s Tournament Challenge that have this weekend’s Final Four correctly picked. No. 11-seeded George Mason is the real sleeper in this pool, having knocked out pre-tournament favorite Connecticut in the Elite Eight.

63-UConn turnovers in four NCAA Tournament games, including a whopping 26 in the Huskies’ Sweet 16 game against Washington. Despite the large number of miscues, UConn rallied past Washington in overtime. Ironically, the team’s game with the fewest turnovers (nine) was its only loss, an 86-84 defeat by the Patriots of George Mason.

17-runs for the Pitt softball team in a 17-1 dismantling of Seton Hall last week, setting a new record for runs scored in a game.

3-ACC teams in the NCAA Women’s Tournament Final Four. Duke, Maryland and North Carolina represent the conference, which has no teams in the men’s Final Four, leaving LSU as the only outsider.

Numerical Nonsense is a weekly compilation of statistical oddities in the wide world of sports. This week’s edition was put together by editors Brian Weaver and Geoff Dutelle.