Whether you're filling out your ESPN Men's Tournament Challenge bracket or just can't get enough tourney intel, we've got plenty of historical facts and trends to get you ready for March Madness.

The SEC rewrote the record book for most NCAA Tournament bids by a conference on Selection Sunday, sending 14 teams to the big dance this year with March Madness kicking off later this week. It toppled the previous record set by the Big East in back 2011, when the conference earned 11 bids for that year’s tournament.