Canadians can be found all over March Madness bracket: By the numbers

Turn on a NCAA tournament game Thursday or Friday and there's a good chance you'll catch a Canadian or two. Here are a few numbers to keep handy as you take in the action over the next few days.

67 - Games played during March Madness each year.

12 - Days when games are played.

24 - Number of Canadians participating in this year's NCAA tournament.

16 - Teams that those Canadians represent.

3 - Canadians that are not from Ontario. Baylor guard Kenny Chery who is from Montreal, Arizona State centre Jordan Bachynski who is from Calgary, and Harvard guard Laurent Rivard who is from Quebec.

3 - Canadians that were named player of the year in their respective conference: Michigan's Nik Stauskas in the Big Ten, Iowa State's Melvin Ejim in the Big 12, and New Mexico State's Daniel Mullings in the WAC.

3.7 - The GPA for Ejim at Iowa State. The 23-year-old senior has his sights set on attending law school once his basketball career is over.

41 - Career high in points for Kansas' Andrew Wiggins, who could go No. 1 in the next NBA draft, which he reached earlier this month against West Virginia.

155 - Distance in kilometers between the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, where brothers Tyler (Syracuse) and Dylan Ennis (Villanova) both have the good fortune of opening the tournament, and their hometown of Brampton.

355 - Listed weight in lbs. of seven-foot-five New Mexico State centre Sim Bhullar, who was named the defensive player of the year in the WAC.

4.1 - Jordan Bachynski's blocks per game average, which led all of Division I.

112 - Three-pointers made this season by Baylor sharpshooter Brady Heslip.

5 - Three-pointers Laurent Rivard hit last year in the round of 64 to lead Harvard to their first ever NCAA tournament win.

50.8% - Three-point FG percentage of Oregon's Jason Calliste, who averages two made threes per game.

120 - Games started at Creighton for senior guard Jahenns Manigat.

16 - Consecutive tournament appearances by Canadian favourite Gonzaga, led this year by point guard Kevin Pangos.

44 - Projected slot for where Stanford forward Dwight Powell will be selected in this summer's NBA draft according to draftexpress.com.

7 - NCAA Division I basketball champions that went through the season undefeated. Wichita State enters the tournament 34-0 and Chadrack Lufile and Nick Wiggins are key role player for the Shockers as they look to become the first team since Indiana in 1976 to accomplish the feat.

5 - Canadians to win an NCAA Division I national championship.

Will any of the Canadians taking part this year be able to join that exclusive group?

Let the Madness begin.