Visualizing Every NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Since 2002

Each visual represents a March Madness championship run. The number of dots in each artwork represents the margin of victory for each game the champion won, with the color of the dots corresponding to the team that was defeated. Dots highlighted in yellow indicate the championship game. Each visual in this series captures the journey of a championship, one game at a time. 

Example: During Michigan’s 2026 championship run, they defeated Tennessee by 33 points, represented below by 33 orange (the University of Tennessee's primary color) dots.