Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have spent a long time using the name "Cinderella" to describe an underdog team winning a lot in March Madness. But if you're stopping and wondering what’s up with that? We’re here to help.

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Cinderella teams are typically high seeds that make a deep run in the tournament – the Sweet 16 or beyond. According to the Associated Press, only five No. 11 seeds have made it to the men’s Final Four: LSU (1986), George Mason (2006), VCU (2011), Loyola Chicago (2018) and N.C. State (2024).

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