Nike Has Sponsored Almost Every Final Four Team in the Last Decade

How the Swoosh is dominating The Big Dance.

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A college hoops trend will continue this year as Nike has once again dominated both of the NCAA Tournament's Final Four fields.

Nike sponsors each of the eight teams that make up the men's and women's Final Four, both of which take place this weekend and will see Villanova vs. Oklahoma and Syracuse vs. North Carolina on the men's side and Connecticut vs. Oregon State and Syracuse vs. Washington in the women's tourney. 

To give this some historical perspective, according to Nike, the brand has sponsored almost 80 percent of men's and women's Division 1 Final Four squads over the last decade. Furthermore, 11 of the men's and women's Final Four groups since 2001 have been all-Nike teams. 

For the 2016 tournament as a whole, Nike had 69 percent of the 68 men's teams and 58 percent of the women's.

No matter who ends up cutting the nets down this year, it'll be a Nike school, marking the brand's 16th men's and 13th women's NCAA championships.