Has a No.8 seed ever won the NCAA Championship? – Should the No.8 seeded University of North Carolina win the championship, it would join an exclusive group of teams. Only one team has ever won the national title as the No.8 seed. That club was No.8 Villanova in 1985, when the inaugural tournament with 64 participants was held.
DeCOURCY: Caleb Love’s shot ends the Duke-North Carolina Final Four rivalry with a spectacular conclusion. In the first round of the tournament, Villanova defeated No.9 Dayton in the Southeast region before shocking No.1 Michigan in the second round. It subsequently defeated No.5 Maryland and No.2 North Carolina in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight, respectively.
The Wildcats defeated No.2 Memphis State in the Final Four to set up a game with No.1 Georgetown, the defending national champion and East champion. Powered by an NCAA-record 78.6% FG percentage, the Wildcats defeated the Hoyas by a score of 66-64 to capture the program’s first national championship.
What is the lowest seed to win the whole NCAA Tournament?
Men’s Final Four, Elite 8 and Sweet 16 lowest seeds | NCAA.com DI DII DIII Since the Men’s March Madness field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, just five teams with double-digit seeding have reached the Final Four. Here is a condensed breakdown of the history of men’s March Madness seeds: 8 is the lowest seed to win a March Madness championship (Villanova in 1985) 11 is the lowest seed among men’s Final Four qualifiers (George Mason 2006; LSU 1986; VCU 2011; Loyola Chicago 2018; UCLA 2021) Saint Peter’s (2022) is the lowest seed to make the men’s Elite Eight.15 is the lowest seed to advance to the Sweet 16 in men’s tennis (Saint Peter’s 2022; Florida Golf Coast 2013). Eleven is the lowest seed to reach the Final Four. It has occurred five times, with the most recent instance being in 2021. The highest seed to qualify for the championship is an 8, which has occurred twice. The first occurred in the 1985 championship game of the inaugural NCAA tournament with the present system, when eighth-seeded Villanova defeated first-seeded Georgetown.
- In 2014, the seventh-seeded Connecticut Huskies defeated the eighth-seeded Kentucky Wildcats to claim the national championship.
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In Round 1 of the playoffs, 8 seeds have defeated 1 seeds, beginning with the No.8 Nuggets’ triumph over the No.1 SuperSonics during the 1994 season.
Has a 13 seed ever won the NCAA Tournament?
History of NCAA Tournament upsets between 13 seed and 4 seed – In the forty years since the expansion of the NCAA Tournament field to 64 teams in 1985, a 13 seed has won at least one game in 26 different tournaments. Multiple 13 seeds have won games in the last four years: 1987 (Xavier and Missouri State), 2001 (Indiana State and Kent State), 2008 (Siena and San Diego), and 2018 (Siena and San Diego) (Buffalo and Marshall).
The 2008 upsets were particularly remarkable since they both occurred on the same court in Tampa. The other two winning teams that day in Tampa were also double-digit seeds: 12th-seeded Western Kentucky won in OT on a buzzer-beater, and 12th-seeded Villanova overcame an 18-point deficit to defeat Clemson.
The initial 13-over-4 was also exceptional. In 1985, the inaugural year of the enlarged tournament, future NBA great David Robinson and his Navy Midshipmen defeated No.4 seed LSU by a score of 23 points, which remains the highest margin of victory for any 13 seed.
- And 13 seeded have won in a variety of ways.
- Middle Tennessee defeated Florida State by 97 points in 1989, and UNC Wilmington defeated USC by 93 points in 2002 to win a track meet by four points.
- In 1996, Princeton’s sluggishness befuddled an athletic UCLA team, leading to a 43-41 shock victory.
- And certainly deserving of mention? The first-round buzzer beater that is possibly the most memorable in the history of the NCAA Tournament was made by a 13 seed.
You remember it, the 3-pointer by Bryce Drew of Valparaiso that won his team a one-point victory over Ole Miss.
| Year | Result | Score |
| 1985 | Navy def. LSU | 78-55 |
| 1987 | Missouri State def. Clemson | 65-60 |
| 1987 | Xavier def. Missouri | 70-69 |
| 1988 | Richmond def. Indiana | 72-69 |
| 1989 | Middle Tennessee def. Florida State | 97-83 |
| 1991 | Penn State def. UCLA | 74-69 |
| 1992 | Southwestern Louisiana def. Oklahoma | 87-83 |
| 1993 | Southern def. Georgia Tech | 93-78 |
| 1995 | Manhattan def. Oklahoma | 77-67 |
| 1996 | Princeton def. UCLA | 43-41 |
| 1998 | Valparaiso def. Ole Miss | 70-69 |
| 1999 | Oklahoma def. Arizona | 61-60 |
| 2001 | Indiana State def. Oklahoma | 70-68 |
| 2001 | Kent State def. Indiana | 77-73 |
| 2002 | UNC Wilmington def. USC | 93-89 |
| 2003 | Tulsa def. Dayton | 84-71 |
| 2005 | Vermont def. Syracuse | 60-57 |
| 2006 | Bradley def. Kansas | 77-73 |
| 2008 | Siena def. Vanderbilt | 83-62 |
| 2008 | San Diego def. UConn | 70-69 |
| 2009 | Cleveland State def. Wake Forest | 84-69 |
| 2010 | Murray State def. Vanderbilt | 66-65 |
| 2011 | Morehead State def. Louisville | 62-61 |
| 2012 | Ohio def. Michigan | 65-60 |
| 2013 | La Salle def. Kansas State | 63-61 |
| 2016 | Hawaii def. California | 77-66 |
| 2018 | Buffalo def. Arizona | 89-69 |
| 2018 | Marshall def. Wichita State | 81-75 |
| 2019 | UC Irvine def. Kansas State | 70-64 |
| 2021 | North Texas def. Purdue | 78-69 (OT) |
| 2021 | Ohio def. Virginia | 62-58 |
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