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The pairing of No. 10 seed Providence and No. 14 seed Chattanooga in the 1997 Southeast Regional semifinal was the lowest-seeded combination to play in a Regional semifinal. There have been twenty-five Round of 32 matchups between two seeds who had won as the underdogs in the Round of 64: twelve 12-13 matchups, six 11-14 matchups, five 10-15 ...
In 1985, the No. 8 seed Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team took home the NCAA Championship and became the lowest seed ever to do so -- in the men's or women's tournament.
In the men's Division I, the lowest-seeded team ever to reach this round in the modern 64-team tournament era is No. 15 seed Saint Peter's University in 2022. Two No. 12 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight: Missouri in 2002 , and the Oregon State Beavers in 2021 .
To make the bracket, the Committee ranks the whole field from 1 to 68; these are referred to as the true seed. The committee then divides the teams amongst the four regions, giving each a seed between No. 1 and No. 16. The same four seeds in all the regions are referred to as the seed line (i.e. the No. 6 seed line).
Overall, just 15 teams seeded at No. 10 or lower have made the Elite Eight since the NCAA started seeding the men’s tournament. And no team lower than No. 11 has made the Final Four. Five No. 11 ...
The No. 8 seed Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team took home the NCAA Championship in 1985 and became the lowest seed ever to do so -- in the men's or women's tournament.
The first 16 seed ever to win a game in an NCAA Division I basketball tournament was Harvard in 1998 against Stanford. According to an Associated Press retrospective on the 10th anniversary of the game in 2008, "The difference between the teams was much smaller than usual for a No. 1 and a 16 seed."
Nearly two-thirds of NCAA men's basketball champions have been a top-three seed. But one program has given reason for Cinderellas to dream big.