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In 1991, 2013, 2016, and 2021, at least one team of every seed between No. 1 and No. 15 advanced to the round of 32. 2012: Two No. 15 seeds over No. 2 seeds; 2023: One No. 16 seed over a No. 1 seed and one No. 15 seed over a No. 2 seed; 2014 produced the highest total seed differential in an NCAA Tournament, with 128 across all the rounds of ...
At the start of this game, NCAA tournament No. 16 seeds were 0–135 all-time against No. 1 seeds since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. [8] Although there had been close games, such as the 1989 Georgetown vs. Princeton game, a No. 16 seed had never managed to hold a lead through the end of a game.
To date, no team has ever completed an official upset in the National Championship. The most seed lines apart a winning lower seed has been is two, achieved by 3 seed Tennessee, who beat 1 seed Old Dominion 68-59 in 1997. The lowest seed to ever make a National Championship is 5 seed Louisville in 2013, who lost to 1 seed UConn 93–60.
The shocking 63-58 Purdue loss to Fairleigh Dickinson in last season’s round of 64 was only the second time in NCAA Tournament history that a No. 16 seed upset at No. 1 seed.
First-round upset pick: 12-seed Grand Canyon over 5-seed St. Mary’s in the West Region. The pride of the WAC shows up on a national stage and pulls the upset. The pride of the WAC shows up on a ...
In one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, No. 1 seed Purdue was shocked by No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson. March Madness roundup: Fairleigh Dickinson makes history with second ...
At the start of this game, NCAA tournament No. 16 seeds were 1–150 all-time against No. 1 seeds since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. [6] Five years prior to this game, the UMBC Retrievers became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed, 74–54, over the Virginia Cavaliers.
How likely are any of this year's No. 16 seeds to make NCAA tournament history and knock off a No. 1 seed? Not likely, not impossible.