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Villanova in 1985, a No. 8 seed, was the lowest seeded team to win the tournament. Penn's 1979 Final Four appearance as a No. 9 seed—out of 10 teams in their region—made them the lowest seed to make the Final Four in the pre-64-team era. [4]
The 1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. This was the first year the field was expanded to 64 teams, from 53 in the previous year'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 .
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 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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.
Lowest seeds to make the Elite Eight. No. 11 LSU (1986): The Tigers became the first double-digit seed to make the Final Four nearly 40 years ago. After losing to Kentucky in the SEC tournament ...
The University of California, Los Angeles (trophy room pictured) has won the Men's Division I Basketball Championship a record 11 times. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States.