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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.
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.
UMBC wasn't the first 16 seed to win an NCAA tournament game. In 1998, the Harvard women's basketball team shocked Stanford 71-67 in the opening round. The Crimson remain the only women's team to ...
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.
Bacot had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Withers turned in a solid all-around performance, sending UNC to a 90-62 victory over 16th-seeded Wagner in Thursday's first round. And the Tar Heels will ...
During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating Virginia 74–54. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For the first time in tournament history, all four top-seeded teams in a single region (the South) failed to make the Sweet 16.