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In 2018, UMBC became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the men's tournament, shocking Virginia 74–54. Before this breakthrough, five other 16 seeds lost by 4 or fewer points: While ultimately Murray State lost to Michigan State by 4 points (75–71) in 1990, it was the only No. 16 team to take a game into overtime.
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."
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). Eight teams are doubled up and compete in the First Four. Two of the paired teams compete for No. 16 seeds, and the other two paired teams ...
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.
UCLA then took down 14-seed Abilene Christian, 2-seed Alabama and 1-seed Michigan to win the East Regional that year. Cronin's Bruins fell to No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, 93-90 in overtime.
Arizona has cruised to the Sweet 16 with an 85-65 win over Long Beach State and a 78-68 win over Dayton, but an unusually chalky bracket with all 1 and 2 seeds still alive have the Wildcats at No. 9.
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.
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 ...
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