8 seed UCLA lost the championship game in 1980, but 8 seed Villanova beat Georgetown in 1985.
(8)Villanova (1985)
Since the NCAA implemented the 64 seed tournament format in 1985, the lowest seed to make it to the NCAA championship game was #8 seeded Villanova in 1985.
#12 Missouri in 2002
#8 Villinova
Villanova was the lowest seed to win the tournament as an 8 seed in 1985.
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in 1985 nova won as an eight seed against g-town in the finals not the second round
16 seed, beat duke last year
No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
They were the 8 seed. Nova upset Georgetown in the title game.
The lowest seeded team to make it all the way to the Final Four in the NCAA basketball tournament was an 11 seed and it happened four times:11 seeded LSU in 198611 seeded George Mason in 200611 seeded VCU in 201111 seeded Wichita State in 2013
no the lowest seed that has ever won an nba championship was the 7th seed Houston rockets in the 90s. Actually, that Houston rockets team was 6th, but yes they were the lowest seeded team to ever win an nba title, in the 1995 NBA Finals