UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA Basketball tournament.
The Louisville Cardinals are the overall number one seed in the 2009 NCAA tournament and will be playing in the Midwest Region
Kansas
Villanova was an eighth seed in 1985.
The earliest round for a 1 seed to go out in the NCAA basketball tourney is in the first round. It happened in 2018 when the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (16th seed in the South) beat the University of Virginia (1st seed in the South) by a score of 74 - 54.
Connecticut in 2004
Wake Forest was a number 4 seed in the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The Louisville Cardinals are the overall number one seed in the 2009 NCAA tournament and will be playing in the Midwest Region
The lowest seed to make it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA basketball tournament this year was a 15th seed.
Michigan was a #3 seed when they won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 1989.
Kansas
Villanova was an eighth seed in 1985.
The 11 seed is a play-in game in the NCAA basketball tournament because it allows for more teams to participate in the tournament and provides an opportunity for lower-seeded teams to earn a spot in the main bracket.
East Tennessee State was last in the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2010. They were a #16 seed.
Zags are a college basketball team that played in the NCAA tournament that tabbed the #1 seed.
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The number one seeds in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament were DePaul, LSU, Kentucky and Syracuse. Louisville was a number two seed. Click on the '1980 NCAA Basketball Seedings' link on this page to see an entire listing of the seedings.
2 seed Maryland in round of 32