There have been three times in NCAA Men's Basketball history that no #1 seed has been in the Final Four. The only three years were 1980, 2006, and 2011 with the following teams included in their separate final fours:
1980: Louisville (#2 seed), Iowa (#5 seed), Purdue (#6 seed), and UCLA (#8 seed)
2006: UCLA (#2 seed), Florida (#3 seed), LSU (#4 seed), and George Mason (#11 seed)
2011: Butler (#8 seed), UConn (#3 seed), VCU (#11 seed), and Kentucky (#4 seed)
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∙ 15y agoIn 2008 this was the first time in the history og Men's NCAA basketball tournment were all four number seeds have had it to the final four. In 2008 for the first time in history of the Men's NCAA basketball tournament all four number one seeds reached the NCAA final four.
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∙ 13y agoAs of the 2008 March Madness, that was 2006 when Florida (3 seed), UCLA (2 seed), George Mason (11 seed), and LSU (4 seed) made the Final Four. That also happened in 1980 when Louisville (2 seed), UCLA (8 seed), Purdue (6 seed), and Iowa (5 seed) made the Final Four.
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∙ 14y ago2008 Kansas, MEPHIS, North Carolina, UCLA KANSAS-MEPHIS IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME KANSAS WIN
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∙ 12y ago3 years ago all 4 #1 seeds were in the Final Four.
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2011
This has never happened. In 2006 and 1980 there were no number 1 seeds, but both years there was one number 2 seed remaining. 2011 was the first year that there was no number 1 or number 2 seeds that made the final four.
2011 is the first time
it has never happened.
The last time there was a Final Four with no #1 seeds was in 2006 when the following teams appeared: #2 UCLA, #3 Florida, #4 LSU, and #11 George Mason.
2011 is the first time
2011 is the first time this has happened.
Never. 2011 is the first time this has happened.
2008 is the first year, since teams began being seeded in 1979, that four #1 seeds made the Final Four. Those teams are North Carolina, Kansas, Memphis and UCLA.
There has never been no 1 or 2 seeds to make it to the final four before 2011
2011. This is the first time it has happened
2011 is the only year