NC State and a 6 seed .
UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament.
Wake Forest was a number 4 seed in the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
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.
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.
Yes.
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Yes a number 16 seed has beat a number one seed in the NCAA basketball tournament, but it was in the womens' tournament. In 1988, 16th seed Harvard beat 1st seed Stanford in the womens' tourney. (Answer by Mymomisnfat) It also 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.
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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