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.
There has been two number eight seeds (the lowest seeds) to make it to the title game: * UCLA in 1980 and *Villanova in 1985 Villanova won the national championship that year
The lowest seed to ever win a NCAA Basketball title was Villanova, ranked seed #8. They won the tournament in 1985. Lower seeds have made it to the Final Four (George Mason and Louisiana State, ranked 11th, made it in 2006 and 1986 respectively) but never won. UCLA in 1980 was ranked 48th and made it to the championship game.
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Marquette won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship in 1977.
Since the seeding system was introduced in 1979, the lowest seed to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament was 8th-seeded Villanova in 1985.
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Actually, no UK basketball player was in 4 NCAA title games. With NCAA championship title finishes in 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, and 2012, and NCAA runner-up finishes in 1966, 1975, and 1997, UK hasn't been to 4 consecutive title games.
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