The lowest seed to make it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was a No. 15 seed. This occurred when Florida Gulf Coast University reached the Sweet 16 in 2013.
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The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
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.
16 seed, beat duke last year
No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
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
#12 Missouri in 2002
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
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11 seed George Mason