No, Illinois has never won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
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Villanova was an eighth seed in 1985.
Never. Along with Army, the Citadel, St. Francis (NY), and William & Mary, they are one of only five teams with fifty years of NCAA Division I play and no NCAA tournament appearances.
Kentucky's (UK) 1996 team was by far the best team to ever play the game.
Yes there have been a total of 20 teams that won the tournament and then did not make it the next year. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 there have been 5 teams to not make it back the next year. Louisville 1987 Kansas 1989 Florida 2008 North Carolina 2010 Kentucky 2013
No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.