Connecticut in 2004
In 2008, both of the 2007 finalists, Florida and Ohio State, didn't make the NCAA tournament. That has only happened one other time - in 1980 when the 1979 finalists, Michigan State and Indiana State also failed to make the tournament.
Duke And North Carolina
The lowest seed to ever win a game in the tournament was a 16th seed; it 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.
The commiittee meets once in July to review last year's tournament, once in December to plan for the upcoming tournament, once in February to stage a "mock" tournament, and then meet the Wednesday before Selection Sunday to start making their picks.
North Carolina has been in the NCAA tournament 39 times: 41, 46, 57, 59, 67, 68, 69, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 04, 05, 06 and 07. The Tar Heels have a total of 5 championships including the 1924 team that was named national champions by the Helms Foundation. The athletics foundation selected national champion teams and made All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball before 1939, when the NCAA men's basketball tournament started. that 1924 deal don't count,my friend.
The number one seeds in the 1980 NCAA basketball tournament were DePaul, LSU, Kentucky and Syracuse. Louisville was a number two seed. Click on the '1980 NCAA Basketball Seedings' link on this page to see an entire listing of the seedings.
As of now, there are 65 teams in the tournament. Two teams (generally considered to be the worst in the tournament) play an "opening round" game. The winner gets the fourth 16 seed in the first round of the tournament.
Sweet Sixteen two times Cleveland State in 1986 Chattanooga in 1997
The NCAA Tournament and The NIT tournament
Rankings are subjective. The NCAA Tournament games are about matchups.
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Virginia and Pennsylvania
7-seed Penn State won two games (over Providence and North Carolina) before losing to 11-seed Temple 84-72 in the Sweet 16.
In 2008, both of the 2007 finalists, Florida and Ohio State, didn't make the NCAA tournament. That has only happened one other time - in 1980 when the 1979 finalists, Michigan State and Indiana State also failed to make the tournament.
Kentucky
UNC lost to Weber State, 76-74, in the first round of the 1999 NCAA tournament.
Yes. Going in to the 2013 Final Four, the record for #1 seeds vs. #4 seeds in the NCAA men's basketball tournament is 42-21 in favor of the #1 seeds. This includes two such games in the 2013 tournament: #4 Michigan over #1 Kansas and #4Syracuse over #1 Indiana.