No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
8 Seed Villanova in 1985
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.
Villanova was an eighth seed in 1985.
UNC was a number 1 seed in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament.
Villanova was the lowest seed to win the tournament as an 8 seed in 1985.
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
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No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
8 Seed Villanova in 1985
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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.
8th, the lowest seed to win it all
11 seed george mason and 11 sed LSU
No. No 16th seed has every won the tournament or even won their first game. The lowest seed to ever win the championship is a #8 seed.
Yes,In 1998 in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament 16 seed Harvard beat 1 seed Stanford