11 seed George Mason
the (4) seed Arizona Wildcats in 1997, Defeated (1) seed Kansas Jayhawks (favored to win it all) in the sweet sixteen: final score 85-82 Defeated (1) seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the final four: final score 66-58 Defeated (1) seed Kentucky Wildcats in the National Championship: final score 84-79
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.
You have each team in the pool play each other once, top 4 teams progress. Then a quarter final, semi-final then final
Best of 7 for four rounds the highest seed plays the lowest seed, the second highest seed plays the second lowest seed and so on. Sudden death overtimes for 20 minute periods. Home ice advantage goes to the higher seed who gets home ice in games 1, 2, 5, 7. The best record gets home ice advantage in the Stanley Cup Finals.
They were an 11 seed.
George Mason 2006 LSU 1986
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
11 seed George Mason
3 #11 seeds have made the Final Four. LSU in 1986 George Mason in 2006 VCU in 2011
George Mason was an 11 seed in the 2006 March Madness and a 12 seed in the 2008 March Madness.
The answer to your question is yes. George Mason (2006) and LSU (1986) both beat #1 seeds as #11 seeds. In 2011, Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) beat #1 Kansas to become the third #11-seed (LSU and George Mason being the first two) to advance to the Final Four.
There have been three times in NCAA Men's Basketball history that no #1 seed has been in the Final Four. The only three years were 1980, 2006, and 2011 with the following teams included in their separate final fours: 1980: Louisville (#2 seed), Iowa (#5 seed), Purdue (#6 seed), and UCLA (#8 seed) 2006: UCLA (#2 seed), Florida (#3 seed), LSU (#4 seed), and George Mason (#11 seed) 2011: Butler (#8 seed), UConn (#3 seed), VCU (#11 seed), and Kentucky (#4 seed)
There have been three times in NCAA Men's Basketball history that no #1 seed has been in the Final Four. The only three years were 1980, 2006, and 2011 with the following teams included in their separate final fours: 1980: Louisville (#2 seed), Iowa (#5 seed), Purdue (#6 seed), and UCLA (#8 seed) 2006: UCLA (#2 seed), Florida (#3 seed), LSU (#4 seed), and George Mason (#11 seed) 2011: Butler (#8 seed), UConn (#3 seed), VCU (#11 seed), and Kentucky (#4 seed)
George Mason was the 11th seed in 2006 and made it all the way to the Final Four. I don't know if that's the lowest seeded team to make it to the Elite Eight or Final Four though.http://a.espncdn.com/ncaatourney/brackets/2006Bracket.pdf
Three 11-seeds have made the Final Four in the modern era of the tournament: Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1986, George Mason in 2006, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in 2011.
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.