Villanova
Michigan was a #3 seed when they won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 1989.
You have the advantage, or you may be seeded higher in a tournament.
Kansas was the #6 seed in the Midwest bracket in 1988.
In 2006, the third seeded (in the Minneapolis bracket) University of Florida gators defeated the #2 seeded UCLA (in the Oakland bracket) in the national championship. Neither team was a number one seeed
#1 seeded Kansas defeated Kentucky in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, by a score of 88-76.
16 seed, beat duke last year
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
The higher seed is considered the home team
The home team, or the higher seeded team in a tournament, wears their white jerseys.
They were the 8 seed. Nova upset Georgetown in the title game.
16 seeded Harvard defeated 1 seed Stanford in the 1998 women's NCAA tournament. That is the only victory by a 16 seed in either the men's or women's tournament.