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.
Michigan is ranked 16
Michigan state is currently ranked number 2
The Kansas Jayhawks
Andrew wiggins!
9 different teams have entered the tournament ranked #1 and were undefeated and won the tournament, with UCLA doing it 4 times for a total of 12 times this has happened.
This year is the Kentucky Wildcats who were ranked number 3 and now are not ranked in the top 25.
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Yes. Pitt basketball is really highly ranked. They are ranked number 1 in both the AP and Coaches' Poll.
Louisville received their first ever number one ranking in basketball on march 16, 2009. Before that they have never been "ranked" number one in school history, not even during two previous championship seasons. They have been seed number one twice in the ncaa tournament: Once in 1983, and the other time coming as the overall number one seed in the 2009 mens basketball tournament.
Rankings are subjective. The NCAA Tournament games are about matchups.
Last year. They were ranked a 5 seed and lost to Cornell a 12.
Villanova as an 8 seed