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 1986
11 seeded George Mason in 2006
11 seeded VCU in 2011
11 seeded Wichita State in 2013
In 2006, George Mason made it as a #11 seed. This is not necessarily the lowest seed of all time to make it to the final four.
11 seed george mason and 11 sed LSU
16th seed- four of them(1 per region)
Villanova
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
16 seed, beat duke last year
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.
No. The lowest seed to reach the Elite 8 was #12 Missouri in 2002.
Michigan was a #3 seed when they won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 1989.
They were the 8 seed. Nova upset Georgetown in the title game.
Villanova
Since the seeding system was introduced in 1979, the lowest seed to win the NCAA men's basketball tournament was 8th-seeded Villanova in 1985.
Kansas was the #6 seed in the Midwest bracket in 1988.
#1 seeded Kansas defeated Kentucky in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, by a score of 88-76.
The higher seed is considered the home team
Villanova was the lowest seed to win the tournament as an 8 seed in 1985.