March 14, 1996
16 seed, beat duke last year
In 2009, the 1 seeded LA Lakers (beat the 8 seeded Utah Jazz 4-1), the 5 seeded Houston Rockets (beat the 4 seeded Portland Trailblazers 4-2), the 6 seesed Dallas Mavericks (beat the 3 seeded San Antonio Spurs 4-1), and the 2 seeded Denver Nuggets (beat the 7 seeded New Orleans Hornets 4-1), all made it to the 2nd round.
about 18 or 20 teams.
The final consolation game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in 1981. Virginia beat LSU, 78-74.
Michigan state beat uconn and North Carolina beat villanova
Beat the tourney.
In NCAA basketball history, there have been a few instances where teams ranked 15th defeated teams ranked 2nd in the NCAA Tournament. Notably, this occurred during the 2012 tournament when Lehigh defeated Duke, and again in 2016 when Middle Tennessee State upset Michigan State. These upsets are rare, highlighting the unpredictability of the tournament. Overall, there are only a handful of such occurrences in NCAA tournament history.
The earliest round for a 1 seed to go out in the NCAA basketball tourney is in the first round. 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.
Indiana beat Michigan, 86-68, in the 1976 NCAA Men's Championship game.
Gonzaga
Wichita State defeated Kansas in the NCAA tournament on March 16, 2015, during the second round of the tournament. The Shockers, who were a 7 seed, won the game with a score of 78-65, marking a significant upset over the 2-seeded Jayhawks. This victory was notable as it was the first time the two in-state rivals faced each other in the NCAA tournament.