NCAA Tournament History

NCAA Tournament History Index

Tournament seeds

Seeds in the Final Four
Year	Seeds	Teams
2011	3, 4, 8, 11	UConn, Kentucky, Butler, VCU
2010	1, 2, 5, 5	Duke, West Virginia, Butler, Michigan State
2009	1, 1, 2, 3	North Carolina, Connecticut, Michigan State, Villanova
2008	1, 1, 1, 1	Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina, UCLA
2007	1, 1, 2, 2	Florida, Ohio State, Georgetown, UCLA
2006	2, 3, 4, 11	UCLA, Florida, LSU, George Mason
2005	1, 1, 4, 5	North Carolina, Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State
2004	1, 2, 2, 3	Duke, Connecticut, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech
2003	1, 2, 3, 3	Texas, Kansas, Marquette, Syracuse
2002	1, 1, 2, 5	Maryland, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana
2001	1, 1, 2, 3	Duke, Michigan State, Arizona, Maryland
2000	1, 5, 8, 8	Michigan State, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin
1999	1, 1, 1, 4	Connecticut, Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State
1998	1, 2, 3, 3	North Carolina, Kentucky, Stanford, Utah
1997	1, 1, 1, 4	Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Arizona
1996	1, 1, 4, 5	Kentucky, Massachusetts, Syracuse, Mississippi State
1995	1, 2, 2, 4	UCLA, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma State
1994	1, 2, 2, 3	Arkansas, Arizona, Duke, Florida
1993	1, 1, 1, 2	North Carolina, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas
1992	1, 2, 4, 6	Duke, Indiana, Cincinnati, Michigan
1991	1, 1, 2, 3	UNLV, North Carolin, Duke, Kansas
1990	1, 3, 4, 4	UNLV, Duke, Georgia Tech, Arkansas
1989	1, 2, 3, 3	Illinois, Duke, Seton Hall, Michigan
1988	1, 1, 2, 6	Arizona, Oklahoma, Duke, Kansas
1987	1, 1, 2, 6	UNLV, Indiana, Syracuse, Providence
1986	1, 1, 2, 11	Duke, Kansas, Louisville, LSU
1985	1, 1, 2, 8	St. John's, Georgetown, Memphis, Villanova
1984	1, 1, 2, 7	Kentucky, Georgetown, Houston, Virginia
1983	1, 1, 4, 6	Houston, Louisville, Georgia, N.C. State
1982	1, 1, 3, 6	North Carolina, Georgetown, Louisville, Houston
1981	1, 1, 2, 3	Virginia, LSU, North Carolina, Indiana
1980	2, 5, 6, 8	Louisville, Iowa, Purdue, UCLA
1979	1, 2, 2, 9	Indiana State, Michigan State, DePaul, Pennsylvania

Champion in bold

Farthest Seeds Have Advanced in the Tournament
Seed	Round	Teams (Year)
No. 1	Champion	Arkansas (1994), Connecticut (1999), Duke (1992, 2001, 2010), Florida (2007), Georgetown (1984), Indiana (1987), Kansas (2008), Kentucky (1996), Maryland (2002), Michigan St. (2000), North Carolina (1982, 1993, 2005, 2009), UCLA (1995), UNLV (1990)
No. 2	Champion	Connecticut (2004), Duke (1991), Kentucky (1998), Louisville (1980, 1986), Michigan St. (1979)
No. 3	Champion	Connecticut (2011), Florida (2006), Indiana (1981), Michigan (1989), Syracuse (2003)
No. 4	Champion	Arizona (1997)
No. 5	Title Game	Butler (2010), Florida (2000), Indiana (2002)
No. 6	Champion	Kansas (1988), North Carolina St. (1983)
No. 7	Final Four	Virginia (1984)
No. 8	Champion	Villanova (1985)
No. 9	Final Four	Pennsylvania (1979)
No. 10	Regional Finals	Davidson (2008), Dayton (1984), Gonzaga (1999), Kent St. (2002), LSU (1987), Providence (1997), St. John's (1979), Texas (1990), Temple (1991)
No. 11	Final Four	George Mason (2006), LSU (1986), VCU (2011)
No. 12	Regional Finals	Missouri (2002)
No. 13	Regional Semifinals	Bradley (2006), Oklahoma (1999), Richmond (1988), Valparaiso (1998)
No. 14	Regional Semifinals	Cleveland St. (1986), Chattanooga (1997)
No. 15	Second Round	Coppin St. (1997), Hampton (2001), Richmond (1991), Santa Clara (1993)
No. 16	First Round	A No. 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed.

Seeds round-by-round: 1985-2010
Seed	1st round	2nd round	Regional semifinals	Regional finals	National semifinals	National Title	Total
1	104-0	91-13	75-16	45-30	25-20	16-9	356-88
2	100-4	67-33	48-19	23-25	11-12	4-7	253-100
3	88-16	53-35	26-27	13-13	8-5	3-5	191-101
4	82-22	44-38	14-30	9-5	2-7	1-1	152-103
5	69-35	38-31	7-31	6-1	3-3	0-3	123-104
6	71-33	37-34	13-24	3-10	2-1	1-1	127-103
7	62-42	18-44	6-12	0-6			86-104
8	48-56	9-39	6-3	3-3	1-2	1-0	68-103
9	56-48	4-52	1-3	0-1			61-104
10	42-62	19-23	7-12	0-7			68-104
11	33-71	12-21	4-8	2-2	0-2		51-104
12	35-69	18-17	1-17	0-1			54-104
13	22-82	4-18	0-4				26-104
14	16-88	2-14	0-2				18-104
15	4-100	0-4					4-104
16	0-104						0-104
Total	832-832	416-416	208-208	104-104	52-52	26-26	1,648-1,648

Year-by-year won-loss records
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
2010	12-3	10-4	5-4	4-4	10-4	5-4	1-4	2-4	3-4	4-4	3-4	2-4	1-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
2009	16-3	12-4	11-4	5-4	2-4	3-4	1-4	2-4	2-4	3-4	1-4	4-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2008	19-3	7-4	10-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	4-4	2-4	3-4	3-4	1-4	4-4	2-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2007	17-3	12-4	8-4	5-4	7-4	3-4	5-4	1-4	3-4	0-4	2-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2006	11-4	10-4	9-3	7-4	3-4	3-4	4-4	3-4	1-4	2-4	5-4	2-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
2005	15-3	7-4	5-4	6-4	7-4	7-4	5-4	1-4	3-4	2-4	1-4	2-4	1-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
2004	9-4	12-3	10-4	7-4	4-4	5-4	5-4	5-4	2-4	2-4	0-4	2-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2003	13-4	9-4	13-3	3-4	6-4	4-4	4-4	1-4	3-4	3-4	1-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2002	13-3	11-4	6-4	5-4	5-4	3-4	3-4	5-4	0-4	3-4	3-4	5-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
2001	16-3	8-4	8-4	4-4	3-4	4-4	3-4	0-4	4-4	3-4	4-4	3-4	2-4	0-4	1-4	0-4
2000	10-3	6-4	6-4	7-4	8-4	7-4	4-4	10-4	0-4	4-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
1999	17-3	5-4	7-4	6-4	3-4	7-4	0-4	0-4	4-4	8-4	0-4	3-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1998	11-4	12-3	10-4	5-4	4-4	3-4	1-4	5-4	1-4	4-4	3-4	1-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1997	15-4	7-4	3-4	11-3	4-4	8-4	2-4	2-4	2-4	5-4	0-4	1-4	0-4	2-4	1-4	0-4
1996	13-3	12-4	7-4	8-4	5-4	4-4	2-4	2-4	3-4	2-4	1-4	3-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
1995	13-3	15-4	3-4	8-4	5-4	6-4	3-4	2-4	2-4	1-4	1-4	1-4	1-4	2-4	0-4	0-4
1994	13-3	12-4	10-4	6-4	3-4	4-4	2-4	0-4	6-4	3-4	1-4	3-4	0-4	0-4	0-4	0-4
1993	18-3	8-4	7-4	5-4	4-4	5-4	7-4	2-4	2-4	0-4	1-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	1-4	0-4
1992	13-3	10-4	5-4	8-4	3-4	10-4	3-4	1-4	4-4	2-4	0-4	2-4	1-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1991	13-4	10-3	10-4	7-4	3-4	2-4	2-4	3-4	1-4	4-4	3-4	2-4	1-4	1-4	1-4	0-4
1990	12-3	5-4	7-4	10-4	3-4	6-4	5-4	3-4	2-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	0-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1989	11-4	11-4	13-3	6-4	6-4	0-4	3-4	0-4	4-4	1-4	5-4	1-4	1-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1988	14-4	10-4	4-4	5-4	6-4	10-3	4-4	3-4	1-4	1-4	2-4	0-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1987	16-3	11-4	4-4	2-4	6-4	9-4	2-4	1-4	3-4	4-4	0-4	2-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4
1986	13-4	10-3	3-4	5-4	5-4	5-4	6-4	5-4	1-4	1-4	4-4	2-4	0-4	3-4	0-4	0-4
1985	13-4	11-4	7-4	4-4	5-4	1-4	5-4	7-3	2-4	0-4	5-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	0-4	0-4