Not to harsh anyone's jiggy hopes...... mine are already dashed
This year there seems to be a lot of parity so hopefully cinderella shows up at the dance.
Which Seeds Reach the Final Four Most Often?
The better the seed, the more often it reaches the Final Four. Here's a quick rundown of seeds and the number of times each one has reached the Final Four:
•#1 - 43 appearances (44.7%)
•#2 - 20 appearances (20.8%)
•#3 - 12 appearances (12.5%)
•#4 - 9 appearances (9.4%)
•#5 - 4 appearances (4.1%)
•#6 - 3 appearances (3.1%)
•#7 - 0 appearances (0%)
•#8 - 3 appearances (3.1%)
•#9 - 0 appearances (0%)
•#10 - 0 appearances (0%)
•#11 - 2 appearances (2.1%)
No team seeded higher than 11th has ever reached the Final Four. George Mason in 2006 and LSU in 1986 are the only teams to advance that far as eleven seeds.
Interestingly, that makes the eleven spot more successful than the ten, nine or seven seeds.
Which Seeds Win the Championship?
Again, top seeds win most often:
•#1 - 15 championships (62.5%)
•#2 - 3 championships (12.5%)
•#3 - 3 championships (12.5%)
•#4 - 1 championships (4.2%)
•#5 - 0 championships (0%)
•#6 - 1 championships (4.2%)
•#7 - 0 championships (0%)
•#8 - 1 championships (4.2%)
The lowest-seeded team to ever win an NCAA Championship game: the legendary 1985 Villanova Wildcats, who beat heavily-favored Georgetown as an eighth seed.
The six seed won in 1988 -- Larry Brown and Danny Manning's Kansas Jayhawks beat number one seed Oklahoma for the championship.
Those three Cinderellas and the '97 Arizona Wildcats, who won the title as a four, are the only teams to win championships without a top-three position in the brackets.
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