What is the fewest points ever scored by a team in an NCAA Tournament game?

1. Pittsburgh 26, North Carolina 20 (1941)

What are the fewest points ever scored by a team in an NCAA Tournament game and by what team?

The fewest points scored in any NCAA tournament game is 46, a record set in 1941 when Pittsburgh beat North Carolina 26–20. The fewest scored in March Madness in the shot-clock era (since 1986) is 75, set when Missouri State beat Wisconsin 43–32 in 1999.

What is the least amount of points scored in a college basketball game by one team?

Lowest Scoring Games in College Basketball

Surprisingly, the lowest-scoring game in college basketball after the introduction of the shot clock was pretty recent. The North Carolina State Wolfpack scored a meager 24 points against Virginia Tech's 47 points in 2019.

Has a 16 seed ever beat a 1 in March Madness?

UMBC is the only No. 16 seed to ever beat a No. 1 seed since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Entering the 2022 tournament, No.

Has there ever been a final 4 without a 1 seed?

Even with the successes of No. 1 seeds in the Final Four and championship game, there has only been one Final Four in which all four top seeds from the field made it: 2008, when Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA were all there.

The worst college basketball game was so historically awful, a ranked team scored just 24 points

Has a 15 seed ever made it to Elite 8?

Oral Roberts become the second in 2021. In 2022 we saw St. Peter's led by head coach Shaheen Halloway become the first 15 seed in the Elite Eight before having their dreams shattered by the eighth seed North Carolina.

Has there been an Elite 8 without a 1-seed?

Eight championship games featured a 1-seed face-off: 1993 – North Carolina beat Michigan. 1999 – Connecticut beat Duke. 2005 – North Carolina beat Illinois.

Has a 15 ever beaten a 2?

Saint Peter's became the 10th No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed when it shocked Kentucky, 85-79, in overtime in the first round of the 2022 NCAA tournament. It marked the second year in a row a 15 downed a 2, as Oral Roberts upset Ohio State in 2021.

Has a 15 seed ever beaten a 2?

With the 85-79 win, Saint Peter's became just the 10th No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 in the 37 years since the field expanded to 64 teams. The upset happens less than 7 percent of the time.

What is the furthest a 15 seed has made it in the NCAA Tournament?

No.

15 seeds have advanced to the Sweet 16, Florida Gulf Coast in 2013, Oral Roberts in 2021, and St. Peter's in 2022. And St. Peter's made it true March Madness, and became the first to advance to the Elite Eight.

What is the lowest basketball score ever?

NBA Lowest-Scoring Record

On November 22, 1950, the Fort Wayne Pistons defeated the reigning champions of the Minneapolis Lakers for 19 to 18, in the match that would go down in history as the game with the lowest-scoring (37 combined points).

What is the least points scored in a quarter?

According to Basketball-Reference.com (h/t CBSSports.com's Matt Moore), the Celtics set a new record for postseason futility when they scored an all-time low seven points in the first quarter. All told, the Celtics shot just 3-of-23 from the field in the opening frame, including a ghastly 0-of-6 from beyond the arc.

What is the lowest scoring NFL game?

In the early days of the NFL there were a number of 0–0 games. The last recorded was in 1943, when the Detroit Lions met the New York Giants. Since then, the lowest scoring games have had 3 points. Here are the most recent.

What is the lowest seed to win NCAA?

Lowest seeds to win the NCAA Tournament

8 seed to win a title, but also the lowest seed ever to win a national championship. The lowest seed ever to reach the Final Four is an 11 seed, which has happened five times — LSU (1986), George Mason (2006), VCU (2011), Loyola Chicago (2018) and UCLA (2021).

What is the most points scored in a March Madness game?

The tournament takes place each spring and is one of the most popular sporting events in the United States. Austin Carr of Notre Dame scored a record 61 points in a single game against Ohio in the first round of the 1970 edition of the tournament.

What is the highest scoring NCAA game in history?

On October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University, 222-0, in the most lopsided game in college football history. Coached by John Heisman, later namesake of college football's most famous trophy, Georgia Tech takes a 63-0 lead in the first quarter at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Has any 15 seed made the Sweet 16?

With their victory over the Racers — which followed an incredible 85-79 upset of 2-seed Kentucky in the opening round — Saint Peter's is just the third 15-seed team in the NCAA Tournament's expanded bracket era to reach the Sweet 16.

How often does a 14 beat a 3 seed?

According to NCAA.com, since the NCAA Tournament field expanded back in 1985, the 14 seed is 22-122 against the 3-seed. Since the 2014 NCAA Tournament, we have seen five 14 seeds pull off the upset.

Has a 16 team ever won?

Wednesday, March 16 marks the fourth anniversary of the only victory by a men's 16 seed in a non-play-in NCAA tournament game. University of Maryland Baltimore County not only upset top-seeded Virginia, it disposed of the Cavs in a fashion that most of the previous 132 top seeds had eliminated 16 seeds.

How often does a 12 seed beat a 5?

According to NCAA.com since the NCAA Tournament field expanded back in 1985, the 12 seed is 51-93 against the 5 seed. And since 2017 this upset has occurred five times, including three times in 2019.

Has a 15 seed ever made the Final 4?

That factoid obviously means that no 15-seed has ever made the Final Four, giving the Peacocks yet another opportunity to make history should it spring yet another upset in Philadelphia this evening. Since the the tourney expanded to 64 in 1985, the highest seed to make the Final Four has been an 11-seed.

How many 1 seeds have lost to a 16 seed?

16 vs. 1. Before 2018, 16-seeded teams were 0–132 against 1-seeds. There were multiple occurrences of a 16-seed getting within single digits, with the most recent being Weber State losing to top-seeded Arizona 68–59 in 2014.

Has a number 2 seed ever lost in the first round?

15 seeds for the next 11 years. All in all, No. 2 seeds have lost only nine games in the opening round, most recently Ohio State in 2021, when the Buckeyes lost to Oral Roberts in overtime, 75-72. However, three of those losses happened in back-to-back years with both Duke and Missouri in 2012, and Georgetown in 2013.

How many 11 seeds have made Elite 8?

Nine #11 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight: LSU (1986), Loyola Marymount (1990), Temple (2001), George Mason (2006), Virginia Commonwealth (2011), Dayton (2014), Xavier (2017), Loyola Chicago (2018), and UCLA (2021).

Has a first year coach ever won a national championship?

There has only been one coach to ever win a national championship in his first year as a head coach of a men's college basketball team — and even that comes with an asterisk. Back in 1989, Michigan coach Bill Frieder took the Wolverines to a 24-7 regular-season record. The Wolverines earned a No.