What is the smallest school to win the NCAA Tournament?

1985 Villanova

8 seed, the lowest of any national title winner to this day. The Wildcats entered the NCAA tournament with a modest 19-10 record and didn't win any of their first three March Madness games by more than five points.

What's the smallest school in the NCAA Tournament?

Wofford College is the smallest school represented in the NCAA tournament.

Has a 15 seed ever won the NCAA Tournament?

No, a 15 seed has never won the NCAA Tournament.

Has a 16 seed team ever won the NCAA Tournament?

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.

Has a 13 seed ever won March Madness?

Has a 13 seed ever won March Madness? A 13 seed has never won the NCAA Tournament, and that probably will not ever happen. Six teams seeded No. 13 have advanced to the second weekend, but all six have faltered in the Sweet 16.

Wofford College is the smallest school represented in the NCAA tournament

Has there ever 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 16 seed ever made it to the Elite 8?

The Missouri Tigers were the first to do it in 2002, and the Oregon State Beavers pulled it off in 2021. No. 13: While no No. 13 seed has ever gotten as far as the Elite Eight, a total of six 13th-seeded teams have reached the Sweet 16, the most recent being LaSalle in 2013.

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 made the 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 a 14 seed ever made the Final Four?

In a fun twist, three of the last four No. 14-seed upsets — Georgia State against Baylor, UAB against Iowa State in 2015 and Abilene Christian vs. Texas in 2021 — were all decided by one point.

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.

What are the smallest Division 1 schools?

What is the smallest power 5 school?

Among the Power 5 schools, Wake Forest has the smallest undergraduate enrollment (4,775). And it has the smallest stadium in the league (31,500).

What is the smallest college basketball arena?

The smallest arena in D1 basketball is USC Upstate, who plays at the GB Hodge Center to a max capacity of 878.

What is the lowest seed to ever make Elite 8?

Saint Peter's did what no No. 15 seed had ever done before when it advanced to the Elite Eight with a 67-64 win over Purdue on Friday night. The Peacocks became the first of three No. 15 seeds to advance from the Sweet 16 with the victory and are, by far, the lowest seed to make the Elite Eight.

Has there ever been a Final Four without a number 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.

What is the lowest seed to reach Final Four?

The lowest seed to make the Final Four is a No. 11. It has happened five times, most recently in 2021. The highest seed to ever make the championship is an 8, which has happened twice.

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.

What is the farthest a 15 seed has gone?

The farthest a 15-seed has ever gone in the tournament was Florida Gulf Coast in 2013 when the Eagles advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to Florida, who ironically, will face Oral Roberts in their next tournament game.

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 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.

Are there any perfect brackets left?

Zero. Out of the billions of brackets filled out in the entirety of bracketology, not a single one has been filled out correctly.