In twenty eight years, only four teams seeded lower than #5 have reached the national championship game (#8 Butler in 2011, #7 Connecticut vs. #8 Kentucky in 2014, and #8 UNC in 2022).PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, the national semifinals have featured two #1 seeds ten times and one #1 seed eleven times.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, the lowest seeds to advance to the national semifinals were Geo. Mason (2006), VCU (2011), Loyola (2018), UCLA (2021), and NCSU (2024), all #11 seeds.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, 51 different schools have advanced to the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, more #10 seeds (21) have advanced to the round of 16 than #8 and #9 seeds combined. Only one of these (Syracuse in 2016) has advanced to the National Semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only 16 out of 112 national semifinal teams were seeded lower than #5. In 2011, there were two (#8 Butler and #11 Virginia Commonwealth). In 2014, #7 Connecticut and #8 Kentucky advanced. PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, Connecticut has won all six times in which it advanced to the national championship game.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, the smallest number of #1 seeds to advance to the round of 16 is 2 (2000, 2004, 2018, and 2023).PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, the lowest average seeding in the national semifinals was in 2023, when the #4, #5, #5, and #9 advanced, making an average seeding of 5.75.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, Kansas has 6 appearances in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, a team named Connecticut, Kentucky, Duke, or UNC has won just over half of the championships.PickHoops QuickFact
In twenty eight years, eighteen out of twenty eight national semifinals have had at least one ACC team.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, 109 different schools have advanced to the round of 16, and 43 of them only made it once.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, 90 #1 seeds have made it to the round of 16, an average of 3.2 per year.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, the most teams seeded #9 or lower to advance to the round of sixteen is 5 in 1999.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, 44 out of 112 national semifinal teams were #1 seeds.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, Connecticut has made the round of 16 twelve times.
