The NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, is scheduled to begin on March 18, 2025. Four teams battle out each other in the Final Four, which can be considered as the semi-final round of the Division I tournament. The four teams will compete to advance to the national championship game. In 1978, the NCAA began to use the term ‘Final Four’ and eventually trademarked it.
How many NCAA Final Fours had no #1 seed in the past?
There have been 39 NCAA tournaments since 1985 and here’s a breakdown of how many times the #1 seeds have played in the Final Four, as per reports.
| Year | Winning Team | Runner Up | Final Four | Final Four |
| 2024 | UConn#1 | Purdue#1 | NC State #11 | Alabama #4 |
| 2022 | Kansas #1 | North Carolina #8 | Duke #2 | Villanova #2 |
| 2021 | Baylor #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Houston #2 | UCLA #11 |
| 2019 | Virginia #1 | Texas Tech #3 | Auburn #5 | Michigan State #2 |
| 2018 | Villanova #1 | Michigan #3 | Kansas #1 | Loyola-Chicago #11 |
| 2017 | N. Carolina #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Oregon #3 | South Carolina #7 |
| 2016 | Villanova #2 | N. Carolina #1 | Oklahoma #2 | Syracuse #10 |
| 2015 | Duke #1 | Wisconsin #1 | Kentucky #1 | Michigan St. #7 |
| 2014 | Connecticut #7 | Kentucky #8 | Florida #1 | Wisconsin #2 |
| 2013 | Louisville #1 | Michigan #4 | Wichita St. #9 | Syracuse #4 |
| 2012 | Kentucky #1 | Kansas #2 | Louisville #4 | Ohio St. #2 |
| 2011 | UConn #3 | Butler #8 | Kentucky #4 | VCU #11 |
| 2010 | Duke #1 | Butler #5 | West Virginia #2 | Michigan St. #5 |
| 2009 | N. Carolina #1 | Michigan St. #2 | Villanova #3 | UConn #1 |
| 2008 | Kansas #1 | Memphis #1 | N. Carolina #1 | UCLA #1 |
| 2007 | Florida #1 | Ohio St. #1 | UCLA #2 | Georgetown #2 |
| 2006 | Florida #3 | UCLA #2 | George Mason #11 | LSU #4 |
| 2005 | N. Carolina #1 | Illinois #1 | Michigan St. #5 | Louisville #4 |
| 2004 | UConn #2 | Ga. Tech #3 | Duke #1 | Oklahoma St. #2 |
| 2003 | Syracuse #3 | Kansas #2 | Texas #1 | Marquette #3 |
| 2002 | Maryland #1 | Indiana #5 | Kansas #1 | Oklahoma #2 |
| 2001 | Duke #1 | Arizona #2 | Maryland #3 | Michigan St. #1 |
| 2000 | Michigan St. #1 | Florida #5 | Wisconsin #8 | N. Carolina #8 |
| 1999 | UConn #1 | Duke #1 | Ohio St. #4 | Michigan St. #1 |
| 1998 | Kentucky #2 | Utah #3 | Stanford #3 | N. Carolina #1 |
| 1997 | Arizona #4 | Kentucky #1 | N. Carolina #1 | Minnesota #1 |
| 1996 | Kentucky #1 | Syracuse #4 | Umass #1 | Miss. St. #5 |
| 1995 | UCLA #1 | Arkansas #2 | Oklahoma St #4 | N. Carolina #2 |
| 1994 | Arkansas #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #2 | Florida #3 |
| 1993 | N. Carolina #1 | Michigan #1 | Kansas #2 | Kentucky #1 |
| 1992 | Duke #1 | Michigan #6 | Indiana #2 | Cincinnati #4 |
| 1991 | Duke #1 | Kansas #3 | UNLV #1 | N. Carolina #2 |
| 1990 | UNLV #1 | Duke #3 | Georgia Tech #4 | Arkansas #4 |
| 1989 | Michigan #3 | Seton Hall #3 | Illinois #1 | Duke #2 |
| 1988 | Kansas #6 | Oklahoma #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #1 |
| 1987 | Indiana #1 | Syracuse #2 | UNLV #1 | Providence #6 |
| 1986 | Louisville #2 | Duke #1 | LSU #11 | Kansas #1 |
| 1985 | Villanova #8 | Georgetown #1 | Memphis St. #2 | St. John's #1 |
| 1984 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #2 | Kentucky #1 | Virginia #7 |
| 1983 | N.C. State #6 | Houston #1 | Louisville #1 | Georgia #4 |
| 1982 | N. Carolina #1 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #6 | Louisville #3 |
| 1981 | Indiana #3 | N. Carolina #2 | Virginia #1 | LSU #1 |
| 1980 | Louisville #2 | UCLA #8 | Purdue #6 | Iowa #5 |
| 1979 | Michigan St. #2 | Indiana St. #1 | DePaul #2 | Pennsylvania #9 |
FAQ's On Final Fours seeds
A. The Women’s Final Four will take place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida.
A. The women’s Final Four will be held on Friday, April 4 at 7 p.m. ET whereas the 2025 men’s Final Four is scheduled for Saturday, April 5 at 6:09 p.m. and 8:49 p.m. ET.
A. The 2025 men’s Final Four is set to be played at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
