How many Final Fours had no #1 seeds?

Last Modified Apr 5, 2024 05:20 GMT
Final Fours had no #1 seeds
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The NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as March Madness, is reaching its pinnacle with just four teams remaining for the 2024 Championship title. They will battle it out with 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 trademarked it eventually.

The 2024 NCAA Tournament is down to its final weekend of action and this year’s Final Four includes two No. 1 seeds Purdue Boilermakers and the UConn Huskies.

How many NCAA Final Fours had no #1 seed in the past?

There have been 38 NCAA tournaments since 1985 and here’s a breakdown of how many times the #1 seeds have played in the Final Four.

YearWinning TeamRunner UpFinal FourFinal Four
2024----
2022Kansas #1North Carolina #8Duke #2Villanova #2
2021Baylor #1Gonzaga #1Houston #2UCLA #11
2019Virginia #1Texas Tech #3Auburn #5Michigan State #2
2018Villanova #1Michigan #3Kansas #1Loyola-Chicago #11
2017N. Carolina #1Gonzaga #1Oregon #3South Carolina #7
2016Villanova #2N. Carolina #1Oklahoma #2Syracuse #10
2015Duke #1Wisconsin #1Kentucky #1Michigan St. #7
2014Connecticut #7Kentucky #8Florida #1Wisconsin #2
2013Louisville #1Michigan #4Wichita St. #9Syracuse #4
2012Kentucky #1Kansas #2Louisville #4Ohio St. #2
2011UConn #3Butler #8Kentucky #4VCU #11
2010Duke #1Butler #5West Virginia #2Michigan St. #5
2009N. Carolina #1Michigan St. #2Villanova #3UConn #1
2008Kansas #1Memphis #1N. Carolina #1UCLA #1
2007Florida #1Ohio St. #1UCLA #2Georgetown #2
2006Florida #3UCLA #2George Mason #11LSU #4
2005N. Carolina #1Illinois #1Michigan St. #5Louisville #4
2004UConn #2Ga. Tech #3Duke #1Oklahoma St. #2
2003Syracuse #3Kansas #2Texas #1Marquette #3
2002Maryland #1Indiana #5Kansas #1Oklahoma #2
2001Duke #1Arizona #2Maryland #3Michigan St. #1
2000Michigan St. #1Florida #5Wisconsin #8N. Carolina #8
1999UConn #1Duke #1Ohio St. #4Michigan St. #1
1998Kentucky #2Utah #3Stanford #3N. Carolina #1
1997Arizona #4Kentucky #1N. Carolina #1Minnesota #1
1996Kentucky #1Syracuse #4Umass #1Miss. St. #5
1995UCLA #1Arkansas #2Oklahoma St #4N. Carolina #2
1994Arkansas #1Duke #2Arizona #2Florida #3
1993N. Carolina #1Michigan #1Kansas #2Kentucky #1
1992Duke #1Michigan #6Indiana #2Cincinnati #4
1991Duke #1Kansas #3UNLV #1N. Carolina #2
1990UNLV #1Duke #3Georgia Tech #4Arkansas #4
1989Michigan #3Seton Hall #3Illinois #1Duke #2
1988Kansas #6Oklahoma #1Duke #2Arizona #1
1987Indiana #1Syracuse #2UNLV #1Providence #6
1986Louisville #2Duke #1LSU #11Kansas #1
1985Villanova #8Georgetown #1Memphis St. #2St. John's #1
1984Georgetown #1Houston #2Kentucky #1Virginia #7
1983N.C. State #6Houston #1Louisville #1Georgia #4
1982N. Carolina #1Georgetown #1Houston #6Louisville #3
1981Indiana #3N. Carolina #2Virginia #1LSU #1
1980Louisville #2UCLA #8Purdue #6Iowa #5
1979Michigan St. #2Indiana St. #1DePaul #2Pennsylvania #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. 

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