Okay, in light of the greatest weekend of the year (the start of college basketball’s March Madness!!!–48 games in four days!!!), I figured I’d post this gold nugget I found through Rivals.com.
It’s a pretty sweet breakdown of the seeds in the tourney that past thirty years and how far they’ve gone in the tournament. I know it’s a little too late for filling out your brackets, but it was still definitely interesting as far as basketball stats go.
Let’s Go Duke!
YEAR SEEDS TEAMS ==== ===== ===== 2008 1, 1, 1, 1 North Carolina, Memphis, Ucla, KANSAS2007 1, 1, 2, 2 Ohio St, FLORIDA, Ucla Georgetown 2006 2, 3, 4, 11 Ucla, FLORIDA, LSU, George Mason 2005 1, 1, 4, 5 Illinois, NORTH CAROLINA, Louisville, Michigan St 2004 1, 2, 2, 3 Duke, CONNECTICUT, Oklahoma St, Georgia Tech 2003 1, 2, 3, 3 Texas, Kansas, Marquette, SYRACUSE 2002 1, 1, 2, 5 MARYLAND, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana 2001 1, 1, 2, 3 DUKE, Michigan St, Arizona, Maryland 2000 1, 5, 8, 8 MICHIGAN ST, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin 1999 1, 1, 1, 4 CONNECTICUT, Duke, Michigan St, Ohio St 1998 1, 2, 3, 3 North Carolina, KENTUCKY, Stanford, Utah 1997 1, 1, 1, 4 Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, ARIZONA 1996 1, 1, 4, 5 KENTUCKY, Massachusetts, Syracuse, Mississippi St 1995 1, 2, 2, 4 UCLA, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma St 1994 1, 2, 2, 3 ARKANSAS, Arizona, Duke, Florida 1993 1, 1, 1, 2 NORTH CAROLINA, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas 1992 1, 2, 4, 6 DUKE, Indiana, Cincinnati, Michigan 1991 1, 1, 2, 3 Unlv, North Carolina, DUKE, Kansas 1990 1, 3, 4, 4 UNLV, Duke, Georgia Tech, Arkansas 1989 1, 2, 3, 3 Illinois, Duke, Seton Hall, MICHIGAN 1988 1, 1, 2, 6 Arizona, Oklahoma, Duke, KANSAS 1987 1, 1, 2, 6 Unlv, INDIANA, Syracuse, Providence 1986 1, 1, 2, 11 Duke, Kansas, LOUISVILLE, Lsu
1985 1, 1, 2, 8 St. John's, Georgetown, Memphis, VILLANOVA 1984 1, 1, 2, 7 Kentucky, GEORGETOWN, Houston, Virginia 1983 1, 1, 4, 6 Houston, Louisville, Georgia, NO CAROLINA ST 1982 1, 1, 3, 6 NORTH CAROLINA, Georgetown, Louisville, Houston 1981 1, 1, 2, 3 Virginia, Lsu, North Carolina, INDIANA 1980 2, 5, 6, 8 LOUISVILLE, Iowa, Purdue, Ucla 1979 1, 2, 2, 9 Indiana St, MICHIGAN ST, DePaul, Pennsylvania Note: Champion in CAPS Farthest Seeds Have Advanced in the Tournament ---------------------------------------------- #1 CHAMPION - Arkansas (1994), Connecticut (1999), Duke (1992, 2001), Georgetown (1984), Indiana (1987), Kentucky (1996),
Maryland (2002), Michigan St (2000), UNLV (1990), North Carolina (1982, 1993, 2005), UCLA (1995) #2 CHAMPION - Connecticut (2004), Duke (1991), Kentucky (1998), Louisville (1980), Louisville (1986), Michigan St (1979) #3 CHAMPION - Indiana (1981), Michigan (1989), Syracuse (2003), Florida (2006) #4 CHAMPION - Arizona (1997) #5 TITLE GAME - Florida (2000), Indiana (2002) #6 CHAMPION - Kansas (1988), No Carolina St (1983) #7 FINAL FOUR - Virginia (1984) #8 CHAMPION - Villanova (1985) #9 FINAL FOUR - Pennsylvania (1979) #10 REGIONAL FINALS - Dayton (1984), Gonzaga (1999), LSU (1987), Providence (1997), St. John's (1979), Texas (1990), Temple (1991), Kent St (2002) #11 FINAL FOUR - LSU (1986), George Mason (2006) #12 REGIONAL FINALS - Missouri (2002) #13 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS - Oklahoma (1999), Richmond (1988), Valparaiso (1998) #14 REGIONAL SEMIFINALS - Cleveland St (1986), Chattanooga (1997) #15 SECOND ROUND - Coppin St (1997), Richmond (1991), Santa Clara (1993), Hampton (2001) *Note: A #16 seed has never beaten a #1 seed.