Since PickHoops was founded, the most teams seeded #9 or lower to advance to the round of sixteen is 5 in 1999.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, Kansas has made the round of 16 sixteen times.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only 16 out of 116 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
In twenty nine years, Michigan State has 8 appearances in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, more #12 seeds (14) have advanced to the round of 16 than #8 or #9 seeds.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only six #9 seeds have made it to the round of 16.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, Michigan State has 8 appearances in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops was founded, only eleven times has a region's first round games gone according to seed (i.e. chalk).PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, Kentucky is 5-2 in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
In twenty nine years, 27 schools have made the round of 16 more than 5 times.PickHoops QuickFact
Since 1996, no team seeded #6 has reached the national semifinals, let alone won the national championship.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, Arizona has made the round of 16 sixteen times.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, UNC has 9 appearances in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
During PickHoops history, Michigan State has 8 appearances in the national semifinals.PickHoops QuickFact
Since PickHoops started, only six #9 seeds have made it to the round of 16.PickHoops QuickFact
In twenty nine years, 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 started, the ACC has eight champions (Duke three times, UNC three times, Virginia one time, and former member Maryland once).
