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Since 1996, the most teams seeded #9 or lower to advance to the round of sixteen is 5 in 1999.
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In twenty nine years, all four #1 seeds advanced to the round of 16 in fourteen different years (most recently in 2025).
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During PickHoops history, only Kansas has made it into the tournament every single year.
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Since PickHoops was founded, twenty #11 seeds have advanced to the round of 16.
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Since PickHoops was founded, the national semifinals have featured three or more #1 seeds a total of 5 times.
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Since PickHoops started, the national semifinals have featured three or more #1 seeds a total of 5 times.
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Since PickHoops started, five #8 seed teams have advanced to the national semifinals (UNC in 2000 and 2022, Wisconsin in 2000, Butler in 2011, and Kentucky in 2014).
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In twenty nine years, the lowest seeds to advance to the national semifinals were Geo. Mason, VCU, Loyola, UCLA, and NCSU, all #11 seeds.
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Since PickHoops started, Kentucky has 7 appearances in the national semifinals.
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Since 1996, Michigan State has 8 appearances in the national semifinals.
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Since PickHoops was founded, Michigan State has 8 appearances in the national semifinals.
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Since PickHoops was founded, Duke has made the round of 16 twenty times.
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In twenty nine years, the national semifinals have featured two #1 seeds ten times and one #1 seed eleven times.
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Since 1996, North Carolina is 5-4 in the national semifinals.
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Since PickHoops was founded, a #15 seed has upset a #2 seed 9 times. It happened twice in 2012.
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Since 1996, a team seeded #9 or lower has advanced to the round of sixteen 72 times, 16 percent of the time.
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During PickHoops history, the ACC has had 8 schools advance to the national semifinals (Duke, UNC, Ga. Tech, Virginia, Syracuse, Miami, NCSU, and former member Maryland).

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