How many No. 1 seeds received the NCAA basketball match?

This is to not be a Cinderella-hating, bracket-buster buzz kill, however …

Odds are, a No. 1 seed goes to be snipping web on the finish of “One Shining Moment.”

Since the NCAA males’s basketball match went to a 64-team area, a No. 1 seed has received 24 of the 37 championships. Kansas’ win over North Carolina in final 12 months’s match ultimate was the fifth straight by a prime canine and the eleventh within the final 15 seasons. A two seed (5 occasions) and a 3 seed (4) have accounted for 9 of the remaining 13 titles. The remaining 4 crowns have gone to 4, six, seven and eight seeds.

The lowest seed to win a championship is Villanova, which received all of it in 1985, the inaugural 12 months of the 64-team format.

The 2021 Baylor-Gonzaga finals matchup was the ninth assembly of two No. 1 seeds since 1985. North Carolina has performed in 4 of these video games, successful every of them (1982 in opposition to Georgetown; ’93 in opposition to Michigan; 2005 in opposition to Illinois; and 2017 in opposition to Gonzaga).

UCLA has been a prime seed in three tournaments since 1985, successful the 1995 nationwide championship. The Bruins additionally had been a No. 1 in 1990 (Elite 8 loss to Indiana) and 2008 (Final Four loss to Memphis).