03/14/2006
Teams who achieved their highest seed in school history (1st time)
|
School |
Seed |
|
Memphis |
1 |
|
Villanova |
1 |
|
Tennessee |
2 |
|
Nevada |
5 |
|
George Washington |
8 |
|
Bucknell |
9 |
|
North Carolina-Wilmington |
9 |
|
Northern Iowa |
10 |
|
George Mason |
11 |
|
San Diego State |
11 |
|
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
11 |
|
Montana |
12 |
|
Belmont |
15 |
|
Albany |
16 |
Number of Times team has been seeded at current seed
|
1 |
Duke |
10 |
Memphis |
1 |
Connecticut |
4 |
Villanova |
1 |
|
2 |
Texas |
1 |
UCLA |
3 |
Tennessee |
1 |
Ohio State |
1 |
|
3 |
Iowa |
2 |
Gonzaga |
2 |
North Carolina |
4 |
Florida |
3 |
|
4 |
Louisiana State |
3 |
Kansas |
4 |
Illinois |
6 |
Boston College |
3 |
|
5 |
Syracuse |
4 |
Pittsburgh |
1 |
Washington |
2 |
Nevada |
1 |
|
6 |
West Virginia |
1 |
Indiana |
4 |
Michigan State |
1 |
Oklahoma |
2 |
|
7 |
California |
1 |
Marquette |
3 |
Wichita State |
1 |
Georgetown |
2 |
|
8 |
George Washington |
1 |
Arkansas |
1 |
Kentucky |
2 |
Arizona |
1 |
|
9 |
North Carolina-Wilmington |
1 |
Bucknell |
1 |
UAB |
3 |
Wisconsin |
2 |
|
10 |
North Carolina State |
2 |
Alabama |
1 |
Seton Hall |
3 |
Northern Iowa |
1 |
|
11 |
Southern Illinois |
4 |
San Diego State |
1 |
George Mason |
1 |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
1 |
|
12 |
Texas A&M |
2 |
Kent State |
1 |
Utah State |
3 |
Montana |
1 |
|
13 |
Iona |
2 |
Bradley |
1 |
Air Force |
1 |
Pacific |
2 |
|
14 |
Northwestern State |
1 |
Xavier |
3 |
Murray State |
4 |
South Alabama |
1 |
|
15 |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
Belmont |
1 |
Winthrop |
1 |
Davidson |
1 |
|
16 |
Southern |
2 |
Oral Roberts |
1 |
Albany |
1 |
Monmouth |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hampton |
1 |
First Round Rematches
·
California defeated North Carolina State
76-74 in 2003 First Round
·
Memphis defeated Oral Roberts 92-83 in
1984 First Round
·
Kent State defeated Pittsburgh 78-73 in
2002 Sweet Sixteen
·
UAB is 2-0 vs. Kentucky (1981 Second Round,
2004 Second Round)
·
North Carolina defeated Murray State 80-70
in 1995 First Round
·
Wisconsin defeated Arizona 66-59 in 2000
Second Round
·
Ohio State defeated Davidson 69-64 in 2002
First Round
Hampton has the lowest RPI Ranking of
any tournament team (since 1994) at #284.