These are records for all seeds in the NCAA DI men’s basketball championship since it expanded to 64 teams in 1985, beginning with the first round/round of 64.
The records are taken from the official guides at NCAA.org. Note that First Four records are not included, as these records reflect starting with the 64-team bracket.
Not surprisingly, top seeds have by far the most wins with 534, along with the most titles with 26. Furthermore, seeds 1 through 6 are the only ones with winning records. Though No. 7 seeds have a winning record against 10 seeds — their first round foe — they lose to 10 seeds at a higher rate than they beat No. 2 or 15 seeds in the second round.
SEED
OVERALL RECORD
BEST FINISH
No. 1
534-134
Champions (26 times)
No. 2
373-155
Champions (five times)
No. 3
294-156
Champions (four times)
No. 4
250-158
Champion (two times)
No. 5
183-160
Runner-up (four times)
No. 6
168-159
Champions (once)
No. 7
141-159*
Champions (once)
No. 8
113-159
Champions (once)
No. 9
98-160
Final Four (two times)
No. 10
97-159*
Final Four (once)
No. 11
105-160
Final Four (five times)
No. 12
81-160
Elite Eight (two times)
No. 13
39-160
Sweet 16 (six times)
No. 14
25-160
Sweet 16 (two times)
No. 15
16-160
Sweet 16 (once)
No. 16
2-160
Second round (two times)
The all time seed-vs-seed records in the first round:
Seed vs. Seed.
W-L
Pct.
1 vs. 16
158-2
.988
2 vs. 15
149-11
.931
3 vs. 14
137-23
.856
4 vs. 13
127-33
.794
5 vs. 12
103-57
.644
6 vs. 11
98-62
.613
7 vs. 10*
97-62
.610
8 vs. 9
77-83
.481
*The 2021 first round match-up between No. 7 Oregon and No. 10 VCU was considered a no contest due to COVID-19 protocols.
