You can check out the FanDuel odds for each team to win 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game below: 2) being the only exceptions in that span. 1 seed, with UConn’s victories in 2011 (No. 7 in 2014 mark the only other times a fourth seed or higher has won it all.Įach of the last four and 11 of the past 14 national champions have been a No. 8 back in 1985, the first year of the 64-team NCAA Tournament expansion.Īrizona as a No. Villanova remains highest-seeded squad to ever win a national championship after pulling off the feat as a No. 6 seed or worse have gone on to make it to the final weekend of March Madness. It’s been historically tough for middle-seeded programs to win a region, as only 24 teams with a No. Other contenders will have to scrap their way through several challenging foes to reach the Final Four. 16 UMBC shocked the world by besting top-seeded Virginia in the Round of 64. It occurred just four years ago, when No. 1 seed has ever lost in the first round since the NCAA Tournament expanded to its current format in 1985.