This article discusses the historical performances of NCAA tournament teams, particularly focusing on the phenomenon where no one- or two-seed teams unranked in the preseason AP poll have reached the Final Four since the tournament expanded in 1985. Despite numerous instances of such seeds in the tournament, the article highlights the lack of success for these teams in achieving deeper tournament runs, marking the significance of this bizarre trend in the context of college basketball history.
No team with a one- or two-seed that was unranked in the preseason AP poll has made a Final Four during the 64-team era.
For 39 teams seeded among the field's top eight teams to collectively whiff on a Final Four appearance is pretty staggering, and enough to make this fact not just fun, but actually meaningful.
Among teams fitting this criteria, eight have made it as far as the Elite Eight, indicating a higher competitive standard for top-seeded teams.
There have actually been five teams that have gone all the way to win a national title despite being unranked in the preseason.
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