How many times has a No. 1 seed won the NCAA men’s basketball tournament?

This isn’t to be a Cinderella-hating, bracket-buster buzz kill, however …

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

Because the NCAA males’s basketball event went to a 64-team subject, a No. 1 seed has gained 23 of the 36 championships. Baylor’s rout of Gonzaga, a fellow one seed, in final yr’s event remaining was the fourth straight by a high canine and the tenth within the final 14 seasons. A two seed (5 instances) 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 bottom seed to win a championship is Villanova, which gained all of it in 1985, the inaugural yr of the 64-team format.

Final yr’s Baylor-Gonzaga 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 high seed in three tournaments since 1985, successful the 1995 nationwide championship. The Bruins additionally have been a No. 1 in 1990 (Elite 8 loss to Indiana) and 2008 (Closing 4 loss to Memphis).