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Lowest Seed to Ever Reach the Final Four

Everybody loves a Cinderella story, and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is their best supplier. Upsets happen left and right, but on rare occasions, a team can extend their magical run to the Final Four. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only five double-digit seeds have made the Final Four. All five teams were No. 11 seeds.

Let’s take a look back and see how these teams fared.

1. 1986 LSU Tigers

The LSU tigers are the trendsetters here, but they did it in style. This LSU team was a top ten team in the nation, winning their first 14 games of the season.