Fill My Bracket starts a full March Madness bracket from five questions.

How often does a double-digit seed make the Final Four?

Seven times in 41 tournaments since 1985. Six of the seven were 11 seeds. The other was Syracuse, a 10 seed, in 2016. All seven lost in the semifinals.

126 days until Selection Sunday, Sunday, March 14, 2027.

The seven double-digit Final Four teams

No seed of 12 or higher has ever done it.

The lowest seed ever to reach the Final Four is an 11 seed.

See the full list on the lowest seed to reach the Final Four page.

So close, then done

Every one of the seven lost its semifinal game.

None of them reached the title game.

No double-digit seed has ever won the title.

The lowest seed to win is an 8 seed: Villanova, in 1985.

Read about it on the lowest seed to win March Madness page.

The run usually ends a round earlier

A double-digit seed reached the Sweet 16 in 39 of 41 tournaments.

The Final Four is a different wall.

Only seven teams in 41 years got through it.

See the counted record in the full upset analysis, and the first-round spots in how to pick upsets.

How we counted

Counted from the site’s tournament record, 1985 to 2026.

That is 41 tournaments. There was no tournament in 2020.

See every year on the tournament history page.