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Chances are strong that, as the only No. 1 seed remaining in the field, North Carolina will come away with the title in this year’s Final Four.
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Top seeds have won 20 of 37 men’s national championships since seeding began in 1979. Ten of the last 15 titles were won by a No. 1 seed, including Duke last season.
Should UNC win its sixth NCAA title, it would mark the third time the Blue Devils and Tar Heels captured back-to-back NCAA championships. Duke won in 1991 and 1992, followed by Carolina in 1993. UNC won in 2009, followed by the Devils in 2010. (The Heels also won in 1957, 1982 and 2005, Duke in 2001.)
Note, too, that although Syracuse is a 10th-seed, its deep tournament penetration held up as an example of parity, in fact this is the third straight season and fourth in the past five in which no team from outside the power elite crashed the Final Four.
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FOURTUITOUS |
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| Year | Seed, Team | Seed, Team | Seed, Team | Seed, Team | Non-Power League |
| 2016 | 1 UNC | 2 Oklahoma | 2 Villanova | 10 Syracuse | |
| 2015 | 1 Duke | 1 Wisconsin | 1 Kentucky | 7 Michigan State | |
| 2014 | 1 Florida | 2 Wisconsin | 7 UConn | 8 Kentucky | |
| 2013 | 1 Louisville | 4 Michigan | 4 Syracuse | 9 Wichita State | Wichita State |
| 2012 | 1 Kentucky | 2 Kansas | 2 Ohio St. | 4 Louisville | |
| 2011 | 3 UConn | 4 Kentucky | 8 Butler | 11 VCU | Butler, VCU |
| 2010 | 1 Duke | 2 West Virginia | 5 Butler | 5 Michigan St. | Butler |
| 2009 | 1 UNC | 1 UConn | 2 Michigan St. | 3 Villanova | |
| 2008 | 1 UNC | 1 Kansas | 1 Memphis | 1 UCLA | Memphis |
| 2007 | 1 Florida | 1 Ohio State | 2 Georgetown | 2 UCLA | |
| 2006 | 2 UCLA | 3 Florida | 4 LSU | 11 George Mason | George Mason |
| 2005 | 1 UNC | 1 Illinois | 4 Louisville | 5 Michigan State | Louisville* |
| 2004 | 1 Duke | 2 UConn | 2 Oklahoma St. | 3 Georgia Tech | |
| 2003 | 1 Texas | 2 Kansas | 3 Marquette | 3 Syracuse | Marquette* |
| 2002 | 1 Maryland | 1 Kansas | 2 Oklahoma | 5 Indiana | |
| 2001 | 1 Duke | 1 Michigan St. | 2 Arizona | 3 Maryland | |
| 2000 | 2 Michigan St. | 5 Florida | 8 UNC | 8 Wisconsin | |
| 1999 | 1 Duke | 1 UConn | 1 Michigan St. | 4 Ohio State | |
| 1998 | 1 UNC | 2 Kentucky | 3 Stanford | 3 Utah | Utah |
| 1997 | 1 UNC | 1 Kentucky | 1 Minnesota | 4 Arizona | |
| 1996 | 1 Kentucky | 1 UMass | 4 Syracuse | 5 Mississippi St. | UMass |
| 1995 | 1 UCLA | 2 Arkansas | 2 UNC | 4 Oklahoma St. | |
| 1994 | 1 Arkansas | 2 Arizona | 2 Duke | 3 Florida | |
| 1993 | 1 UNC | 1 Kentucky | 1 Michigan | 2 Kansas | |
| 1992 | 1 Duke | 2 Indiana | 4 Cincinnati | 6 Michigan | Cincinnati* |
| 1991 | 1 UNC | 1 UNLV | 2 Duke | 3 Kansas | UNLV |
| 1990 | 1 UNLV | 3 Duke | 4 Arkansas | 4 Georgia Tech | UNLV |
| 1989 | 1 Illinois | 2 Duke | 3 Michigan | 3 Seton Hall | |
| 1988 | 1 Arizona | 1 Oklahoma | 2 Duke | 6 Kansas | |
| 1987 | 1 Indiana | 1 UNLV | 2 Syracuse | 6 Providence | UNLV |
| 1986 | 1 Duke | 1 Kansas | 2 Louisville | 11 LSU | Louisville* |
| 1985 | 1 Georgetown | 1 St. John's | 2 Memphis | 8 Villanova | Memphis |
| 1984 | 1 Georgetown | 1 Kentucky | 2 Houston | 7 Virginia | Houston |
| 1983 | 1 Houston | 1 Louisville | 4 Georgia | 6 N.C. State | Houston, Louisville* |
| 1982 | 1 Georgetown | 1 UNC | 3 Louisville | 6 Houston | Louisville*, Houston |
| 1981 | 1 LSU | 1 Virginia | 2 UNC | 3 Indiana | |
| 1980 | 2 Louisville | 5 Iowa | 6 Purdue | 8 UCLA | Louisville* |
| 1979 | 1 Indiana St. | 2 DePaul | 2 Michigan St. | 9 Penn | DePaul*, Ind. St., Penn |
| CHAMPIONS: | ||
| Seed | No. | Seasons Won |
| 1 | 20 | 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1987, 1984, 1982/TR> |
| 2 | 7 | 2004, 2000, 1998, 1991, 1986, 1980, 1979/TR> |
| 3 | 5 | 2011, 2006, 2003, 1989, 1981/TR> |
| 4 | 1 | 1997/TR> |
| 6 | 2 | 1988, 1983/TR> |
| 7 | 1 | 2014/TR> |
| 8 | 1 | 1985/TR> |