03/22/2004
Using the RPI’s from CollegeRPI.com, the lowest RPI remaining is Xavier at # 35. That is the first time that all Sweet Sixteen teams have been ranked in the top 35 in RPI since 1995.
Teams with a higher RPI are 38-10 in the first two rounds. That is the most wins by a higher RPI team in the first two rounds since 1995:
|
Year |
Wins |
Losses |
|
1994 |
35 |
13 |
|
1995 |
40 |
8 |
|
1996 |
35 |
13 |
|
1997 |
35 |
13 |
|
1998 |
31 |
17 |
|
1999 |
32 |
16 |
|
2000 |
32 |
16 |
|
2001 |
34 |
14 |
|
2002 |
32 |
16 |
|
2003 |
35 |
13 |
|
2004 |
38 |
10 |
The team with the higher seed is 37-11 in the first two rounds. That is the most wins by a higher seeded team in the first two rounds since 1995.
|
Year |
Wins |
Losses |
|
1994 |
34 |
14 |
|
1995 |
38 |
10 |
|
1996 |
36 |
12 |
|
1997 |
35 |
13 |
|
1998 |
34 |
14 |
|
1999 |
29 |
19 |
|
2000 |
36 |
12 |
|
2001 |
32 |
16 |
|
2002 |
36 |
12 |
|
2003 |
34 |
14 |
|
2004 |
37 |
11 |
This is the 8th consecutive year that a #10 seed has been in the Sweet Sixteen. In Eight Years, there have been 12 #10 seeds advance to the Sweet Sixteen. In the 18 years before that only 8 #10 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Here is a list of #10 Seeds in the Sweet Sixteen all time:
|
Year |
Team |
|
1979 |
St. John's, New York |
|
1980 |
Lamar |
|
1983 |
Utah |
|
1984 |
Dayton |
|
1987 |
Louisiana State |
|
1990 |
Texas |
|
1991 |
Temple |
|
1994 |
Maryland |
|
1997 |
Providence |
|
1997 |
Texas |
|
1998 |
West Virginia |
|
1999 |
Gonzaga |
|
1999 |
Miami, Ohio |
|
1999 |
Purdue |
|
2000 |
Gonzaga |
|
2000 |
Seton Hall |
|
2001 |
Georgetown |
|
2002 |
Kent |
|
2003 |
Auburn |
|
2004 |
Nevada |
Here is a summary of Sweet Sixteens by Seed since 1997.
|
Year |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
|
1997 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1998 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1999 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
2000 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2001 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2002 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2003 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2004 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
26 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
1 |