NCAA Final Four Appearances by Seed
You will find two different tables below. The first table shows the number of times that each seed has made it to the final four. The percentage is calculated by taking the total number of times a particular seed has made it to the final four and dividing it by the total number of teams that have reached the final four. The second table shows a list of all of the Final Four teams and their seed, along with the winner and the runner up. The NCAA did not start seeding teams until 1979, so all other years will only list the teams that played. The tables are up to date as of the end of the 2022 season. There have been a total of 172 Final Four appearances. Also check out the percentages of NCAA Tournament Championships Per Seed and NCAA Tournament Upsets by Seed articles.
Seed | Number of Final Four Appearances | Percentage |
#1 | 69 | 40.12% |
#2 | 37 | 21.51% |
#3 | 19 | 11.05% |
#4 | 14 | 8.14% |
#5 | 8 | 4.65% |
#6 | 6 | 3.49% |
#7 | 4 | 2.33% |
#8 | 7 | 4.077% |
#9 | 2 | 1.16% |
#10 | 1 | .58% |
#11 | 5 | 2.90% |
#12 | 0% | |
#13 | 0% | |
#14 | 0% | |
#15 | 0% | |
#16 | 0% |
Year | Winning Team | Runner Up | Final Four | Final Four |
| 2021 | Baylor #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Houston #2 | UCLA #11 |
| 2019 | Virginia #1 | Texas Tech #3 | Auburn #5 | Michigan State #2 |
| 2018 | Villanova #1 | Michigan #3 | Kansas #1 | Loyola-Chicago #11 |
| 2017 | N. Carolina #1 | Gonzaga #1 | Oregon #3 | South Carolina #7 |
| 2016 | Villanova #2 | N. Carolina #1 | Oklahoma #2 | Syracuse #10 |
| 2015 | Duke #1 | Wisconsin #1 | Kentucky #1 | Michigan St. #7 |
| 2014 | Connecticut #7 | Kentucky #8 | Florida #1 | Wisconsin #2 |
| 2013 | Louisville #1 | Michigan #4 | Wichita St. #9 | Syracuse #4 |
| 2012 | Kentucky #1 | Kansas #2 | Louisville #4 | Ohio St. #2 |
| 2011 | UConn #3 | Butler #8 | Kentucky #4 | VCU #11 |
| 2010 | Duke #1 | Butler #5 | West Virginia #2 | Michigan St. #5 |
| 2009 | N. Carolina #1 | Michigan St. #2 | Villanova #3 | UConn #1 |
| 2008 | Kansas #1 | Memphis #1 | N. Carolina #1 | UCLA #1 |
| 2007 | Florida #1 | Ohio St. #1 | UCLA #2 | Georgetown #2 |
| 2006 | Florida #3 | UCLA #2 | George Mason #11 | LSU #4 |
| 2005 | N. Carolina #1 | Illinois #1 | Michigan St. #5 | Louisville #4 |
| 2004 | UConn #2 | Ga. Tech #3 | Duke #1 | Oklahoma St. #2 |
| 2003 | Syracuse #3 | Kansas #2 | Texas #1 | Marquette #3 |
| 2002 | Maryland #1 | Indiana #5 | Kansas #1 | Oklahoma #2 |
| 2001 | Duke #1 | Arizona #2 | Maryland #3 | Michigan St. #1 |
| 2000 | Michigan St. #1 | Florida #5 | Wisconsin #8 | N. Carolina #8 |
| 1999 | UConn #1 | Duke #1 | Ohio St. #4 | Michigan St. #1 |
| 1998 | Kentucky #2 | Utah #3 | Stanford #3 | N. Carolina #1 |
| 1997 | Arizona #4 | Kentucky #1 | N. Carolina #1 | Minnesota #1 |
| 1996 | Kentucky #1 | Syracuse #4 | Umass #1 | Miss. St. #5 |
| 1995 | UCLA #1 | Arkansas #2 | Oklahoma St #4 | N. Carolina #2 |
| 1994 | Arkansas #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #2 | Florida #3 |
| 1993 | N. Carolina #1 | Michigan #1 | Kansas #2 | Kentucky #1 |
| 1992 | Duke #1 | Michigan #6 | Indiana #2 | Cincinnati #4 |
| 1991 | Duke #1 | Kansas #3 | UNLV #1 | N. Carolina #2 |
| 1990 | UNLV #1 | Duke #3 | Georgia Tech #4 | Arkansas #4 |
| 1989 | Michigan #3 | Seton Hall #3 | Illinois #1 | Duke #2 |
| 1988 | Kansas #6 | Oklahoma #1 | Duke #2 | Arizona #1 |
| 1987 | Indiana #1 | Syracuse #2 | UNLV #1 | Providence #6 |
| 1986 | Louisville #2 | Duke #1 | LSU #11 | Kansas #1 |
| 1985 | Villanova #8 | Georgetown #1 | Memphis St. #2 | St. John's #1 |
| 1984 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #2 | Kentucky #1 | Virginia #7 |
| 1983 | N.C. State #6 | Houston #1 | Louisville #1 | Georgia #4 |
| 1982 | N. Carolina #1 | Georgetown #1 | Houston #6 | Louisville #3 |
| 1981 | Indiana #3 | N. Carolina #2 | Virginia #1 | LSU #1 |
| 1980 | Louisville #2 | UCLA #8 | Purdue #6 | Iowa #5 |
| 1979 | Michigan St. #2 | Indiana St. #1 | DePaul #2 | Pennsylvania #9 |
| 1978 | Kentucky | Duke | Arkansas | Notre Dame |
| 1977 | Marquette | N. Carolina | UNLV | UNC-Charlotte |
| 1976 | Indiana | Michigan | UCLA | Rutgers |
| 1975 | UCLA | Kentucky | Louisville | Syracuse |
| 1974 | N.C. St. | Marquette | UCLA | Kansas |
| 1973 | UCLA | Memphis St. | Indiana | Providence |
| 1972 | UCLA | Florida St. | N. Carolina | Louisville |
| 1971 | UCLA | Villanova | Western Kentucky | Kansas |
| 1970 | UCLA | Jacksonville | New Mexico St. | St. Bonaventure |
| 1969 | UCLA | Purdue | Drake | N. Carolina |
| 1968 | UCLA | N. Carolina | Ohio St. | Houston |
| 1967 | UCLA | Dayton | Houston | N. Carolina |
| 1966 | Texas Western | Kentucky | Duke | Utah |
| 1965 | UCLA | Michigan | Princeton | Wichita St. |
| 1964 | UCLA | Duke | Michigan | Kansas St. |
| 1963 | Loyola (IL) | Cincinnati | Duke | Oregon St. |
| 1962 | Cincinnati | Ohio St. | Wake Forest | UCLA |
| 1961 | Cincinnati | Ohio St. | St. Joseph's (PA) | Utah |
| 1960 | Ohio St. | California | Cincinnati | NYU |
| 1959 | California | West Virginia | Cincinnati | Louisville |
| 1958 | Kentucky | Seattle | Temple | Kansas St. |
| 1957 | N. Carolina | Kansas | San Francisco | Michigan St. |
| 1956 | San Francisco | Iowa | Temple | SMU |
| 1955 | San Francisco | LaSalle | Colorado | Iowa |
| 1954 | LaSalle | Bradley | Penn St. | USC |
| 1953 | Indiana | Kansas | Washington | LSU |
| 1952 | Kansas | St. John's | Illinois | Santa Clara |
| 1951 | Kentucky | Kansas St. | Illinois | Oklahoma St. |
| 1950 | CCNY | Bradley | N.C. St. | Baylor |
| 1949 | Kentucky | Oklahoma St. | Illinois | Oregon St. |
| 1948 | Kentucky | Baylor | Holy Cross | Kansas St. |
| 1947 | Holy Cross | Oklahoma | Texas | CCNY |
| 1946 | Oklahoma St. | N. Carolina | Ohio St. | California |
| 1945 | Oklahoma St. | NYU | Arkansas | Ohio St. |
| 1944 | Utah | Dartmouth | Iowa St. | Ohio St. |
| 1943 | Wyoming | Georgetown | DePaul | Texas |
| 1942 | Stanford | Dartmouth | Colorado | Kentucky |
| 1941 | Wisconsin | Washington St. | Arkansas | Pittsburgh |
| 1940 | Indiana | Kansas | Duquesne | USC |
| 1939 | Oregon | Ohio St. | Oklahoma St | Villanova |
