Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament : Upsets
AS THE HIGHER SEED WINS GAMES TEAM 20 41 Michigan State 17 35 Villanova 15 33 UCLA 15 30 Syracuse 14 29 North Carolina State 13 26 Michigan 12 33 Xavier 12 28 Gonzaga 12 27 Purdue 12 24 Connecticut 11 28 Iowa 11 26 Butler 10 28 Louisville 10 28 Texas 10 27 Temple 10 26 Arizona 10 25 Kentucky 10 22 Kansas 10 18 Auburn 9 31 Arkansas 9 25 Alabama 9 22 Louisiana State 9 21 North Carolina 9 21 Wisconsin 9 19 Boston College 9 18 Dayton 9 18 Florida 8 24 Virginia Commonwealth 8 24 West Virginia 8 21 Indiana 8 18 Kansas State 8 16 Wichita State 7 24 Missouri 7 22 Iowa State 7 21 Utah 7 18 Texas A&M 7 17 Tulsa 7 16 Richmond 7 15 Duke 6 21 Alabama-Birmingham 6 21 Creighton 6 21 Maryland 6 20 Oklahoma 6 20 Tennessee 6 18 Marquette 6 18 Memphis 6 17 Oregon 6 17 St. John's (NY) 6 16 Southern California 6 15 Florida State 6 15 Virginia 6 14 Ohio State 6 14 Stanford 6 13 Clemson 6 12 Miami (FL) 6 12 Washington 5 23 Pennsylvania 5 17 Georgetown 5 16 Texas Tech 5 15 Providence 5 15 Seton Hall 5 12 Ohio 5 8 Loyola (IL) 4 20 Brigham Young 4 19 Western Kentucky 4 18 Illinois 4 18 Princeton 4 17 Notre Dame 4 14 Georgia Tech 4 14 Oklahoma State 4 13 Houston 4 13 Northern Iowa 4 12 California 4 12 DePaul 4 11 Kent State 4 11 Minnesota 4 11 Nevada 4 11 Rhode Island 4 11 St. Louis 4 10 George Mason 4 10 James Madison 4 10 Middle Tennessee State 4 10 St. Joseph's 4 9 Lamar 4 9 Mississippi State 4 8 Loyola Marymount 3 18 Murray State 3 15 Tennessee-Chattanooga 3 14 Davidson 3 14 Pittsburgh 3 13 Texas-El Paso 3 13 Wake Forest 3 12 Vanderbilt 3 11 Miami (OH) 3 10 Ball State 3 10 Georgia 3 10 Siena 3 9 Baylor 3 9 Colorado 3 9 Mississippi 3 9 Missouri State 3 9 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 8 Louisiana Tech 3 8 St. Peter's 3 8 Wyoming 3 7 Oregon State 3 7 Rutgers 3 7 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3 6 Cleveland State 3 6 Penn State 3 6 South Carolina 3 6 Tulane 3 5 Florida Atlantic 2 20 Utah State 2 17 New Mexico State 2 14 Old Dominion 2 12 Pepperdine 2 12 St. Mary's (CA) 2 11 George Washington 2 11 Northeastern 2 11 Southern Illinois 2 11 Valparaiso 2 10 Bucknell 2 10 New Mexico 2 10 Weber State 2 9 Colorado State 2 8 Georgia State 2 8 Oral Roberts 2 7 Bradley 2 7 Illinois State 2 7 La Salle 2 7 Manhattan 2 7 Navy 2 7 Santa Clara 2 7 Stephen F. Austin 2 7 Yale 2 6 Arkansas-Little Rock 2 6 Cornell 2 6 Eastern Michigan 2 6 Harvard 2 6 Texas Christian 2 5 Detroit Mercy 2 5 Florida Gulf Coast 1 13 Montana 1 11 Cincinnati 1 11 Vermont 1 10 East Tennessee State 1 10 San Diego State 1 10 Virginia Tech 1 10 Winthrop 1 9 Arizona State 1 9 South Alabama 1 9 Southern 1 8 California-Santa Barbara 1 8 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 8 North Carolina-Wilmington 1 7 Central Florida 1 7 College of Charleston 1 7 Fairleigh Dickinson 1 7 Morehead State 1 7 North Carolina-Charlotte 1 7 Pacific 1 6 Austin Peay 1 6 Drexel 1 6 Hampton 1 6 Hawaii 1 6 Liberty 1 6 McNeese State 1 6 North Dakota State 1 5 Buffalo 1 5 Drake 1 5 Evansville 1 5 Fresno State 1 5 Grand Canyon 1 5 Lehigh 1 5 Marshall 1 5 Norfolk State 1 5 North Texas 1 5 Oakland 1 5 Southern Methodist 1 5 Wisconsin-Green Bay 1 4 Coppin State 1 4 Furman 1 4 Indiana State 1 4 Mercer 1 4 Northwestern 1 4 Northwestern State 1 4 San Diego 1 4 South Florida 1 4 Western Michigan 1 3 Abilene Christian 1 3 California-Irvine 1 3 Central Michigan 1 3 High Point 1 3 Maryland-Baltimore County 1 3 Toledo 1 2 Duquesne 0 14 Iona 0 9 Robert Morris 0 8 Akron 0 8 Belmont 0 8 North Carolina A&T 0 8 Texas Southern 0 7 Colgate 0 7 Holy Cross 0 7 Louisiana-Monroe 0 7 South Dakota State 0 6 Delaware 0 6 Wofford 0 5 Albany 0 5 Alcorn State 0 5 Boise State 0 5 Boston University 0 5 Long Beach State 0 5 Long Island 0 5 Mount St. Mary's 0 5 North Carolina-Asheville 0 5 San Francisco 0 5 South Carolina State 0 5 Wright State 0 4 Coastal Carolina 0 4 Eastern Kentucky 0 4 Howard 0 4 Idaho 0 4 Mississippi Valley 0 4 Monmouth (NJ) 0 4 Montana State 0 4 Nebraska 0 4 North Carolina-Greensboro 0 4 St. Bonaventure 0 4 Texas-San Antonio 0 4 Troy 0 3 Alabama State 0 3 American 0 3 California State Fullerton 0 3 Central Connecticut State 0 3 Eastern Washington 0 3 Fairfield 0 3 Hofstra 0 3 Illinois-Chicago 0 3 Jackson State 0 3 Lafayette 0 3 New Orleans 0 3 Northern Illinois 0 3 Northern Kentucky 0 3 Radford 0 3 Samford 0 3 Southern Mississippi 0 3 Tennessee State 0 3 Washington State 0 2 Air Force 0 2 Appalachian State 0 2 California State Northridge 0 2 Eastern Illinois 0 2 Florida A&M 0 2 Georgia Southern 0 2 Jacksonville State 0 2 Kennesaw State 0 2 Lipscomb 0 2 Longwood 0 2 Loyola (MD) 0 2 Marist 0 2 Massachusetts 0 2 Morgan State 0 2 Niagara 0 2 Nicholls State 0 2 Northern Arizona 0 2 Portland State 0 2 Prairie View 0 2 Rider 0 2 Sam Houston State 0 2 San Jose State 0 2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 0 2 Texas State 0 2 Towson 0 2 Wagner 0 1 Arkansas State 0 1 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0 1 Binghamton 0 1 Brown 0 1 Bryant 0 1 California Baptist 0 1 California Polytechnic 0 1 California State Bakersfield 0 1 California-Davis 0 1 California-San Diego 0 1 Campbell 0 1 Canisius 0 1 Charleston Southern 0 1 Delaware State 0 1 East Carolina 0 1 Florida International 0 1 Fordham 0 1 Gardner-Webb 0 1 Grambling 0 1 Hartford 0 1 Idaho State 0 1 Indiana-Indianapolis 0 1 Jacksonville 0 1 Nebraska-Omaha 0 1 North Carolina Central 0 1 North Dakota 0 1 Northern Colorado 0 1 Portland 0 1 Queens (NC) 0 1 Southeast Missouri State 0 1 Southeastern Louisiana 0 1 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 0 1 Southern Utah 0 1 St. Francis (PA) 0 1 Stetson 0 1 Stony Brook 0 1 Texas-Arlington 0 1 Western Carolina
AS THE LOWER SEED LOSSES GAMES TEAM 27 131 Duke 24 121 North Carolina 24 109 Kansas 19 100 Kentucky 19 58 Purdue 18 72 Arizona 17 54 Indiana 16 61 Syracuse 16 53 Illinois 16 48 Oklahoma 16 47 Ohio State 15 44 Virginia 14 62 UCLA 14 57 Florida 14 52 Georgetown 14 41 Wisconsin 14 40 Texas 13 38 Cincinnati 12 66 Louisville 12 46 Maryland 12 27 Marquette 11 38 Tennessee 11 36 Memphis 11 31 Oklahoma State 11 29 Pittsburgh 11 24 Missouri 10 63 Michigan State 10 46 Gonzaga 10 45 Villanova 10 27 Iowa 9 68 Connecticut 9 50 Michigan 9 33 Alabama 9 32 Nevada-Las Vegas 9 27 Iowa State 9 26 Notre Dame 9 26 St. John's (NY) 9 25 Louisiana State 9 23 Kansas State 9 17 Brigham Young 9 16 Clemson 8 45 Arkansas 8 23 Temple 8 22 Stanford 7 24 Baylor 7 23 Wake Forest 7 13 Mississippi State 7 11 Georgia 6 33 Houston 6 24 Georgia Tech 6 24 Xavier 6 19 Florida State 6 16 Miami (FL) 6 14 DePaul 6 13 Washington 6 12 Southern California 6 11 New Mexico 6 8 Oregon State 5 23 Utah 5 21 West Virginia 5 20 Texas Tech 5 19 North Carolina State 5 18 Auburn 5 17 San Diego State 5 16 Massachusetts 5 14 Creighton 5 14 Minnesota 5 12 Vanderbilt 5 10 California 5 7 Nebraska 4 20 Oregon 4 14 Boston College 4 11 St. Joseph's 4 10 Wichita State 4 9 Virginia Commonwealth 4 8 St. Mary's (CA) 4 8 Tulsa 4 7 Mississippi 4 7 North Carolina-Charlotte 3 14 Seton Hall 3 11 Texas A&M 3 8 Providence 3 8 Washington State 3 5 Nevada 3 5 Texas Christian 3 4 Dayton 3 4 South Carolina 2 7 Virginia Tech 2 4 New Mexico State 2 4 Southern Methodist 2 4 St. Louis 2 3 Colorado 2 3 Fresno State 2 3 La Salle 2 3 Penn State 2 2 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 6 Arizona State 1 5 Alabama-Birmingham 1 5 Indiana State 1 4 Loyola (IL) 1 3 Murray State 1 3 Navy 1 3 Texas-El Paso 1 3 Wyoming 1 2 Bradley 1 2 Colorado State 1 2 Florida Atlantic 1 2 Idaho 1 2 Illinois State 1 2 Iona 1 2 New Orleans 1 2 Princeton 1 2 Richmond 1 2 Utah State 1 2 Weber State 1 1 Boise State 1 1 College of Charleston 1 1 Detroit Mercy 1 1 Drake 1 1 Evansville 1 1 Jacksonville 1 1 Miami (OH) 1 1 Rutgers 1 1 South Florida 1 1 Wisconsin-Green Bay 0 10 Butler 0 4 Rhode Island 0 4 Western Kentucky 0 3 Southern Illinois 0 2 George Washington 0 2 Northwestern 0 1 Alcorn State 0 1 Buffalo 0 1 Eastern Michigan 0 1 George Mason 0 1 Lamar 0 1 Louisiana Tech 0 1 Northern Iowa 0 1 Old Dominion 0 1 Pacific 0 1 Pennsylvania 0 1 Pepperdine 0 1 San Francisco 0 1 Wofford