Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament : Best Finish Per Seed
Best finish of #16 seed:
Round of 32 - 1
1998 - Harvard
Best finish of #15 seed:
Round of 64 - 120
2024 - Kent State
2024 - California Baptist
2024 - Norfolk State
2024 - Maine
2023 - Vermont
2023 - Southeastern Louisiana
2023 - Holy Cross
2023 - Gardner-Webb
2022 - Mercer
2022 - Illinois State
2022 - Hawaii
2022 - Fairfield
2021 - Troy
2021 - Mount St. Mary's
2021 - Marist
2021 - Jackson State
2019 - California-Davis
2019 - Towson
2019 - Portland State
2019 - Mercer
2018 - Maine
2018 - Seattle
2018 - North Carolina A&T
2018 - Grambling
2017 - New Mexico State
2017 - Hampton
2017 - Troy
2017 - Long Beach State
2016 - Iona
2016 - Alabama State
2016 - Troy
2016 - New Mexico State
2015 - Boise State
2015 - Alabama State
2015 - Tennessee State
2015 - Northwestern State
2014 - Albany
2014 - South Dakota
2014 - Winthrop
2014 - Western Kentucky
2013 - Navy
2013 - Hampton
2013 - Fresno State
2013 - Oral Roberts
2012 - Samford
2012 - Tennessee-Martin
2012 - McNeese State
2012 - Navy
2011 - McNeese State
2011 - South Dakota State
2011 - Tennessee-Martin
2011 - Utah
2010 - St. Francis (PA)
2010 - Cleveland State
2010 - Portland State
2010 - Hampton
2009 - Evansville
2009 - Texas-San Antonio
2009 - California-Santa Barbara
2009 - Lehigh
2008 - Texas-San Antonio
2008 - Robert Morris
2008 - Jackson State
2008 - Cleveland State
2007 - Harvard
2007 - Delaware State
2007 - Oral Roberts
2007 - Idaho State
2006 - Sacred Heart
2006 - Coppin State
2006 - Army
2006 - Pepperdine
2005 - Holy Cross
2005 - Canisius
2005 - Santa Clara
2005 - Illinois State
2004 - St. Francis (PA)
2004 - Pennsylvania
2004 - Valparaiso
2004 - Lipscomb
2003 - St. Francis (PA)
2003 - Hampton
2003 - Missouri State
2003 - Valparaiso
2002 - Weber State
2002 - Austin Peay
2002 - Georgia State
2002 - Bucknell
2001 - Oral Roberts
2001 - Pennsylvania
2001 - Liberty
2001 - Howard
2000 - Campbell
2000 - Youngstown State
2000 - San Diego
2000 - Holy Cross
1999 - Stephen F. Austin
1999 - Tennessee Tech
1999 - Florida A&M
1999 - California State Northridge
1998 - Middle Tennessee State
1998 - North Carolina-Greensboro
1998 - Howard
1998 - Fairfield
1997 - St. Peter's
1997 - Marshall
1997 - Eastern Kentucky
1997 - St. Francis (PA)
1996 - Youngstown State
1996 - St. Francis (PA)
1996 - Holy Cross
1996 - Butler
1995 - Jackson State
1995 - Tulane
1995 - Furman
1995 - California-Irvine
1994 - Portland
1994 - Missouri
1994 - Grambling
1994 - Wisconsin-Green Bay
Best finish of #14 seed:
Round of 64 - 120
2024 - Tennessee-Chattanooga
2024 - Jackson State
2024 - Rice
2024 - Eastern Washington
2023 - James Madison
2023 - Iona
2023 - Southern Utah
2023 - Hawaii
2022 - North Carolina-Charlotte
2022 - Jackson State
2022 - American
2022 - Texas-Arlington
2021 - Wyoming
2021 - Drexel
2021 - Stony Brook
2021 - Middle Tennessee State
2019 - Radford
2019 - New Mexico State
2019 - Maine
2019 - Fordham
2018 - George Washington
2018 - Arkansas-Little Rock
2018 - American
2018 - Liberty
2017 - Montana State
2017 - Western Illinois
2017 - Central Arkansas
2017 - Bucknell
2016 - North Carolina-Asheville
2016 - Hawaii
2016 - Central Arkansas
2016 - Buffalo
2015 - Brigham Young
2015 - Ohio
2015 - South Dakota State
2015 - American
2014 - Idaho
2014 - Wichita State
2014 - North Dakota
2014 - Wright State
2013 - California Polytechnic
2013 - Albany
2013 - Stetson
2013 - Wichita State
2012 - Creighton
2012 - Arkansas-Little Rock
2012 - Idaho State
2012 - Albany
2011 - Gardner-Webb
2011 - Samford
2011 - Montana
2011 - Navy
2010 - Lamar
2010 - South Dakota State
2010 - East Tennessee State
2010 - Louisiana Tech
2009 - Liberty
2009 - North Carolina A&T
2009 - Central Florida
2009 - Sacred Heart
2008 - Murray State
2008 - East Tennessee State
2008 - San Diego
2008 - Fresno State
2007 - Southeast Missouri State
2007 - North Carolina-Asheville
2007 - Belmont
2007 - California-Riverside
2006 - Marist
2006 - Dartmouth
2006 - Southeast Missouri State
2006 - Northern Arizona
2005 - Hartford
2005 - Dartmouth
2005 - Oral Roberts
2005 - St. Francis (PA)
2004 - Marist
2004 - Wisconsin-Green Bay
2004 - Liberty
2004 - Eastern Michigan
2003 - Harvard
2003 - Manhattan
2003 - Austin Peay
2003 - Western Michigan
2002 - Temple
2002 - Liberty
2002 - Southern
2002 - Kent State
2001 - Idaho State
2001 - Georgia State
2001 - Holy Cross
2001 - California-Santa Barbara
2000 - Tennessee Tech
2000 - St. Peter's
2000 - St. Francis (PA)
2000 - Liberty
1999 - Wisconsin-Green Bay
1999 - Liberty
1999 - Holy Cross
1999 - Dartmouth
1998 - Wisconsin-Green Bay
1998 - Montana
1998 - Santa Clara
1998 - Holy Cross
1997 - Texas State
1997 - Grambling
1997 - Detroit Mercy
1997 - Florida International
1996 - Austin Peay
1996 - Tulane
1996 - Manhattan
1996 - Harvard
1995 - Indiana
1995 - Western Illinois
1995 - Ohio
1995 - Dartmouth
1994 - Mount St. Mary's
1994 - Marquette
1994 - Loyola (MD)
1994 - Georgia Southern
Best finish of #13 seed:
Round of 16 - 3
2007 - Marist
2005 - Liberty
1994 - Texas A&M
Best finish of #12 seed:
Round of 16 - 4
2017 - Quinnipiac
2014 - Brigham Young
2013 - Kansas
1996 - San Francisco
Best finish of #11 seed:
Quarterfinals - 1
2011 - Gonzaga
Best finish of #10 seed:
Quarterfinals - 3
2022 - Creighton
2017 - Oregon
1991 - Lamar
Best finish of #9 seed:
Semi-finals - 1
1998 - Arkansas
Best finish of #8 seed:
Semi-finals - 1
1992 - Missouri State
Best finish of #7 seed:
Semi-finals - 2
2016 - Washington
2004 - Minnesota
Best finish of #6 seed:
Semi-finals - 2
1997 - Notre Dame
1994 - Alabama
Best finish of #5 seed:
Finals - 1
2013 - Louisville
Best finish of #4 seed:
Finals - 4
2016 - Syracuse
2007 - Rutgers
1994 - Louisiana Tech
1992 - Western Kentucky
Best finish of #3 seed:
CHAMPS - 3
2023 - Louisiana State
1997 - Tennessee
1994 - North Carolina
Best finish of #2 seed:
CHAMPS - 7
2011 - Texas A&M
2006 - Maryland
2005 - Baylor
2004 - Connecticut
1993 - Texas Tech
1988 - Louisiana Tech
1987 - Tennessee
Best finish of #1 seed:
CHAMPS - 32
2024 - South Carolina
2022 - South Carolina
2021 - Stanford
2019 - Baylor
2018 - Notre Dame
2017 - South Carolina
2016 - Connecticut
2015 - Connecticut
2014 - Connecticut
2013 - Connecticut
2012 - Baylor
2010 - Connecticut
2009 - Connecticut
2008 - Tennessee
2007 - Tennessee
2003 - Connecticut
2002 - Connecticut
2001 - Notre Dame
2000 - Connecticut
1999 - Purdue
1998 - Tennessee
1996 - Tennessee
1995 - Connecticut
1992 - Stanford
1991 - Tennessee
1990 - Stanford
1989 - Tennessee
1986 - Texas
1985 - Old Dominion
1984 - Southern California
1983 - Southern California
1982 - Louisiana Tech
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