NCAA Tourney Seed History
Posted: 2016-03-13

The 76th NCAA tournament tips off this week and with it the madness begins.

Here's a look at how the seeds have fared overall versus other seeds throughout the tournament as reported by mcubed.net. Good luck.

Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament: Records By seed:

Overall tournament record of #1 seeds: (463-127) 78.5%

vs. #1 (21-21) 50.0%
vs. #2 (38-31) 55.1%
vs. #3 (20-13) 60.6%
vs. #4 (46-22) 67.6%
vs. #5 (40-8) 83.3%
vs. #6 (10-5) 66.7%
vs. #7 (5-1) 83.3%
vs. #8 (65-16) 80.2%
vs. #9 (63-7) 90.0%
vs. #10 (5-0) 100.0%
vs. #11 (3-3) 50.0%
vs. #12 (19-0) 100.0%
vs. #13 (4-0) 100.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (124-0) 100.0%

Overall tournament record of #2 seeds: (332-142) 70.0%

vs. #1 (31-38) 44.9%
vs. #2 (2-2) 50.0%
vs. #3 (36-23) 61.0%
vs. #4 (4-5) 44.4%
vs. #5 (1-4) 20.0%
vs. #6 (26-10) 72.2%
vs. #7 (64-24) 72.7%
vs. #8 (4-5) 44.4%
vs. #9 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #10 (32-22) 59.3%
vs. #11 (13-1) 92.9%
vs. #12 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (117-7) 94.4%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #3 seeds: (249-143) 63.5%

vs. #1 (13-20) 39.4%
vs. #2 (23-36) 39.0%
vs. #3 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #4 (5-3) 62.5%
vs. #5 (2-2) 50.0%
vs. #6 (46-38) 54.8%
vs. #7 (9-6) 60.0%
vs. #8 (2-0) 100.0%
vs. #9 (2-0) 100.0%
vs. #10 (9-4) 69.2%
vs. #11 (32-13) 71.1%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (104-20) 83.9%
vs. #15 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #4 seeds: (214-146) 59.4%

vs. #1 (22-46) 32.4%
vs. #2 (5-4) 55.6%
vs. #3 (3-5) 37.5%
vs. #4 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #5 (49-39) 55.7%
vs. #6 (2-4) 33.3%
vs. #7 (2-3) 40.0%
vs. #8 (3-7) 30.0%
vs. #9 (2-1) 66.7%
vs. #10 (2-0) 100.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (24-12) 66.7%
vs. #13 (99-24) 80.5%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #5 seeds: (166-148) 52.9%

vs. #1 (8-40) 16.7%
vs. #2 (4-1) 80.0%
vs. #3 (2-2) 50.0%
vs. #4 (39-49) 44.3%
vs. #5 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #6 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (1-3) 25.0%
vs. #9 (1-2) 33.3%
vs. #10 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (97-47) 67.4%
vs. #13 (11-3) 78.6%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #6 seeds: (176-146) 54.7%

vs. #1 (5-10) 33.3%
vs. #2 (10-26) 27.8%
vs. #3 (38-46) 45.2%
vs. #4 (4-2) 66.7%
vs. #5 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (4-3) 57.1%
vs. #8 (1-3) 25.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (6-4) 60.0%
vs. #11 (95-49) 66.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (13-2) 86.7%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #7 seeds: (131-147) 47.1%

vs. #1 (1-5) 16.7%
vs. #2 (24-64) 27.3%
vs. #3 (6-9) 40.0%
vs. #4 (3-2) 60.0%
vs. #5 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #6 (3-4) 42.9%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (90-58) 60.8%
vs. #11 (0-3) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #15 (2-1) 66.7%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #8 seeds: (116-147) 44.1%

vs. #1 (16-65) 19.8%
vs. #2 (5-4) 55.6%
vs. #3 (0-2) 0.0%
vs. #4 (7-3) 70.0%
vs. #5 (3-1) 75.0%
vs. #6 (3-1) 75.0%
vs. #7 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #8 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #9 (79-69) 53.4%
vs. #10 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #11 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #12 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #13 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #9 seeds: (82-148) 35.7%

vs. #1 (7-63) 10.0%
vs. #2 (1-1) 50.0%
vs. #3 (0-2) 0.0%
vs. #4 (1-2) 33.3%
vs. #5 (2-1) 66.7%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (69-79) 46.6%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #10 seeds: (93-148) 38.6%

vs. #1 (0-5) 0.0%
vs. #2 (22-32) 40.7%
vs. #3 (4-9) 30.8%
vs. #4 (0-2) 0.0%
vs. #5 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #6 (4-6) 40.0%
vs. #7 (58-90) 39.2%
vs. #8 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-2) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #15 (4-0) 100.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #11 seeds: (76-144) 34.5%

vs. #1 (3-3) 50.0%
vs. #2 (1-13) 7.1%
vs. #3 (13-32) 28.9%
vs. #4 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #5 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #6 (49-95) 34.0%
vs. #7 (3-0) 100.0%
vs. #8 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (2-0) 100.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (5-0) 100.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #12 seeds: (68-144) 32.1%

vs. #1 (0-19) 0.0%
vs. #2 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #3 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #4 (12-24) 33.3%
vs. #5 (47-97) 32.6%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (1-0) 100.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (8-3) 72.7%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #13 seeds: (30-124) 19.5%

vs. #1 (0-4) 0.0%
vs. #2 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #3 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #4 (24-99) 19.5%
vs. #5 (3-11) 21.4%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (3-8) 27.3%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #14 seeds: (22-124) 15.1%

vs. #1 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #2 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #3 (20-104) 16.1%
vs. #4 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #5 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #6 (2-13) 13.3%
vs. #7 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #8 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-5) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #15 seeds: (8-124) 6.1%

vs. #1 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #2 (7-117) 5.6%
vs. #3 (0-1) 0.0%
vs. #4 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #5 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (1-2) 33.3%
vs. #8 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-4) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%

Overall tournament record of #16 seeds: (0-124) 0.0%

vs. #1 (0-124) 0.0%
vs. #2 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #3 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #4 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #5 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #6 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #7 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #8 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #9 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #10 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #11 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #12 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #13 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #14 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #15 (0-0) 0.0%
vs. #16 (0-0) 0.0%