March Madness 2025: How Do No. 1 Seeds Do In The Sweet 16

I’ve tracked men’s NCAA Tournament data and watched and wagered on matchups for decades while living in Las Vegas since the year 2000. I started updating No. 1 seeds years ago and most recently provided an article and update on this site (VSZ) in 2022. Now I’ve added more No. 1 seed coverage and data in my sports betting and college basketball NCAA Tournament coverage at Forbes.

Read the full details on Forbes, and I’ve provided some below.

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March Madness Sweet 16 matchups.

NCAA Tournament Round of 32 matchups and odds.

March Madness biggest line moves opening round.

March Madness transforming brackets into bets.

How to bet on March Madness

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Odds of a perfect bracket in March Madness

NCAA Tournament 2025 East and West No. 1 seeds Duke and Florida.

NCAA Tournament 2025 South and Midwest No. 1 seeds Auburn and Houston.

NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seeds

No. 1 seeds are now 91-29 SU in the Sweet 16 since 1985, including 76-29 SU vs. teams seeded No. 4 or No. 5 but just 3-6 the last three years. Until 2015, No. 1 seeds were getting bounced out of this round going back to 2010. That trend has returned the last three years (3-6), which followed a run of 18-1 SU and 14-5 ATS for No. 1 seeds in the Sweet 16 from 2015-2021.

2024

• #1 Connecticut (-12) beat #5 San Diego State 82-52
• #1 Purdue (-4.5) beat #5 Gonzaga 80-68
• #1 North Carolina (-4.5) lost to #4 Alabama 89-87
• #1 Houston (-4) lost to #4 Duke 54-51

2023

• #1 Alabama (-7) lost to #5 San Diego State 71-64
• #1 Houston (-6.5) lost to #5 Miami 89-75

2022

• #1 Gonzaga (-10) lost to #4 Arkansas 74-68
• #1 Arizona (-1.5) lost to #5 Houston 72-60
• #1 Kansas (-7.5) beat #4 Providence 66-61.

2021

• #1 Gonzaga (-12.5) beat #5 Creighton 83-65
• #1 Michigan (-1.5) beat #4 Florida State 76-58
• #1 Baylor (-7.5) beat #5 Villanova 62-51

2020 – Tournament Cancelled

2019

• #1 Gonzaga (-7.5) beat #4 Florida State 72-58
• #1 Duke (-7) beat #4 Virginia Tech 75-73
• #1 Virginia (-8.5) beat #12 Oregon 53-49
• #1 North Carolina (-5.5) lost to Auburn 97-80

2018

• #1 Villanova (-5) beat #5 West Virginia 90-78
• #1 Kansas (-5) beat #5 Clemson 80-76

2017

• #1 Kansas (-5) beat #4 Purdue 98-66
• #1 North Carolina (-7) beat #4 Butler 92-80
• #1 Gonzaga (-3.5) beat #4 West Virginia 61-58

2016

• #1 Kansas (-5.5) beat #5 Maryland 79-63
• #1 North Carolina (-5) beat #5 Indiana 101-86
• #1 Virginia (-6) beat #4 Iowa State 84-71
• #1 Oregon (-3) beat #4 Duke 82-68

2015

• #1 Kentucky (-13.5) beat #5 West Virginia 78-39
• #1 Duke (-4.5) beat #5 Utah 63-57
• #1 Wisconsin (-6) beat #4 North Carolina 79-72

2014

• #1 Florida (-4.5) beat #4 UCLA 79-68
• #1 Arizona (-7.5) beat #4 San Diego State 70-64
• #1 Virginia (+2.5) lost to Michigan State 61-59

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