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The 2021 NCAA Tournament is headed to the second round, and as is usually the case, we’re getting a handful of double digit seeds advancing. It remains to be seen how long the Cinderellas will stick around, but a double digit seed has advanced to the Sweet 16 each of the past 12 tournaments. The last time it did not happen was 2007, when No. 11 seeds Winthrop and VCU advanced to the second round but were then eliminated.
A double digit seed has never won the whole tournament, but we’ve had one 10 seed and four 11 seeds advance to the Final Four. The last such result was in 2018 when No. 11 Loyola Chicago advanced before losing to No. 3 Michigan State in the National Semifinals.
We’ll be tracking all the double digit seeds as they look to make some noise in the Big Dance.
Sweet 16
No. 12 Oregon State (65-58) over No. 8 Loyola Chicago — Advances to face No. 2 Houston
No. 11 UCLA (88-78) over No. 2 Alabama — Advances to face No. 1 Michigan
Second round
No. 15 Oral Roberts (81-78) over No. 7 Florida — Advances to face No. 3 Arkansas
No. 12 Oregon State (80-70) over No. 4 Oklahoma State — Advances to face No. 8 Loyola
No. 11 Syracuse (75-72) over No. 3 West Virginia — Advances to face No. 2 Houston
No. 11 UCLA (67-47) over No. 14 Abilene Christian — Advances to face winner of Maryland/Alabama
First round
UPDATE: Notable upset stat!
Here’s a wow. Per @CBSSportsHQ research team, this is the first NCAA Tournament ever to have at least four teams seeded No. 13 or worse make it into the second round. Historic.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 21, 2021
No. 15 Oral Roberts (75-72, OT) over No. 2 Ohio State — Advances to face No. 7 Florida
No. 14 Abilene-Christian (53-52) over No. 3 Texas — Advances to face No. 11 UCLA
No. 13 North Texas (78-69, OT) over No. 4 Purdue — Advances to face No. 5 Villanova
No. 13 Ohio (62-58) over No. 4 Virginia — Advances to face No. 5 Creighton
No. 12 Oregon State (70-56) over No. 5 Tennessee — Advances to face No. 4 Oklahoma State
No. 11 Syracuse (78-62) over No. 6 San Diego State — Advances to face No. 3 West Virginia
No. 11 UCLA (73-63) over No. 6 BYU — Advances to face No. 14 Abilene Christian
No. 10 Rutgers (60-56) over No. 7 Clemson — Advances to face No. 2 Houston