HBCU MBB Appearances in NCAA

[captaggie]

North Carolina A&T and Southern broke NCAA tournament ground when they made the first appearance by an HBCU in the DI men's basketball tournament's round of 64 in 1985, the first year of the expanded bracket. Since then, a total of 18 HBCU men's basketball programs have played in the first round of the March Madness bracket...

www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-03-07/hbcu-mens-basketball-ncaa-tournaments-round-64

[jbrob]

History of 2 seeds vs. 15 seeds in March Madness

1991 Richmond def. Syracuse 73-69
1993 Santa Clara def. Arizona 64-61
1997 Coppin State def. South Carolina 78-65
2001 Hampton def. Iowa State 58-57
2012 Lehigh def. Duke 75-70
2012 Norfolk State def. Missouri 86-84
2013 Florida Gulf Coast def. Georgetown 78-68
2016 Middle Tennessee def. Michigan State 90-81
2021 Oral Roberts def. Ohio State 75-72
2022 Saint Peter's def. Kentucky 85-79

www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2022-03-17/history-2-seeds-vs-15-seeds-march-madness#:~:text=Ten%2015%20seeds%20have%20upset,2s%2C%20a%206.25%20win%20percentage.