Planting the Seeds

Schools seeded ninth or lower in the NCAA basketball tournament that have advanced to the regional semifinals since 1979 when the NCAA began seeding all teams:

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1979 Pennsylvania (9**), St. John’s (10*) 1980 Lamar (10) 1981 St. Joseph’s (9*) 1983 Utah (10) 1984 Dayton (10*) 1985 Auburn (11), Boston College (11), Kentucky (12) 1986 Louisiana State (11**), DePaul (12), Cleveland State (14) 1987 Louisiana State (10*), Wyoming (12) 1988 Rhode Island (11), Richmond (13) 1989 Minnesota (11) 1990 Texas (10*), Loyola Marymount (11*), Ball State (12) 1991 Temple (10*), Connecticut (11), Eastern Michigan (12) 1992 Texas El Paso (9), New Mexico State (12) 1993 George Washington (12) 1994 Boston College (9*), Maryland (10), Tulsa (12) 1996 Arkansas (12) 1997 Providence (10*), Texas (10), Chattanooga (14) 1998 West Virginia (10), Washington (11), Valparaiso (13) 1999 Gonzaga (10*), Purdue (10), Miami of Ohio (10), SW Missouri St. (12), Oklahoma (13) 2000 Gonzaga (10), Seton Hall (10) 2001 Georgetown (10), Temple (11), Gonzaga (12)

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* reached regional final. ** reached Final Four