no. 1 is the highest seed to play in ncaa championship.
no. 1 is the highest seed to play in ncaa championship.
what is the highest seed to play in ncaa championship?
no. 1
in this third season, kentucky landed another no. 1 recruiting class with four consensus five star players: anthony davis, marquis teague, michael kidd-gilchrist and kyle wiltjer. kentucky came into the season ranked #2 in the country. they finished the regular season with a 30–1 record, their only loss to indiana by a buzzer-beater and went 16–0 in conference play. in the sec tournament, kentucky lost in the championship game to vanderbilt 71–64. in the ncaa tournament, calipari's team was selected as the overall #1 seed in the tournament, representing as the south region #1 seed. kentucky avenged the early season loss to indiana beating them in the sweet sixteen 102–90, and knocked off baylor in the elite eight 82–70, to advance to their second consecutive final four. in the final four in new orleans, kentucky first faced their in-state rival, the louisville cardinals and rick pitino, winning 69–61. two days later, in the national championship game, kentucky played in another early season rematch against the kansas jayhawks, winning a hard-fought contest 67–59. the win secured calipari his first ncaa championship, a ncaa record 38-win season, and the 8th overall ncaa championship for kentucky. by doing so, john calipari became the 5th head coach to win a ncaa championship at kentucky (a ncaa record), and the first coach to do so at the school since tubby smith in 1998.
john calipari
twelve first-round games were conducted on the campus of one of highest seed of that matchup. in addition, one team per super regional earned first-round byes. second-round winners met in the quarterfinals at the campus site of the highest seed. quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals on the campus of the highest seed. the championship took place at children's mercy park.









































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the following teams were qualifiers for the 2016 ncaa division ii football tournament.









































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section::::ncaa division ii tournament.:final four.
2016 ncaa division ii football season