Has a 16 seed ever won?
Score: 4.1/5 (12 votes) 16 vs. 1. The first 16 seed ever to win a game in an NCAA Division I basketball tournament was Harvard in 1998 against Stanford. ... The men's tournament has also seen only one 16 seed upset, which occurred in 2018, when UMBC knocked off overall top-seed Virginia, 74–54....