<P> In the men 's Division I , the lowest - seeded team ever to reach this round in the modern 64 team tournament era was # 12 Missouri in 2002 , who upset # 5 - seed Miami ( Florida ) , # 4 - seed Ohio State , and # 8 - seed UCLA before losing to # 2 - seed Oklahoma in the West regional that year . Eight # 11 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight : LSU in 1986 , Loyola Marymount in 1990 , Temple in 2001 , George Mason in 2006 , Virginia Commonwealth in 2011 , Dayton in 2014 , Xavier in 2017 , and Loyola Chicago in 2018 . </P>
<P> In the men 's Division I , the lowest - seeded team ever to reach this round in the modern 64 team tournament era was # 12 Missouri in 2002 , who upset # 5 - seed Miami ( Florida ) , # 4 - seed Ohio State , and # 8 - seed UCLA before losing to # 2 - seed Oklahoma in the West regional that year . Eight # 11 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight : LSU in 1986 , Loyola Marymount in 1990 , Temple in 2001 , George Mason in 2006 , Virginia Commonwealth in 2011 , Dayton in 2014 , Xavier in 2017 , and Loyola Chicago in 2018 . </P>
how many 11 seeds have made it to the elite eight
how many 11 seeds have made it to the elite eight
Eight
Eight