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Second-round NCAA Upsets

Top four seeded teams who lost to a team seeded eight places lower in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA began seeding all teams in 1979.

 
    1998 -- No. 10 West Virginia 75, No. 2 Cincinnati 74 
    1997 -- No. 10 Providence 98, No. 2 Duke 87 
    1996 -- No. 12 Arkansas 65, No. 4 Marquette 56 
    1994 -- No. 12 Tulsa 82, No. 4 Oklahoma State 80 
    1994 -- No. 10 Maryland 95, No. 2 Massachusetts 87 
    1994 -- No. 9 Boston College 75, No. 1 North Carolina 72 
    1992 -- No. 9 Texas El-Paso 66, No. 1 Kansas 60 
    1990 -- No. 11 Loyola Marymount 149, No. 3 Michigan 115 
    1990 -- No. 12 Ball State 62, No. 4 Louisville 60 
    1988 -- No. 11 Rhode Island 97, No. 3 Syracuse 94 
    1987 -- No. 12 Wyoming 78, No. 4 UCLA 68 
    1987 -- No. 10 LSU 72, No. 2 Temple 62 
    1986 -- No. 11 LSU 83, No. 3 Memphis State 81 
    1986 -- No. 12 DePaul 74, No. 4 Oklahoma 69 
    1985 -- No. 8 Villanova 59, No. 1 Michigan 55 
    1985 -- No. 12 Kentucky 64, No. 4 UNLV 61 
    1985 -- No. 11 Boston College 74, No. 3 Duke 73 
    1985 -- No. 11 Auburn 66, No. 3 Kansas 64 
    1984 -- No. 10 Dayton 89, No. 2 Oklahoma 85 
    1983 -- No. 10 Utah 67, No. 2 UCLA 61 
    1981 -- No. 9 St. Joseph's 49, No. 1 DePaul 48 
    1980 -- No. 10 Lamar 81, No. 2 Oregon State 77 
    1979 -- No. 9 Pennsylvania 72, No. 1 North Carolina 71 
    1979 -- No. 10 St. John's 80, No. 2 Duke 78