1979 – North Carolina lost to No. 9 Pennsylvania 72-71.
1980 – DePaul lost to No. 8 UCLA 77-71.
1981 – DePaul lost to Saint Joseph’s 49-48; Oregon State lost to No. 8 Kansas State 50-48.
1982 – DePaul lost to No. 8 Boston College 82-75.
1985 – Michigan lost to No. 8 Villanova 59-55.
1986 – St. John’s lost to No. 8 Auburn 81-65.
1990 – Oklahoma lost to No. 8 North Carolina 79-77.
1992 – Kansas lost to No. 9 UTEP 66-60.
1994 – North Carolina lost to No. 9 Boston College 75-72.
1996 – Purdue lost to No. 8 Georgia 76-69.
1998 – Kansas lost to No. 8 Rhode Island 80-75.
2000 – Arizona lost to No. 8 Wisconsin 66-59; Stanford lost to No. 8 North Carolina 60-53.
2002 – Cincinnati lost to No. 8 UCLA 105-101, OT.
2004 – Kentucky lost to No. 9 UAB 76-75; Stanford lost to No. 8 Alabama 70-67.
The NCAA began seeding teams in 1979. From 1979-1984, the No. 1 seeds had first-round byes. No No. 1 seed has lost in the first round.