No. 13 seeds or lower who won first-round games (the NCAA tournament expanded to 16 seeds per region in 1985):
1985 – No. 13 Navy 78, No. 4 LSU 55
1986 – No. 14 Cleveland State 83, No. 3 Indiana 79; No. 14 Arkansas-Little Rock 90, No. 3 Notre Dame 83
1987 – No. 13 Xavier 70, No. 4 Missouri 69; No. 13 Southwest Missouri State 65, No. 4 Clemson 60; No. 14 Austin Peay 68, No. 3 Illinois 67
1988 – No. 13 Richmond 72, No. 4 Indiana 69; No. 14 Murray State 78, No. 3 N.C. State 75
1989 – No. 13 Middle Tennessee State 97, No. 4 Florida State 83; No. 14 Siena 80, No. 3 Stanford 78
1990 – No. 14 Northern Iowa 74, No. 3 Missouri 71
1991 – No. 13 Penn State 74, No. 4 UCLA 69; No. 15 Richmond 73, No. 2 Syracuse 69
1992 – No. 13 Southwestern Louisiana 87, No. 4 Oklahoma 83; No. 14 East Tennessee State 87, No. 3 Arizona 80
1993 – No. 13 Southern University 93, No. 4 Georgia Tech 78; No. 15 Santa Clara 64, No. 2 Arizona 61
1995 – No. 14 Old Dominion 89, No. 3 Villanova 81, 3OT; No. 14 Weber State 79, No. 3 Michigan State 72; No. 13 Manhattan 77, No. 4 Oklahoma 67
1996 – No. 13 Princeton 43, No. 4 UCLA 41
1997 – No. 14 Chattanooga 73, No. 3 Georgia 70; No. 15 Coppin State 78, No. 2 South Carolina 65
1998 – No. 14 Richmond 62, No. 3 South Carolina 61; No. 13 Valparaiso 70, No. 4 Mississippi 69
1999 – No. 14 Weber State 76, No. 3 North Carolina 74
2001 – No. 13 Kent State 77, No. 4 Indiana 73; No. 15 Hampton 58, No. 2 Iowa State 57
2002 – No. 13 North Carolina-Wilmington 93, No. 4 Southern Cal 89, OT
2003 – No. 13 Tulsa 84, No. 4 Dayton 71
2005 – No. 14 Bucknell 64, No. 3 Kansas 63; No. 13 Vermont 60, No. 4 Syracuse 57, OT
2006 – No. 13 Bradley 77, No. 4 Kansas 73; No. 14 Northwestern State 64, No. 3 Iowa 63
2008 – No. 13 San Diego 70, No. 4 Connecticut 69, OT
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