![]() Nine #11 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight: LSU ( 1986), Loyola Marymount ( 1990), Temple ( 2001), George Mason ( 2006), Virginia Commonwealth ( 2011), Dayton ( 2014), Xavier ( 2017), Loyola Chicago ( 2018), and UCLA ( 2021). ![]() Two #12 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight: Missouri in 2002, and the Oregon State Beavers in 2021. In the men's Division I, the lowest-seeded team ever to reach this round in the modern 64-team tournament era is #15 seed Saint Peter's University in 2022. Like the Division I Final Four, the Division II Elite Eight games are all held in one predetermined location. Since 1997, when the NCAA trademarked the phrase, in Division II, the Elite Eight consists of the eight winners of the eight Division II regions. ![]() ![]() In Division I and Division III, the Elite Eight consists of the two teams in each of the four regional championship games. In the NCAA men's Division I basketball championship or the NCAA women's Division I basketball championship, the " Elite Eight" comprises the final eight teams, representing the regional finals, or national quarterfinals. ![]()
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