No. 1 Seeds-Early Exits
1979 - North Carolina lost to No. 9 Pennsylvania 72-71.
1980 - DePaul lost to No. 8 UCLA 77-71.
1981 - DePaul lost to No. 9 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.
2010 - Kansas lost to No. 9 Northern Iowa 69-67.
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.