When was the last time the Final Four featured all four No. 1 seeds?

The 2024-25 college basketball season featured some historically dominant teams. From Auburn with its 16 Quad 1 wins to Florida’s dominant run through the SEC Tournament to Houston winning back-to-back Big 12 Titles, and Duke’s hyper-talented freshman class. The four best teams emerged over the final month of the season, grabbing the No. 1 seeds in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, and didn’t stop there. 

It’s been a historically chalky March Madness, with the Elite Eight matching 2007 for the lowest seed total in tournament history. On Saturday, Florida and Duke took care of their business in the Regional Finals, cutting down the nets and claiming a spot in San Antonio next weekend. Then, once top-seeded Houston took down Tennessee for the Midwest Regional Title, the pressure was on Auburn, the top overall seed in the tournament, to hold serve with the rest of the No. 1s and defeat No. 2 seed Michigan State. 

Well, Bruce Pearl’s Tigers rolled to a 70-64 win in Atlanta, and are heading to the second Final Four in Tournament history. A Final Four with four No. 1 seeds for just the second time in NCAA Tournament history. 

When was the last Final Four with four No. 1 seeds?

Until 2025, the 2008 NCAA Tournament was the only time in tournament history that all four No. 1 seeds advanced to the Final. 

Like this year, that year’s Final Four was held in San Antonio and featured Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina, and UCLA. John Calipari’s Tigers crashed the Blue Blood affair, but Derrick Rose and Memphis fell short to Kansas in the National Championship Game as Mario Chalmers was named the Most Outstanding Player. 

Rose, the freshman phenom, went on to become the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft, much like Duke freshman Cooper Flagg expects to this summer. 

The tips times are set for the 2025 Final Four with Auburn set to face Florida at 6:09 p.m. ET on Saturday and Houston and Duke to follow at 8:49 p.m. ET pending the finish of Game 1. 

Cinderella didn’t make an appearance this March, and that meant there was a noticeable lack of madness through the first weekend of the tournament, but it also provided A+ matchups in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight and now, one of the most highly anticipated Final Fours in years.