Final Four No. 1 seed in the NCAA Elite Eight

March went from madness to unprecedented.

The men's NCAA Tournament will not have a No with Miami's win over Houston and San Diego State's takedown of Alabama on Friday night. For the first time since seeding began in 1979, there was 1 seed in the Elite Eight.

San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said there was not a lot of difference between the best team in the country and the worst team in the country. You can see that on this stage. Purdue, Kansas, Houston and Alabama are all gone, ensuring that the Final Four won't have a No. For the first time since 2011 and the third overall team, the 1 team is now in third place.

The four teams deemed by the NCAA to be the best in the country combined to win five tournament games this year, the fewest by three among No. Since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 1 seeds have been added.

Texas is the lone No. Xavier bounced out of the bracket 83 - 71 Friday night with 2 seed remaining under interim coach Rodney Terry. The fewest combined No. How crazy has it been to be a 1 -- 2 seed in the Elite Eight before this year? At least one of the teams that are guaranteed to have a national title game is guaranteed to have at least one of these teams: San Diego State, Creighton, Florida Atlantic or Kansas State. The Owls, Bluejays and Aztecs have never been to the Elite Eight. The Wildcats were selected to finish last in the Big 12.

It is a lock that the winning coach will be a first-time champion.

It's a lot of really good programs in the country that have lost, and I mean, we could go down the list of them, Alabama coach Nate Oats said. The NCAA Tournament is the result of that. They are all good teams. The madness started in the opening round of the East Region, when fairytale Fairleigh Dickinson wrecked brackets around the world by becoming the second No. Arkansas was the next big killer, taking down reigning national champion and West Region No. The 1 seed Kansas was in the second round.

The Sweet 16 turned sour for Alabama on Friday, the bracket s No. 1 overall seed. The Crimson Tide were no match for Dutcher's ball- and body-hawking San Diego State Aztecs in a 71-64 South Region loss in Louisville, Kentucky. San Diego State is the first Mountain West Conference school to reach the Elite Eight.

In the Midwest Region, 1 carnage was taken by taking apart one of the nation's stingiest defenses in a 89-75 win over Houston in Kansas City, Missouri that had Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga dancing in the locker room.

One off-night, you go home in this tournament, Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson said.