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This was harder to find out than I expected, so I grabbed some data from Wikipedia and found the answer. It's 25!\n\n```\n(1989) 25: Minnesota 11 vs 14 Siena\n(1991) 25: Eastern Michigan 12 vs 13 Penn State\n(1991) 25: Temple 10 vs 15 Richmond\n(1991) 25: Connecticut 11 vs 14 Xavier\n(1992) 25: New Mexico State 12 vs 13 Southwest Louisiana\n(1993) 25: George Washington 12 vs 13 Southern\n(1997) 25: Texas 10 vs 15 Coppin State\n(1998) 25: Washington 11 vs 14 Richmond\n(1998) 25: Florida State 12 vs 13 Valparaiso\n(2001) 25: Georgetown 10 vs 15 Hampton\n(2001) 25: Gonzaga 12 vs 13 Indiana State\n(2008) 25: Villanova 12 vs 13 Siena\n(2008) 25: WKU 12 vs 13 San Diego\n(2009) 25: Arizona 12 vs 13 Cleveland State\n(2011) 25: Richmond 12 vs 13 Morehead State\n(2012) 25: Xavier 10 vs 15 Lehigh\n(2012) 25: South Florida 12 vs 13 Ohio\n(2013) 25: Mississippi 12 vs 13 La Salle\n(2014) 25: Tennessee 11 vs 14 Mercer\n(2015) 25: UCLA 11 vs 14 UAB\n(2016) 25: Syracuse 10 vs 15 Middle Tennessee\n(2018) 25: UMBC 16 vs 9 Kansas State\n(1997) 24: Chattanooga 14 vs 10 Providence\n(1993) 22: Temple 7 vs 15 Santa Clara\n(2012) 22: Florida 7 vs 15 Norfolk State\n(2013) 22: Wichita State 9 vs 13 La Salle\n(2013) 22: San Diego State 7 vs 15 Florida Gulf Coast\n(1986) 21: Cleveland State 14 vs 7 Navy\n(1998) 21: Rhode Island 8 vs 13 Valparaiso\n(2011) 21: VCU 11 vs 10 Florida State\n(2014) 21: Dayton 11 vs 10 Stanford\n```\n\nAll the 25s are in the Round of 32. This happens whenever there are two first-round upsets in the\nsame part of the bracket. You can't get a higher sum than 25 until the third round or later, and\nthis has yet to happen. The closest was 14 Chattanooga vs. 10 Providence in 1997.\n\n**Sweet 16**:\n```\n(1997) 24: Chattanooga 14 vs 10 Providence\n(2013) 22: Wichita State 9 vs 13 La Salle\n(1986) 21: Cleveland State 14 vs 7 Navy\n(1998) 21: Rhode Island 8 vs 13 Valparaiso\n(2011) 21: VCU 11 vs 10 Florida State\n(2014) 21: Dayton 11 vs 10 Stanford\n(2016) 21: Gonzaga 11 vs 10 Syracuse\n(2002) 20: UCLA 8 vs 12 Missouri\n(1990) 18: Loyola Marymount 11 vs 7 Alabama\n(2001) 18: Temple 11 vs 7 Penn State\n```\n\n**Elite Eight**\n```\n(2000) 15: North Carolina 8 vs 7 Tulsa\n(2002) 15: Indiana 5 vs 10 Kent State\n(1990) 14: Arkansas 4 vs 10 Texas\n(1997) 14: Arizona 4 vs 10 Providence\n(2000) 14: Wisconsin 8 vs 6 Purdue\n(2002) 14: Missouri 12 vs 2 Oklahoma\n(1986) 12: Kentucky 1 vs 11 LSU\n(1990) 12: UNLV 1 vs 11 Loyola Marymount\n(1994) 12: Boston College 9 vs 3 Florida\n(2001) 12: Michigan State 1 vs 11 Temple\n```\n\n**Final Four**\n```\n(2011) 19: VCU 11 vs 8 Butler\n(2006) 14: Florida 3 vs 11 George Mason\n(1986) 13: LSU 11 vs 2 Louisville\n(2000) 13: Florida 5 vs 8 North Carolina\n(2016) 11: North Carolina 1 vs 10 Syracuse\n(1985) 10: Villanova 8 vs 2 Memphis State\n(1992) 10: Michigan# 6 vs 4 Cincinnati\n(2010) 10: Michigan State 5 vs 5 Butler\n(2013) 10: Louisville 1 vs 9 Wichita State\n(2014) 10: Wisconsin 2 vs 8 Kentucky\n```\n\n**Finals**\n```\n(2014) 15: Connecticut 7 vs 8 Kentucky\n(2011) 11: Connecticut 3 vs 8 Butler\n(1985) 9: Georgetown 1 vs 8 Villanova\n(1988) 7: Kansas 6 vs 1 Oklahoma\n(1992) 7: Duke 1 vs 6 Michigan#\n(1989) 6: Seton Hall 3 vs 3 Michigan\n(2000) 6: Florida 5 vs 1 Michigan State\n(2002) 6: Maryland 1 vs 5 Indiana\n(2010) 6: Butler 5 vs 1 Duke\n(1991) 5: Kansas 3 vs 2 Duke\n```\n\n### Craziest Final Four\n\nOr what was the craziest final four (i.e. highest sum of seeds)? It was 26, in [2011][].\nThe least crazy was [2008's final four][2008], the only with four 1 seeds.\n\n```\n26 2011 Kentucky (4) Connecticut (3) VCU (11) Butler ( 8)\n22 2000 Florida (5) North Carolina (8) Michigan State ( 1) Wisconsin ( 8)\n20 2006 LSU (4) UCLA (2) Florida ( 3) George Mason (11)\n18 2014 Florida (1) Connecticut (7) Wisconsin ( 2) Kentucky ( 8)\n18 2013 Louisville (1) Wichita State (9) Michigan ( 4) Syracuse ( 4)\n15 2016 Villanova (2) Oklahoma (2) North Carolina ( 1) Syracuse (10)\n16 2018 Loyola–Chicago (11) Michigan ( 3) Villanova ( 1) Kansas ( 1)\n15 1986 Duke (1) Kansas (1) LSU (11) Louisville ( 2)\n13 2010 Michigan State (5) Butler (5) West Virginia ( 2) Duke ( 1)\n13 1992 Duke (1) Indiana (2) Michigan# ( 6) Cincinnati ( 4)\n12 2017 South Carolina (7) Gonzaga (1) Oregon ( 3) North Carolina ( 1)\n12 1990 Duke (3) Arkansas (4) Georgia Tech ( 4) UNLV ( 1)\n12 1985 Georgetown (1) St John's (1) Villanova ( 8) Memphis State ( 2)\n11 2005 Illinois (1) Louisville (4) North Carolina ( 1) Michigan State ( 5)\n11 1996 Massachusetts (1) Kentucky (1) Miss. State ( 5) Syracuse ( 4)\n10 2015 Kentucky (1) Wisconsin (1) Michigan State ( 7) Duke ( 1)\n10 1988 Duke (2) Kansas (6) Oklahoma ( 1) Arizona ( 1)\n10 1987 Syracuse (2) Providence (6) Indiana ( 1) UNLV ( 1)\n 9 2012 Kentucky (1) Louisville (4) Ohio State ( 2) Kansas ( 2)\n 9 2003 Syracuse (3) Texas (1) Marquette ( 3) Kansas ( 2)\n 9 2002 Maryland (1) Kansas (1) Indiana ( 5) Oklahoma ( 2)\n 9 1998 North Carolina (1) Utah (3) Kentucky ( 2) Stanford ( 3)\n 9 1995 Oklahoma State (4) UCLA (1) North Carolina ( 2) Arkansas ( 2)\n 9 1989 Duke (2) Seton Hall (3) Michigan ( 3) Illinois ( 1)\n 8 2004 Oklahoma State (2) Georgia Tech (3) Duke ( 1) Connecticut ( 2)\n 8 1994 Florida (3) Duke (2) Arkansas ( 1) Arizona ( 2)\n 7 2009 Michigan St. (2) Connecticut (1) Villanova ( 3) North Carolina ( 1)\n 7 2001 Duke (1) Maryland (3) Michigan State ( 1) Arizona ( 2)\n 7 1999 Duke (1) Michigan State (1) Ohio State ( 4) Connecticut ( 1)\n 7 1997 North Carolina (1) Arizona (4) Minnesota* ( 1) Kentucky ( 1)\n 7 1991 North Carolina (1) Kansas (3) Duke ( 2) UNLV ( 1)\n 6 2007 Florida (1) UCLA (2) Georgetown ( 2) Ohio State ( 1)\n 5 1993 North Carolina (1) Kansas (2) Kentucky ( 1) Michigan * ( 1)\n 4 2008 North Carolina (1) Kansas (1) Memphis ( 1) UCLA ( 1)\n```\n\n## Using the data\n\nThe data comes from [Wikipedia articles][2011]. It's all in `data/YYYY.json`. For example:\n\n```json\n{\n \"year\": 1997,\n \"regions\": [\n [\n [\n [\n {\n \"round_of\": 64, \"seed\": 1,\n \"team\": \"North Carolina\", \"score\": 82,\n },\n {\n \"round_of\": 64, \"seed\": 16,\n \"team\": \"Fairfield\", \"score\": 74\n }\n ],\n ...\n ],\n ...\n ],\n ...\n ],\n \"finalfour\": [\n [\n [\n {\n \"round_of\": 4, \"seed\": 1,\n \"team\": \"North Carolina\", \"score\": 58\n },\n {\n \"round_of\": 4, \"seed\": 4,\n \"team\": \"Arizona\", \"score\": 66\n }\n ],\n [\n {\n \"round_of\": 4, \"seed\": 1,\n \"team\": \"Minnesota*\", \"score\": 69\n },\n {\n \"round_of\": 4, \"seed\": 1,\n \"team\": \"Kentucky\", \"score\": 78\n }\n ]\n ],\n [\n [\n {\n \"round_of\": 2, \"seed\": 4,\n \"team\": \"Arizona\", \"score\": 84\n },\n {\n \"round_of\": 2, \"seed\": 1,\n \"team\": \"Kentucky\", \"score\": 79\n }\n ]\n ]\n ]\n}\n```\n\n- There are four regions.\n- Each contains an array of four rounds.\n- Each round contains an array of games.\n- Each game is an array of two teams.\n- Each team is an object with `round_of`, `seed`, `team` and `score` keys.\n\nIf you're working in Python, you can find some helper functions in `utils.py` and some\nexample code in `find_highest_seeds.py` and `craziest_final_four.py`:\n\n $ ./craziest_final_four.py data/*.json\n 26 2011 Kentucky ( 4) Connecticut ( 3) VCU (11) Butler ( 8)\n 22 2000 Florida ( 5) North Carolina ( 8) Michigan State ( 1) Wisconsin ( 8)\n 20 2006 LSU ( 4) UCLA ( 2) Florida ( 3) George Mason (11)\n 18 2014 Florida ( 1) Connecticut ( 7) Wisconsin ( 2) Kentucky ( 8)\n 18 2013 Louisville ( 1) Wichita State ( 9) Michigan ( 4) Syracuse ( 4)\n ...\n\n## Updating the data\n\nTo regenerate (or update) the data, you'll need Python 3.6 or later.\nSet up your virtual environment and run:\n\n pip install -r requirements.txt\n ./extract_wiki_source.py pages/*.html\n ./extract_bracket.py pages/*.wiki\n mv pages/*.json data/\n\nTo add a new year, use `curl` to put a new HTML file in `pages/YYYY.html`. 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