Historically, No. 14 seeds have been an awful bet both SU and ATS as underdogs in the NCAA Tournament. The No.14 seed has won just one of the past 12 games and covered the spread five times in that span.
Little-known Abilene Christian was the last No.14 seed to come away victorious when it shocked No. 3 Texas in 2021. Before that, Stephen F. Austin defeated West Virginia way back in 2016.
Before you set your March Madness brackets, keep in mind that the No.14 seed has been decidedly average historically. No. 3 seeds went 4-0 SU and 2-2 ATS last season. Over the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, No.14 seeds are just 6-34 SU and 20-20 ATS. Only two No.14 seeds have ever advanced to the Sweet 16, Cleveland State in 1986 and Chattanooga in 1997.
2024 3 vs 14 Seed Matchups
Take a peek at this year's 3 vs 14 matchups for March Madness.
South: No. 3 Kentucky vs No. 14 Oakland
East: No. 3 Illinois vs No. 14 Morehead State
West: No. 3 Baylor vs No. 14 Colgate
Midwest: No. 3 Creighton vs No. 14 Akron
Seed vs Seed Stats: 1 vs 16 | 2 vs 15 | 3 vs 14 | 4 vs 13 | 5 vs 12 | 6 vs 11 | 7 vs 10 | 8 vs 9
| #3 Seed | Score | #14 Seed | Score | Date | ATS Win | Win Seed | ATS Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 76 | Oakland | 80 | 2024-03-21 | Oakland | 14 | 14 |
| Illinois | 85 | Morehead St. | 69 | 2024-03-21 | Illinois | 3 | 3 |
| Baylor | 92 | Colgate | 67 | 2024-03-22 | Baylor | 3 | 3 |
| Creighton | 77 | Akron | 60 | 2024-03-21 | Creighton | 3 | 3 |
| Xavier | 72 | Kennesaw State | 67 | 2023-03-17 | Kennesaw State | 3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 74 | UCSB | 56 | 2023-03-17 | Baylor | 3 | 3 |
| Gonzaga | 82 | Grand Canyon | 70 | 2023-03-18 | Grand Canyon | 3 | 14 |
| Kansas State | 77 | Montana State | 65 | 2023-03-18 | Kansas State | 3 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 67 | Colgate | 60 | 2022-03-18 | Colgate | 3 | 14 |
| Purdue | 78 | Yale | 56 | 2022-03-18 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 97 | Montana State | 62 | 2022-03-18 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 88 | Longwood | 56 | 2022-03-17 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 84 | Morehead State | 67 | 2021-03-19 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 85 | Colgate | 68 | 2021-03-19 | Arkansas | 3 | 3 |
| Texas | 52 | Abilene Christian | 53 | 2021-03-20 | Abilene Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Kansas | 93 | Eastern Washington | 84 | 2021-03-20 | Eastern Washington | 3 | 14 |
| LSU | 79 | Yale | 74 | 2019-03-21 | Yale | 3 | 14 |
| Texas Tech | 72 | Northern Kentucky | 57 | 2019-03-22 | Texas Tech | 3 | 3 |
| Purdue | 61 | Old Dominion | 48 | 2019-03-21 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| Houston | 84 | Georgia State | 55 | 2019-03-22 | Houston | 3 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 73 | Wright State | 47 | 2018-03-15 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 70 | Stephen F. Austin | 60 | 2018-03-16 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | 14 |
| Michigan | 61 | Montana | 47 | 2018-03-15 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Michigan State | 82 | Bucknell | 78 | 2018-03-16 | Bucknell | 3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 91 | New Mexico State | 73 | 2017-03-17 | Baylor | 3 | 3 |
| Oregon | 93 | Iona | 77 | 2017-03-17 | Oregon | 3 | 3 |
| Florida State | 86 | Florida Gulf Coast | 80 | 2017-03-16 | Florida Gulf Coast | 3 | 14 |
| UCLA | 97 | Kent State | 80 | 2017-03-17 | Kent State | 3 | 14 |
| Utah | 80 | Fresno State | 69 | 2016-03-17 | Utah | 3 | 3 |
| Texas A&M | 92 | Green Bay | 65 | 2016-03-18 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 56 | Stephen F. Austin | 70 | 2016-03-18 | Stephen F. Austin | 14 | 14 |
| Miami | 79 | Buffalo | 72 | 2016-03-17 | Buffalo | 3 | 14 |
| Oklahoma | 69 | Albany | 60 | 2015-03-19 | Albany | 3 | 14 |
| Notre Dame | 69 | Northeastern | 65 | 2015-03-19 | Northeastern | 3 | 14 |
| Iowa State | 59 | UAB | 60 | 2015-03-19 | UAB | 14 | 14 |
| Baylor | 56 | Georgia State | 57 | 2015-03-19 | Georgia State | 14 | 14 |
| Iowa State | 93 | North Carolina Central | 75 | 2014-03-21 | Iowa State | 3 | 3 |
| Creighton | 76 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 66 | 2014-03-21 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 14 |
| Duke | 71 | Mercer | 78 | 2014-03-21 | Mercer | 14 | 14 |
| Syracuse | 77 | Western Michigan | 53 | 2014-03-20 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Florida | 79 | Northwestern State | 47 | 2013-03-22 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| New Mexico | 62 | Harvard | 68 | 2013-03-21 | Harvard | 14 | 14 |
| Marquette | 59 | Davidson | 58 | 2013-03-21 | Davidson | 3 | 14 |
| Michigan State | 65 | Valparaiso | 54 | 2013-03-21 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| Georgetown | 74 | Belmont | 59 | 2012-03-16 | Georgetown | 3 | 3 |
| Florida State | 66 | St. Bonaventure | 63 | 2012-03-16 | St. Bonaventure | 3 | 14 |
| Baylor | 68 | South Dakota State | 60 | 2012-03-15 | Baylor | 3 | 3 |
| Marquette | 88 | BYU | 68 | 2012-03-15 | Marquette | 3 | 3 |
| Syracuse | 77 | Indiana State | 60 | 2011-03-18 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Purdue | 65 | Saint Peter’s | 43 | 2011-03-18 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| Connecticut | 81 | Bucknell | 52 | 2011-03-17 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 |
| BYU | 74 | Wofford | 66 | 2011-03-17 | Wofford | 3 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | 89 | Oakland | 66 | 2010-03-19 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| New Mexico | 62 | Montana | 57 | 2010-03-18 | Montana | 3 | 14 |
| Georgetown | 83 | Ohio | 97 | 2010-03-18 | Ohio | 14 | 14 |
| Baylor | 68 | Sam Houston State | 59 | 2010-03-18 | Sam Houston State | 3 | 14 |
| Missouri | 78 | Cornell | 59 | 2009-03-20 | Missouri | 3 | 3 |
| Kansas | 84 | North Dakota State | 74 | 2009-03-20 | Kansas | 3 | 3 |
| Syracuse | 59 | Stephen F. Austin | 44 | 2009-03-20 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Villanova | 80 | American | 67 | 2009-03-19 | American | 3 | 14 |
| Louisville | 79 | Boise State | 61 | 2008-03-21 | Louisville | 3 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 71 | CS Fullerton | 56 | 2008-03-20 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 |
| Stanford | 77 | Cornell | 53 | 2008-03-20 | Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Xavier | 73 | Georgia | 61 | 2008-03-20 | Xavier | 3 | 3 |
| Oregon | 58 | Miami (Ohio) | 56 | 2007-03-16 | Miami (Ohio) | 3 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | 79 | Wright State | 58 | 2007-03-15 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| Texas A&M | 68 | Pennsylvania | 52 | 2007-03-15 | Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Washington State | 70 | Oral Roberts | 54 | 2007-03-15 | Washington State | 3 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 69 | Murray State | 65 | 2006-03-17 | Murray State | 3 | 14 |
| Iowa | 63 | Northwestern State | 64 | 2006-03-17 | Northwestern State | 14 | 14 |
| Gonzaga | 79 | Xavier | 75 | 2006-03-16 | Xavier | 3 | 14 |
| Florida | 76 | South Alabama | 50 | 2006-03-16 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| Kansas | 63 | Bucknell | 64 | 2005-03-18 | Bucknell | 14 | 14 |
| Gonzaga | 74 | Winthrop | 64 | 2005-03-17 | Winthrop | 3 | 14 |
| Arizona | 66 | Utah State | 53 | 2005-03-17 | Arizona | 3 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 84 | Niagara | 67 | 2005-03-17 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh | 53 | Central Florida | 44 | 2004-03-19 | Central Florida | 3 | 14 |
| Georgia Tech | 65 | Northern Iowa | 60 | 2004-03-19 | Northern Iowa | 3 | 14 |
| North Carolina State | 61 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 52 | 2004-03-19 | North Carolina State | 3 | 3 |
| Texas | 66 | Princeton | 49 | 2004-03-18 | Texas | 3 | 3 |
| Syracuse | 76 | Manhattan | 65 | 2003-03-21 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Xavier | 71 | Troy | 59 | 2003-03-21 | PUSH | 3 | |
| Marquette | 72 | Holy Cross | 68 | 2003-03-20 | Holy Cross | 3 | 14 |
| Duke | 67 | Colorado State | 57 | 2003-03-20 | Colorado State | 3 | 14 |
| Pittsburgh | 71 | Cent Conn State | 54 | 2002-03-15 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| Mississippi State | 70 | McNeese State | 58 | 2002-03-15 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia | 85 | Murray State | 68 | 2002-03-15 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| Arizona | 86 | Santa Barbara | 81 | 2002-03-14 | Santa Barbara | 3 | 14 |
| Florida | 69 | Western Kentucky | 57 | 2001-03-16 | Florida | 3 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 72 | Iona | 70 | 2001-03-16 | Iona | 3 | 14 |
| Maryland | 83 | George Mason | 80 | 2001-03-15 | George Mason | 3 | 14 |
| Boston College | 68 | Southern Utah | 65 | 2001-03-15 | Southern Utah | 3 | 14 |
| Oklahoma State | 86 | Hofstra | 66 | 2000-03-17 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 3 |
| Ohio State | 87 | Appalachian State | 61 | 2000-03-17 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| Maryland | 74 | Iona | 59 | 2000-03-16 | Maryland | 3 | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 74 | Winthrop | 50 | 2000-03-16 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 |
| Kentucky | 82 | New Mexico State | 60 | 1999-03-12 | Kentucky | 3 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 72 | George Mason | 48 | 1999-03-12 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 |
| St. John’s | 69 | Samford | 43 | 1999-03-11 | St. John’s | 3 | 3 |
| North Carolina | 74 | Weber State | 76 | 1999-03-11 | Weber State | 14 | 14 |
| Michigan | 80 | Davidson | 61 | 1998-03-13 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Stanford | 67 | College of Charleston | 57 | 1998-03-13 | College of Charleston | 3 | 14 |
| South Carolina | 61 | Richmond | 62 | 1998-03-12 | Richmond | 14 | 14 |
| Utah | 85 | San Francisco | 68 | 1998-03-12 | Utah | 3 | 3 |
| Wake Forest | 68 | Saint Mary’s | 46 | 1997-03-14 | Wake Forest | 3 | 3 |
| New Mexico | 59 | Old Dominion | 55 | 1997-03-14 | Old Dominion | 3 | 14 |
| Georgia | 70 | Chattanooga | 73 | 1997-03-14 | Chattanooga | 14 | 14 |
| Cincinnati | 86 | Butler | 69 | 1997-03-13 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 |
| Texas Tech | 74 | Northern Illinois | 73 | 1996-03-15 | Northern Illinois | 3 | 14 |
| Villanova | 92 | Portland | 58 | 1996-03-15 | Villanova | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia Tech | 90 | Austin Peay | 79 | 1996-03-15 | Austin Peay | 3 | 14 |
| Arizona | 90 | Valparaiso | 51 | 1996-03-15 | Arizona | 3 | 3 |
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When was the last time a 14 seed beat a 3 seed in March Madness?
No. 14 Abilene Christian beat No. 3 Texas 53-52 in 2021, the first time a 14 seed had beaten a 3 seed in March Madness since 2016. At least one lower seed has covered the spread in the 3 vs 14 first-round matchup in every NCAAB Tournament since 2008.
