#1 Seeds That Barely Win First Game

112 times in the NCAA Tournament, a 16 seed looked to do the impossible and 112 times they have been vanquished by a 1 seed. The Southern University Jaguars gave it an incredible effort, but Gonzaga made them #113. The close call might not bode well for the Bulldogs, who are the 13th top seed to survive the opening game by single digits. Let's see how the other 12 did for the rest of the tourney:

Year	1 Seed	16 Seed	Score	Diff	Finish
1985	Michigan	Fairleigh Dickinson	59-55	4	Lost 2nd Round
1986	Duke	Miss. Valley St.	85-78	7	Lost Champ Game
1986	St. John's	Montana St.	83-74	9	Lost 2nd Round
1989	Illinois	McNeese St.	77-71	6	Lost Final Four
1989	Oklahoma	East Tenn. St.	72-71	1	Lost Sweet 16
1989	Georgetown	Princeton	50-49	1	Lost Elite 8
1990	Oklahoma	Towson	77-68	9	Lost 2nd Round
1990	Michigan St.	Murray St.	75-71 OT	4	Lost Sweet 16
1996	Purdue	Western Carolina	73-71	2	Lost 2nd Round
1996	Connecticut	Colgate	68-59	9	Lost Sweet 16
1997	North Carolina	Fairfield	82-74	8	Lost Final Four
2012 2013	Syracuse Gonzaga	UNC-Asheville Southern	72-65 64-58	7 6	Lost Elite 8 Lost 2nd Round

Four of the previous 12 teams lost their next game. While eight teams made it to the next weekend, three lost in the Sweet 16 and two more were knocked off in the Elite Eight. The 1989 Illini and 1997 Tar Heels made it to the Final Four, as did the 1986 Duke Blue Devils, who lost to Louisville in the title game.

We'll see how Gonzaga fares on Saturday against a tough Wichita State team

UPDATE: They lost