<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, the "Elite Eight" (also called the "Great Eight") are the final eight teams and, thus represent the regional finals, or national quarterfinals . In Division I and Division III, the Elite Eight consists of the two teams in each of the four regional championship games . The winners advance to the Final Four . Since 1997, when the NCAA trademarked the phrase, in Division II the Elite Eight consists of the eight winners of the eight Division II regions . Like the Division I Final Four, the Division II Elite Eight games are all held in one predetermined location . </P> <P> In the men's Division I, the lowest - seeded team ever to reach this round in the modern 64 team tournament era was #12 Missouri in 2002, who upset #5 - seed Miami (Florida), #4 - seed Ohio State, and #8 - seed UCLA before losing to #2 - seed Oklahoma in the West regional that year . Eight #11 seeds have advanced to the Elite Eight: LSU in 1986, Loyola Marymount in 1990, Temple in 2001, George Mason in 2006, Virginia Commonwealth in 2011, Dayton in 2014, Xavier in 2017, and Loyola Chicago in 2018 . </P> <P> On average, three of the four #1 seeds make it to the Elite Eight each year . In men's play, the Elite Eight exists intact for less than 24 hours between the second Friday evening and the following Saturday afternoon of the tournament . The Elite Eight also represents the halfway mark of the men's tournament since each qualifying team must win three rounds (games) to reach the national quarterfinals, with three rounds remaining to reach and win the national championship game . </P>

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