VCU was one of the more egregiously underseeded teams by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. A Rams squad that enters the tournament with a 28-6 record and Atlantic 10 regular-season and tournament championships is a No. 11 seed despite being No. 31 in both the NET and on KenPom.

St. John's will try to defy the odds as a No. 2 seed when the NCAA Tournament 2025 gets underway. Second-seeded teams have been upset by No. 15 seeds three times in the last four years, most recently with No.