From 2008 to 2025: Trends from the last all-No. 1 seed men's Final Four

This year's men's hoops Final Four is arsenic "chalky" arsenic chalk gets: All 4 No. 1 seeds successful the bracket precocious from their respective regions.

Even with the anticipation that apical seeds person a amended changeable astatine reaching the Final Four, this twelvemonth marks conscionable the 2nd clip since NCAA Tournament seeding began successful 1979 that each 4 No. 1 seeds precocious to the last weekend.

The lone different twelvemonth specified an occurrence unfolded was successful 2008.

Here's what the assemblage hoops and pop-culture scenery looked similar the past clip the Final Four was made up wholly of apical seeds.

The destination is acquainted ...

The 2008 and 2025 Final Fours stock 1 happening that doesn't impact the seeding of the teams: the San Antonio setting. San Antonio volition big its 5th Final Four this weekend.

College hoops fans volition beryllium successful luck if the excitement of the 2008 tourney is replicated this twelvemonth astatine the Alamodome. The 2008 tourney was decided via a thrilling nationalist title game, with the Kansas Jayhawks topping the Memphis Tigers successful overtime. The contention is 1 of conscionable 2 men's hoops nationalist rubric games to beryllium decided by overtime successful the 21st century.

... but the participating teams' fates undecided

The 2025 Final Four programs were each successful precise antithetic spots astatine the extremity of the 2008 season. Houston, which was successful Conference USA, made a tally to the College Basketball Invitational semifinals. Duke earned a No. 2 effect successful the NCAA tourney but was upset successful the circular of 32 by West Virginia.

Florida, caller disconnected back-to-back nationalist championships successful the 2 years prior, experienced a down year, losing 5 of its 7 regular-season games en way to an NIT bid. Auburn finished 14-16 connected the year, including an elimination successful the archetypal circular of the SEC tournament.

Leona Lewis tops the charts

Sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 the week of the 2008 Final Four was Leona Lewis' deed "Bleeding Love," from her debut workplace medium "Spirit."

Joining Lewis and "Bleeding Love" successful Billboard's apical 10 that week were a fig of different memorable songs and artists, including "Love successful This Club" by Usher (featuring Young Jeezy), "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles, "Low" by Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain) and "Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna.

Grand Theft Auto IV flies disconnected shelves

Weeks aft the 2008 Final Four wrapped up successful San Antonio, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV.

The crippled was good received, and past some. Its merchandise generated $310 cardinal connected the archetypal day, earning a Guinness World Record for "Highest Grossing Video Game successful 24 Hours." Grand Theft Auto IV held up against a captious oculus arsenic well, with its plan and gameplay garnering rave reviews.

Elsewhere successful the sports world, a classical NBA Finals matchup loomed

As the 2008 assemblage hoops play wrapped up, its nonrecreational counterpart was conscionable starting to cogwheel up for the postseason -- and the 2008 NBA Finals delivered a historical clash.

Two of the league's astir storied franchises -- the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics -- met to determine that year's champion. It marked the 11th clip the 2 teams faced each different successful the Finals. Boston, led by Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen, prevailed implicit Kobe Bryant's Lakers successful six games.