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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5024985, member: 1969"]
Did some quick research via basketball reference.   As some expected there is not many games they played in this scenario.

[B]They have only had 4 games in the last 30 years where they played a team seeded higher than them.   They were all in the sweet 16 and of the course they would be 0-4, or there would ne no thread..    Interestingly though, Duke has lost 8 times as the "favoured" seed in sweet 16 games.   Bolded games below -- lots of #1-4 and #1-5 losses. [/B]

2003 (#3 seed) - lost to Kansas a #2 seed.
2013 (#2 seed) - lost to Louisville a #1 seed
2016 (#4 seed) - lost to Oregon  a #1 seed   (the Dillon Brooks, crybaby Coach K game)
2018 (# 2 seed) - lost to Kansas as a #1 seed

I decided to post every game they lost to a lower seed, as it might lead to some pleasant memories for some of us.  Yes every team with high seeds will lose these games, but it Duke.   Sweet 16 losses are bolded, as well as losses as #1 or #2 seed in the first two round (which are italicized)

1996 - lost a #8-#9 game against Eastern Michigan
[I][U]1997 - lost a #2-#10 against Providence[/U][/I]
[B]1998 - lost a #1-#2 game against Kentucky
2000 - lost a #1-#5 game against Florida
2002 - lost a #1-#5 game against Indiana[/B]
2004 - lost a #1-#2 game against UConn
[B]2005 - lost a #1-#5 game against Michigan St
2006 - lost a #1-#4 game against LSU[/B]
2007 - lost a #6-#11 game against VCU
[U][I]2008 - lost a #2-#7 game against West Virgnia[/I][/U]
[B]2009 - lost a #2-#3 game against Villanova
2011 - lost a #1-#5 against Arizona[/B]
[I][U]2012 - lost a #2-#15 game against Lehigh
2014 - lost a #3-#14 game against Mercer[/U][/I]
[U][I]2017 - lost a #2-#7 game against South Carolina[/I][/U]
[B]2019 - lost a #1-#2 game against Michigan St[/B]
2022 - Lost a #2-#8 game against UNC
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