A 16 has done it! -- UPGRADING TO POSBANG!!!

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I never thought I'd see it.

I LOVE COLLEGE SPORTS

UMBC beats overall #1 seed Virgina by 20.

74-54

snarling wolverine

March 17th, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^

I do think Bennett's a good guy and really have nothing against his program.  I would have rather seen a shady program be the first #1 to go down.  But it is wild to see history being made.

Ceal

March 16th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^

But I don't remember my bracket this fucked ever after just the first round.    Cuse is beating TCU also.      INSANE!

Avant's Hands

March 17th, 2018 at 12:06 AM ^

I'm just so glad I got to see this. Have the day off work tomorrow or I would have been in bed before this started. Truly one of my all time favorite sports experiences.

This was even more fun than watching Florida GC go NBA Jam on everyone a few years ago.

Hugh

March 17th, 2018 at 12:20 AM ^

This is why I watch March Madness. It is MAD. I thought Buffalo knocking off Arizona was the big upset of the first round - but this game is the upset of the Century. In this tournament you have to take everyone seriously. LOVED IT!!

J.

March 17th, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^

I wonder if Kansas State (#9 seed) even brought their home uniforms.  Just when you thought you'd seen it all...

Man, I wish I had the concession for UMBC licensed t-shirts in Blacksburg, or Durham, or even College Park...

M-Dog

March 17th, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^

UMBC is a local school.  I know people who go there.  

I didn't even know they had a basketball team.  I thought it was just a continuing-education commuter type school.

I was filling out a bracket and I saw UMBC.  "Is that the UMBC up the road?  No, it can't be.  In the NCAAs?  No way.  it must be some California school."

 Just wow.

 

Bigly yuge

March 17th, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^

UVA didn't allow 70 ppg in a single game all year. Not even duke or UNC managed 70...Yet UMBC put up 74 and won by 20...the same UMBC team who lost to army.... What a crazy upset

Mr. Elbel

March 17th, 2018 at 12:25 AM ^

Welp, hard to enjoy this when my wife's family is mostly UVA fans, but I'm glad this will probably replace The Horror. This wasn't a last second field goal block. This was a beat down. Work just got very interesting Monday.

Mannix

March 17th, 2018 at 12:26 AM ^

Hate it for him and Virginia. They always seem to do the inexplicable.

Both teams avg’d an insane 1.55 ppp last 12 min of game. Much of that at the end was easy buckets for both teams but at that 12 min mark UVA would have had to hold UMBC scoreless or .50 ppp to have a remote chance.