Retrievers vs Cavaliers
CBB • R1 • Mar 16 2018
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9.3
@kingsfan
4mo
Recommending BBALLBREAKDOWN's video on this game from 2018, "The BIGGEST Upset in NCAA History". UMBC dismantled Virginia with their modern playstyle, as the Hoos' old fashioned defense left sharpshooters open, the Retrievers shot 50% beyond the arc, compared to an abysmal 18% from the Cavaliers. The bored Virginia offense had numerous faults that worked against them most of the time, as the lead stretched to 20 points! The result? First 16-seed to beat a 1. Funnily enough, Virginia saved face by winning the national championship the next year, and the coach for UMBC at the time of the upset, Ryan Odom, now coaches 3-seed Virginia in March Madness '26.
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9.4
@jacksauer2
4mo
A 16 seed had never beaten a 1 seed. Ever. Teams had come close, teams had been within 1 point. But never had they won. And when UMBC was tied with Virginia at half, everyone knew UMBC would be proud of their effort but Virginia would storm away in the second half. They were faster, stronger, just better. It had been written in Sharpie. But then, the second half. UMBC stormed ahead. Alright, Virginia will come back now right? Nope. UMBC kept storming ahead to the tune of a 20 point dominating victory over Virginia.
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9.0
@nick
4mo
When they were tied at half time I thought wow that’s a great job by UMBC they’ll be really happy with this despite the inevitable blowout thats coming in the 2nd half. Little did I know that Virginia would the on the receiving end of that blowout. Jarius Lyles the senior guard has the greatest story ever for his grandkid. MARCH IS HERE!!!!!
Saint Petersburg, FL
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9.7
@packers
4mo
Virginia only had 2 losses coming into this game. Both of their losses were by a combined 8 points, one of them being by 1 in ot to Virginia Tech. They won the ACC tournament. UMBC on the other hand lost to Albany by 44 points less than 2 months prior. Virginia was ranked as the #1 team heading into the tournament and UMBC was ranked as the worst team in the entire bracket. Calling this the biggest upset in March Madness history is an understatement. This is the biggest upset in sports history. We will never see something like this happen ever again. UMBC beat Virginia by more than double the total amount of points they lost by all season. This was a truly catastrophic loss for Virginia. The state of Virginia was in hell in March 2018. Obviously Virginia would go on to win the entire thing the very next season in one of the greatest comeback stories in sports, but nobody will ever forget this game.
Neenah, WI
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7.0
@harry928
4mo
Just rewatched it; an incredible result that was probably more mental than anything. Virginias offense was poor in the first half and they didn’t impose their size enough, but it was tied at half. However, Umbc came out looking completely different, give credit to their coach(now Virginias) Ryan Odom. They started full court pressing and pushing the pace, which Virginia couldn’t cope with and Umbc, along with some hot 3 point shooting, ran out to a big lead. From there Virginia were just shell shocked and couldn’t respond, Umbc got a friendly whistle from the refs too. It’s crazy to see how much the quality of basketball has progressed. One of the reasons Virginia didn’t rebound well was a lot of their shots missed by a lot. Still fun to watch Umbc, they really were just having so fun and that’s probably part of why they played so well; they never felt the pressure even with the lead. And Lyles played out of his mind in the second half.
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