On March 16, 2018, number 1 seeded Virginia played their first NCAA Tournament game against number 16 UMBC. This game was supposed to be an absolute blood bath. All time games between 1 and 16 seeds were 135-0 in favor of the one seed. The Cavaliers were 20.5 point favorites and nobody ever thought this small school from Baltimore would stand even the smallest chance. But somehow UMBC was tied at halftime and put the nation on an upset alert. It was 21-21 at the half and 99% of America still believed that Virginia would run away in the second half. remember, 16 seeds were 0-135 in these games, and Virginia is the favorite to win the entire Tournament. They still had no chance. UMBC threw those numbers and odds away and proceeded to put up 53 points in the second half and absolutely dominated the Cavaliers only allowing 33 points and winning the game 74-54. UMBC almost scored all of Virginias points in one half. Jairus Lyles put up 28 points and 23 coming in the second half. I have no clue what was said to UMBC, but it worked and they broke everyone's, and I mean everyone's bracket.
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