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The Biggest Upset in CBB History

On the late evening of March 16, 2018, one of the most shocking and unexpected upsets occurred in college basketball. Many people thought that a 16 seed beating a 1 seed was unachievable for obvious reasons. There was no chance a team that played in a small conference and a high school gym for their home games could compete against a powerhouse in arguably the best conference in cbb during this time period. But, it happened. And not in a way that people thought it was going to happen. Many people thought if a 16 seed were to beat a 1 seed, it would be by a crazy buzzer beater. But the complete opposite happened. UMBC flat out destroyed Virginia. From the first possession you could tell Virginia looked flat. They were without their valuable 6 man DeAndre Hunter, who was out for the rest of the season. Them not having him in the rotation really threw off their game. After the first half, the score was 21-21 and you could tell something was off. Virginia’s offense was nonexistent and hadn’t looked the same it had been all season long. Many people thought that they would come out in the second half and finally get their shit together, but that did not happen. What ended up happening was one of the most shocking second half performances that anybody who pays attention to cbb will never forget. UMBC not only beat the best in the country, they flat out destroyed them in them in the second half. The same team that lost to Albany by 44 points just 2 months prior beat the ACC champions and a team who only lost two games by a combined 8 points all season. In my opinion, this is easily the greatest upset in cbb history (even over the fdu Purdue game). Absolutely no one saw this coming. Virginia would go on to win the national championship the very next year in one of the greatest comeback stories ever. I think the reason why Virginia struggled so much in the tournament was because of their offensive pace/tempo. They were known for slowing the game down which is y they struggled

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