What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

[kodiak]

Richmond over Syracuse( 1st 15 over a 2)

Santa Clara over Zona

NC St over Houston

Nova over Gtown

Weber St over UNC

Richmond over Indiana

Hampton over Iowa St

Princeton over UCLA

Bucknell over Kansas

*Should be on the list if the damn refs had not screwed them but Princeton vs Gtown




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[elicoleman]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

How about Ohio beating Georgetown from last year?

Ohio was 16-14 going into the MAC tournament last year and caught fire, winning 4 games to get to the tournament. Little did anyone think that they'd not only win the game but pretty much punch Georgetown in the mouth for 40 minutes.

[Zenigundam]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

How about Ohio beating Georgetown from last year?

Ohio was 16-14 going into the MAC tournament last year and caught fire, winning 4 games to get to the tournament. Little did anyone think that they'd not only win the game but pretty much punch Georgetown in the mouth for 40 minutes.

That was huge. I had Georgetown in the Elite Eight there (losing to UNI lol)
The reason that didn't get as much publicity as it deserved is because Ohio just blew them out of the water. Georgetown never really got it close in the 2nd half. If it had been a close game all along and Ohio had hit a buzzer beating 3 to win it, then it would have been talked about a lot more. Cooper and Bassett were just shooting lights out and G'Town's style of play came back to haunt them. They run some of the most stagnant Princeton offense sets I've ever seen.

Ohio was the 4th or 5th best team in the MAC and they beat the Big East Tournament Champions. That's pretty incredible.

[Zohanjohan]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

When an Ivy League team defeats a defending national champion, then nothing else should be said. An IVY LEAGUE TEAM beat A DEFENDING CHAMPION

[LingeringRegime]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

Villanova over Georgetown in the 1985 Championship Game.

[Threes_Co.]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

WKU over Drake in '08 was a fun one.

[Zenigundam]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

WKU over Drake in '08 was a fun one.

Fun, but hardly a shocking upset.
If only Drake had won that one.... I wanted to see them play UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen. I think Love would have dominated them but you never know when you have a PG like Adam Emmenecker.

[CougarMVP]

Southern University over Georgia Tech in 1993

The answer will vary depending on your generation or when you started watching hoops. I started watching hoops in 1994 when I was a teen and now I'm 28. Most of the 'upsets' that I saw listed were games that I watched or remember in my time.

I didn't see any upsets listed before 1980 but I would like to know what 'upsets' happen before 1980.

However, big upsets for included Southern University upsetting Georgia Tech in 1993. It was a great day for the SWAC and Avery Johnson led Southern University.

http://www.swac.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031810aaa.html

[dmoney24]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

Murray State had two very big upsets in its history. They defeated NC State in 1988 and then lost to eventual NCAA champ Kansas by 4 in the second round. The Racers defeated Vanderbilt last year in the first round. They lost to Butler by 2 and Brad Stevens says it was the second toughest game his Butler team faced besides Duke.

They lost by 4 to UNC in 2006. They lost by 3 to Duke in 1997. 1990 They lost to Michigan State who was a #1 seed by 4 in overtime.

I wouldn't call any of those the great upsets in NCAA tournament history but still very significant upsets. The biggest upset would be Princeton over UCLA. They played a flawless game to upset the Bruins.

[IlliniM1ke]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

In terms of great finishes #13 Valparaiso beating #4 Ole Miss with the Bryce Drew buzzer beater has to rank near the top of the list.

Bucknell beating Kansas though is definitely another of my favorites.

[Aimbrogn]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

A few that stand out to me are:

• 2006 Elite Eight: George Mason over Connecticut
• 1985 National Championship: Villanova over Georgetown
• 2010 2nd Round: Northern Iowa over Kansas
• 1986 2nd Round: Cleveland State over Indiana
• 1999 National Championship: Connecticut over Duke
• 1998 2nd Round: Rhode Island over Kansas

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

A few that stand out to me are:

• 2006 Elite Eight: George Mason over Connecticut
• 1985 National Championship: Villanova over Georgetown
• 2010 2nd Round: Northern Iowa over Kansas
• 1986 2nd Round: Cleveland State over Indiana
• 1999 National Championship: Connecticut over Duke
• 1998 2nd Round: Rhode Island over Kansas

Second UConn over Duke in '99. To this day that team is the best Duke has ever had. They steamrolled through almost every team they played.

[Tovarich]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

Nobody specified it had to be the men's tournament, so the women's tourney has the biggest upset when the 1 seed Stanford lost to the 16 seed Harvard

[TripleCrown9]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

I'll go ahead and say San Diego over Connecticut a few years ago.

And despite the heat I'll get for listing a non-Tourney game, Chaminade over Virginia in 1982 was and is the biggest upset in all of sports.

[Zenigundam]

Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

Lmao I picked San Diego over UConn


I don't really consider it a massive upset. I'm from NJ (Big East land) and I watch a lot of college basketball and San Diego was dangerous in the WCC that year. They had Brandon Johnson and Gyno Pomare and they proved to be the best inside-outside combo in the WCC. I think they even split the regular season series with Gonzaga and St. Mary's. (And of course they won the WCC Tourney that year)

UConn, on the other hand, was well overrated. Thabeet wasn't very good at all as a freshman, missing just about all his shots on the inside. Like many UConn teams, it was a poor perimeter shooting team. UConn fans think the AJ Price injury cost them the game, but San Diego was winning at that point anyway! Not to mention that Brandon Johnson got injured in OT and they still won the game. And it's funny how some of the ESPN analysts like Digger Phelps were picking UConn as their sleeper Final Four team. Yeah right

That Johnson injury really cost USD a chance to get to the Sweet Sixteen.