What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

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  • jake44np
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    • Jul 2002
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    #31
    Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

    A game on the brink, 1986 Cleveland State over Indiana.
    Indiana would go on the next year with the same team and win the National Title.
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    • Yeah...THAT Guy
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      • Dec 2006
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      #32
      Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

      I'm only 19 so I can't really look back that far, but the ones I remember pretty vividly:
      Davidson's entire run in 2008
      Whoever played Villanova in the 1st round last year that should have won had the refs not bailed Villanova out
      Northern Iowa over Kansas
      (not an upset really, but just most memorable game for me) Syracuse beating Kansas in the championship with Hakim Warrick's block at the buzzer
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      • NYJets
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        • Jul 2002
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        #33
        Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

        Originally posted by Zenigundam

        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.
        AJ got injured 10 minutes into the game, and it was tied at the time. He was our best player that year, and in a lot of ways was a better player that year than he was his senior year, when he turned into more of just a jump shooter. Defintely the biggest reason UConn lost.

        And Hasheem was a sophomore that year. He was much better than his freshman year.
        Originally posted by Jay Bilas
        The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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        • Zenigundam
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          • Feb 2011
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          #34
          Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

          Originally posted by NYJets
          AJ got injured 10 minutes into the game, and it was tied at the time. He was our best player that year, and in a lot of ways was a better player that year than he was his senior year, when he turned into more of just a jump shooter. Defintely the biggest reason UConn lost.

          And Hasheem was a sophomore that year. He was much better than his freshman year.

          That's no excuse though. He wasn't going to single handedly lead you to a win. AJ Price isn't some John Wall type of talent. LMAO!

          In all honesty, San Diego should have won the game in regulation anyway. You guys couldn't handle Pomare in the low post.

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          • NYJets
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            #35
            Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

            Originally posted by Zenigundam
            That's no excuse though. He wasn't going to single handedly lead you to a win. AJ Price isn't some John Wall type of talent. LMAO!

            In all honesty, San Diego should have won the game in regulation anyway. You guys couldn't handle Pomare in the low post.


            What are you even talking about?

            UConn lost by 1 point. What does John Wall, or "single handedly leading you to a win" have to do with it?
            Originally posted by Jay Bilas
            The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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            • Yeah...THAT Guy
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              #36
              Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

              Originally posted by NYJets
              What are you even talking about?

              UConn lost by 1 point. What does John Wall, or "single handedly leading you to a win" have to do with it?
              And you think AJ Price could have given UConn more than 1 point?!?!
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              • Zenigundam
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                #37
                Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                Originally posted by NYJets
                What are you even talking about?

                UConn lost by 1 point. What does John Wall, or "single handedly leading you to a win" have to do with it?
                You're implying that if AJ Price wouldn't have gotten injured, UConn wouldn't have gotten upset and I'm saying it wouldn't have made much of a difference because not only was he not this kind of superstar guard that the UConn faithful made him out to be (didn't he average like 10ppg for his career?), but you guys had bigger problems down low in that game.

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                • NYJets
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                  #38
                  Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                  Originally posted by Zenigundam
                  You're implying that if AJ Price wouldn't have gotten injured, UConn wouldn't have gotten upset and I'm saying it wouldn't have made much of a difference because not only was he not this kind of superstar guard that the UConn faithful made him out to be (didn't he average like 10ppg for his career?), but you guys had bigger problems down low in that game.


                  He was first team all big east and made some different all america lists as well, so some people thought he was pretty good. Maybe he was really overrated though, just like every UConn player/team is, at least from what I've read in your posts.

                  We are all entitled to our opinions, and if you don't think uconn's best player, leader, and go to guy could have made a difference in a 1 point loss....well I guess your entitled to that.
                  Originally posted by Jay Bilas
                  The question isn't whether UConn belongs with the elites, but over the last 20 years, whether the rest of the college basketball elite belongs with UConn

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                  • Zenigundam
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                    #39
                    Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                    Originally posted by NYJets
                    He was first team all big east and made some different all america lists as well, so some people thought he was pretty good. Maybe he was really overrated though, just like every UConn player/team is, at least from what I've read in your posts.

                    We are all entitled to our opinions, and if you don't think uconn's best player, leader, and go to guy could have made a difference in a 1 point loss....well I guess your entitled to that.
                    You guys have had some great teams... e.g. the 2 National Championship teams.... but that one that lost to San Diego wasn't one of them.

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                    • IlliniM1ke
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                      • Feb 2003
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                      #40
                      Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                      Originally posted by Zenigundam
                      You're implying that if AJ Price wouldn't have gotten injured, UConn wouldn't have gotten upset and I'm saying it wouldn't have made much of a difference because not only was he not this kind of superstar guard that the UConn faithful made him out to be (didn't he average like 10ppg for his career?), but you guys had bigger problems down low in that game.

                      Even if he did average 10 ppg for his career your argument is insane.

                      UConn lost by 1.

                      Add in Price's career average (which was actually closer to 12) and its not hard to imagine UConn winning, even if Price had a completely awful game and only scored 2 points UConn could've potentially won.

                      I was excited to see San Diego win that game as I love upsets but implying that AJ Price couldn't have made a difference in the outcome of a 1 point game had he not been injured is ludicrous.
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                      • Zenigundam
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                        #41
                        Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                        Like I said. That "UConn lost by 1" argument isn't going to do it.

                        You can argue that San Diego had to win that game TWICE. I recall they had about a 4 or 5 point lead very late in the game but missed their FTs and UConn tied it to send it to OT where SD lost THEIR best player a minute or so into the OT. And of course, Brandon Johnson was more valuable to SD than Price to UConn because of the overall talent level difference by both teams so UConn had no excuse for not winning it in OT.

                        So if we're going by that, UConn should have actually lost by about 6 in regulation.


                        Just give credit where credit is due, the Toreros were the better team that year.
                        I'm not a UConn *****, I'm just stating the facts.

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                        • elicoleman
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                          • Sep 2002
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                          #42
                          Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                          You're really going to sit here and saying that a team not having one of their best players on the floor for over 30 minutes wouldn't make a difference in a game that came down to one possession?

                          Really?

                          Really?

                          Your anti-Big East biased has reached an all new high. Congrats.
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                          • loloben
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                            #43
                            Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                            Villanova vs. Georgetown in the 1985 Championship Game
                            "My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline"- Michael Jordan

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                            • Zenigundam
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                              #44
                              Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                              Originally posted by elicoleman
                              You're really going to sit here and saying that a team not having one of their best players on the floor for over 30 minutes wouldn't make a difference in a game that came down to one possession?

                              Really?

                              Really?

                              Your anti-Big East biased has reached an all new high. Congrats.
                              By the time it had "come down to one possession" San Diego had lost their best player too.

                              Without Price, it should have been a 3-4 possession win for USD but they choked it away at the FT line.

                              I'm not anti-Big East. My 2nd team after Duke is Seton Hall. I'm just acknowledging that UConn lost because they weren't a great team, not because of missing AJ Price.

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                              • elicoleman
                                Im The Baby/Gotta Love Me
                                • Sep 2002
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                                #45
                                Re: What was the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament History?

                                How about if AJ Price plays the rest of the game and UConn pulls away?
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