I’m a bit suspicious about this. Who had money on UMBC?
I hope Obamao had Virginia to win on his bracket.
UVA was also the victim of what’s considered the biggest upset in college basketball history, in 1982, against Chaminade.
Something good coming out of Baltimore. Maybe they can use it to turn the atmosphere of Baltimore positive.
UVA is a liberal cesspool. I’m thrilled to see the snobby Charlottesville trash get their comeuppance.
Warren buffet is breathing easier as he will not have to pay out one million dollars for his bracket challenge
Virginia lost the best sixth man in the country to injury right before the tournament. Perhaps they were using this “sure win” game to try to figure out how they would play without him. Virginia did not look like they had prepared for this game at all.
And my bracket blew up into a million pieces... aaaargh!
I had them in the final.
I think his luck will not last.
Las Vegas had them at 20-1 for tonight’s game. There was a report that one online bettor put down $800 on UMBC and got back $16,000!
I would love to see some of these alleged students compete in a science bowl, a history "jeopardy"-like contest, or even a spelling bee.
I figured it had to happen someday but I never thought the 16 would win in a blowout.
I told someone, I think last year but it might have been the year before, that this would happen eventually — probably within the next decade. We’re approaching 40 years of 16 seeds and I estimated 2 upsets every 100 years.
However, I expected such a game to be a very close foul-fest OT game where the 1 seed lost players late and the 16 seed was shooting out of their minds. Never dreamed either of the 2 wins every 100 years would be a blowout!
Pomeroy ratings (prior to tonight): U Va: #1 - absolute top-rated in the country; UMBC: #188, absolute lowest rank in the entire NCAA tournament.
It wasn’t just a #16 beating a #1 - it was more like a #64 beating a #1.
I’m watching the game now as recorded. Seems like nobody gave UMBC a chance because the analysts said UMBC would lose easily before the game. I hope I can see the expressions of the crew at the studio afterwards.
The sad part about the South Region, besides UVa losing,is that Arizona in the South,also lost via upset. And, if you’re a college hoops fan, which means you do not Kentucky, but now, it doesn’t look like there is a team in the South Region that can stop Kentucky from getting to the final four.
Woof! The Cavaliers think of themselves as the elite of the elites, on a par with Harvard and Yale. UMBC is probably no more than a community college full of yokels barely scraping by enough to earn a degree.
And it wasn’t like it was won on a buzzer-beater either. This was a 20-point stomping.
Looks like UVa b’ball drank a whole barrel of Saban’s Special Formulae Rat Poison.
We live north of Baltimore and our daughter lives and works in Charlottesville.
I don’t watch, nor do I care in the least about basketball but I’ll gloat anyway.
Anything we can do to encourage more liberal tears in Berkeley East is great.
The day after POTUS Trump was elected, she was glad to have the day off. All her super lib co-workers would know how she voted by the big smile on her face.
Buh bye, Virginia. There is no Santa Claus for you this March.