Everyone loves a good upset. They’re what make college basketball so great—the idea that anyone can beat anyone else on a given night. If Virginia and UMBC had played 10 times last March, the Cavaliers may have won nine, but it didn't matter. The Retrievers got one chance and took their best shot, checking off the final unchecked box of possible NCAA tournament first round results: a No. 16 seed beating a No. 1. And with it, they became college basketball legends, instantly putting their school on the map and forever etching UMBC’s name in the history books.
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