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An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, a single-elimination tournament, this generally constitutes a lower seeded team defeating a higher-seeded (i.e., higher-ranked) team; a widely recognized upset is one performed by a team ranked substantially lower than its opponent.
Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team." [8] The 2024 tournament saw a total of 9 upsets, with seven in the first round, one in the Sweet Sixteen and one in the Elite Eight.
An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I men's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll.
No. 1 seeds UConn, Purdue and North Carolina won every game they played by at least 16 points, though the Tar Heels did have to overcome an early 12-point deficit against Michigan State in the ...
Upset special: No. 13 Charleston rides a 12-game winning streak into its battle with No. 4 Alabama. The Cougars are a deep team with great balance, and they pull off the stunner.
The greatest hour in the history of Oakland men’s basketball — and its longtime 68-year-old head coach, Greg Kampe — has arrived. The 14-seed Golden Grizzlies upset 3-seed Kentucky 80-76 in ...
A major upset occurred on the first full day of the tournament, when 15-seed Saint Peter's upset 2-seed Kentucky, and subsequently became the third 15-seed to reach the Sweet 16 (the second consecutive year in which this occurred and third in the last nine years) and the first ever 15-seed to advance to the Elite Eight. [2]
No. 1 Kansas was upset 76-63 by unranked Creighton on Wednesday night, the Bluejays’ second win over top-ranked opposition in less than a year.. Pop Isaacs led the scoring for Creighton with a ...