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On March 16, 2018, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Retrievers became the first 16-seed to upset a 1-seed when they defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 74–54 in the first round; [2] this was followed by the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 63–58 on March 17, 2023. [3]
At the start of this game, NCAA tournament No. 16 seeds were 0–135 all-time against No. 1 seeds since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. [8] Although there had been close games, such as the 1989 Georgetown vs. Princeton game, a No. 16 seed had never managed to hold a lead through the end of a game.
To date, no team has ever completed an official upset in the National Championship. The most seed lines apart a winning lower seed has been is two, achieved by 3 seed Tennessee, who beat 1 seed Old Dominion 68-59 in 1997. The lowest seed to ever make a National Championship is 5 seed Louisville in 2013, who lost to 1 seed UConn 93–60.
The shocking 63-58 Purdue loss to Fairleigh Dickinson in last season’s round of 64 was only the second time in NCAA Tournament history that a No. 16 seed upset at No. 1 seed.
How likely are any of this year's No. 16 seeds to make NCAA tournament history and knock off a No. 1 seed? Not likely, not impossible.
In one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, No. 1 seed Purdue was shocked by No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson.
At the start of this game, NCAA tournament No. 16 seeds were 1–150 all-time against No. 1 seeds since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. [6] Five years prior to this game, the UMBC Retrievers became the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed, 74–54, over the Virginia Cavaliers.
Wednesday, March 16 marks the fourth anniversary of the only victory by a men's 16 seed in a non-play-in NCAA tournament game. University of Maryland Baltimore County not only upset top-seeded ...