History has been made

[maryellen99]

It’s finally happened-a 16 seed beat a 1 seed in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Wow...Retriever Fever

They made it look easy.

[Skittles]

10. hijacked from another thread

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

11. Heh. I was just going to post this gif. nt

[BeyondGeography]

13. Goldens...Who can resist?

They are the sweetest.

[Skittles]

14. I agree with this assessment

it is damn near impossible to be around or pass by a Golden without pawing it up

[malchickiwick]

2. They beat the point spread by 42.

[dem4decades]

3. Should have been Princeton over Georgetown. Refs suck.

[nitpicker]

4. UMBC makes history with stunning upset of No. 1 Virginia

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/umbc-makes-history-with-stunning-upset-of-no-1-virginia/ar-BBKk04U?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

UMBC makes history with stunning upset of No. 1 Virginia

Associated Press

1 hr ago

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- It finally happened -- a 16 ousting a 1 in March Madness.

The University of Maryland-Baltimore County stunned the college basketball world by pulling off the most shocking upset in men's NCAA Tournament history, hammering Virginia 75-54 on Friday night to become the first No. 16 seed ever to beat a No. 1 seed.
(snip)

And really, who was UMBC anyway -- a team most glanced over, or simply didn't know when they filled out their NCAA bracket?

But UMBC didn't just beat Virginia, it dominated throughout the second half. Senior guard Jairus Lyles scored 28 points and the Retreivers cruised to an easy victory before racing off the floor together in their yellow-and-black uniforms with one finger pointed toward the sky.

"These are the moments that you dream of," Lyles said.
(snip)

[lastlib]

5. Cue "One Moment In Time".........!

[a kennedy]

6. Tony Bennett, coach for Virginia has ties to Wisconsin basketball......

His father coached at Madison from 1995 - 2001.....and Tony was an assistant under Bo Ryan. This is the worst defeat in the NCAA tournament. Some talking heads are saying it’s the worst loss in sports EVER. I feel terrible for coach Bennett and his team, he seems like a good man was very gracious in the after game interviews.

[Wednesdays]

8. It might not have been that Virginia was doing things wrong

...than it was UMBC doing things right. You know how sometimes things just "click" for a team, and on this particular night, no one could have beat them, not Virginia, not Villanova, not Kansas, not even the goddamn Golden State Warriors.

That won't be the case their next game, because it will be a different night. But it could very well have been their night tonight when they fired on all cylinders.

[jalan48]

7. Good for UMBC. One for the ages.

[Binkie The Clown]

9. panem et circenses.

Entertain the masses with mindless games and they will remain docile and manageable.

[Iggo]

12. I've been cutting out sports here and there over the years.

I still watch.

But the fewer I watch, the easier it is to see the truth of what you posted.