# March Madness **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness/981233 **Category:** The Game Room **Tags:** basketball-nba **Created:** [March 15, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness/981233 "2023-03-15T21:21:32Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 25
### Author: ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt) #### Post date: [March 19, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness/981233/25 "2023-03-19T06:19:11Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Only the second 16-over-1 upset of all time, the first being Maryland-Baltimore County over Virginia in 2018. Reading some commentary, this FDU-over-Purdue game makes the UMBC-over-UVA game look like a mild surprise. #16 Fairleigh Dickinson’s upset over #1 Purdue inspired me to watch the [2018 #16 UMBC upset over #1 Virginia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_UMBC_vs._Virginia_men%27s_basketball_game). [The game is available on YouTube](https://youtu.be/snISurWcFo8). I hadn’t seen it before. It was a sloppy first half with low and inept scoring ending in a 21-21 tie. In the second half UMBC slowly yet convincingly pulled ahead to lead it by 13, 16, then 20 points. It was discussed five years ago here: > [@UMBC becomes 1st 16 seed to beat a #1 seed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umbc-becomes-1st-16-seed-to-beat-a-1-seed/810713): > > The 188th ranked team in the nation becomes the first ever win by a 16 seed team. There will be no perfect brackets this year, mighty Casey has struck out. (Never mix a sports metaphor). Not squeaked by either, a decisive 74-54 game. Dennis --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness/981233)._