The Only NCAA Tournament Upset Bigger Than No. 16 Beating No. 1

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The Only NCAA Tournament Upset Bigger Than No. 16 Beating No. 1
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The NCAA basketball tournament has the potential to be the most exciting in years precisely because it has been dreadfully unexciting so far

There is something unexpected that seems to happen on the first weekend of every NCAA tournament. The No. 1 overall seed loses to a No. 16 seed in the first round. The nation becomes obsessed with a 98-year-old nun named Sister Jean. The son of a coach hits a game-winner so wild that his father tumbles off the rolling stool he needed because he tore his Achilles tendon celebrating another win the week before.

But what happened in the early rounds of this year’s NCAA tournament may have been the most unexpected thing imaginable:...

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