Kansas State has tournament wins over No. 8 seed Creighton and No. 16 seed UMBC, which was the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament history. The Retrievers registered just one field goal in a crucial 10-minute stretch. The Retrievers turned the ball over 17 times.
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The second half featured a rather extraordinary scoring drought.
UMBC hung around and made K-State’s Wildcats earn it despite getting only 12 points from Jairus Lyles, the senior whose 28-point night led the way against Virginia. The sophomore forward finished with eight points, seven rebounds and four steals. It is the first Sweet 16 appearance for Kansas State since 2010.
The Wildcats shot 40.9 percent overall, hitting just 1 of 12 from 3-point range.
UMBC: Despite being undersized and unknown, they shocked the world and made history with an epic game.
“No longer do we have to explain what UMBC means and who we are, they know who we are”, Yvette Mozie-Ross of UMBC enrollment management said.
Both teams had prolonged dry spells in the second half.
It’s hard to imagine a bigger upset will ever take place in college basketball, the kind of win for everyone who has ever been an underdog.
The shots did not go in. And only four points.
UMBC is not known for their competitive sports teams – other than chess that is. Looking at what you’re doing critically and trying to get better is, honestly, the only way you can get better.
Michigan State and Syracuse thankfully stopped their mutual mugging of the game of basketball before they built a brick house worthy of a Commodores’ song. After the game ended, players walked to the side of the court and gave their fans an appreciative wave.
As Jones closed the meeting and wished the audience a good evening, Quirk piped up: “Go UMBC!”
“We put our name on the map”.
Students came out in the wee hours of the night, in the frigid-cold, to show their support for the team as they returned from Charlotte, North Carolina. They’re athletic, they’re big. “Can’t take anything away from them”.
Preview: This Thursday, No. 5 Kentucky takes on No. 9 Kansas State with a spot in the Elite Eight on the line.
The MVC distributes the units revenue equally among 10 members though the NCAA Tournament participants receive an additional half-share to cover travel expenses, MVC spokesman Ryan Davis said Sunday.
Wade, of course, had to watch from the sideline. The team also benefited from the relentless pace of their point K.J. Maura.
We were blessed this weekend with the first two rounds of the NCAA March Madness tournament. “We made history. Can’t be mad at that”. “It wasn’t pretty, but it’s sure a hell of a win”.
UMBC’s improbable run through the NCAA Tournament was brief.
Just one year later, college basketball fans were treated to another stunning upset as Jim Valvano’s NC State Wolfpack defeated Phi Slama Jama’s future NBA Hall of Famers Akeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler of the Houston Cougars in the 1983 Finals.
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As the Baltimore Sun reported, the school’s bookstore received more than 3,000 orders for merchandise the day after the Virginia upset, which more than doubled sales from all of a year ago.
