College Basketball Upsets: Memorable Moments of Shock and Triumph

The biggest upsets in college basketball Current era By Zach Keith & Austin Akridge

Missouri vs Norfolk State Missouri was favored by 21.5 and the upset probability was 1.6 % in the 2012 tournament. The Norfolk State Spartans lead by one of their greatest players Kyle O Quinn who now plays for the knicks lead the team with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Up by two with 3.8 seconds to go O Quinn despite having one of his best games in his career missed to free throw but luckily Missouri missed the game winning shot. The final score Norfolk State 86 Missouri 84.

Kentucky run to the championship In 2013-2014 season Kentucky after finishing the season 23-10 Kentucky was desperate for a championship run. They got an 8 seed in the tournament then got to play the undefeated wichita state shockers. Just coming up short in the championship kentucky lost to uconn by 6.

Duke vs Mercer 2014 Round of 64 Duke was favored by 13 points and the upset probability was 8.5. For the second time in three seasons duke was upset in the opening round just the year before they were upset by Lehigh. This Mercer team came back from a four point deficit with four minutes to go in the game. The finished the game on a 20-8 run leaving Duke fans devastated.

2 Michigan State vs 15 Middle Tennessee After winning the Big Ten big things were expected from this spartans team. Lead by Denzel Valentine Michigan state finished the regular season with a record of (29-5)mand favored by 16.5 Michigan State never had a lead.

15 Florida Gulf Coast vs 2 Georgetown In The 2013 tournament this exciting Florida Gulf coast team. Despite being a 13 point favorite Georgetown lost to florida Gulf coast . Before this game they allowed 54 PPG Florida Gulf Coast scored 52 in the second half and dunk city came alive.

14 Ohio vs 3 Georgetown Despite being favored by 13 points in the 2010 tournament Georgetown lost 97 to 83 this Ohio team lead by two guard Armon Bassett who scored 32 and Dj Cooper who had 23 points they combined for 55 of the ohio team points.

14 Uab vs 3 Iowa State Iowa State was favored by 14 points Fourteen seasons after being stunned by Hampton Iowa state lose 60-59. Iowa State had an early 10 point lead but Uab finished the game on a 9-4 run.

3 Baylor vs 14 Georgia State Baylor lead 54-56 with two minutes to go in the game georgia state held baylor scoreless for the rest of the game to win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O'cOol-bGJp0

11 Vcu vs 1 Kansas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jyAD4Ed9M0 Vcu played kansas in the elite Eight the winner would advance to the final four Jamie Skeen Who probably played the best game of his life this vcu team who Shaka Smart coached beat kansas and went on to the final four

7 South Carolina run to the final four 2017 This happened this year south carolina beat duke, baylor, and florida to get to the final four

Why we chose it! We chose it because it is the month of march and march madness is going on so we thought it would be fun and interesting

How we conducted research We looked up specific details such as websites and what we wanted to know about the game

Where did we find must of our project We found most of it on the espn college basketball upsets which is in the links.

Links http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/14991087/the-10-biggest-ncaa-tournament- upsets-20-seasons https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/michigan-state-and-the- biggest-ncaa-tournament-upsets-ever/ http://www.si.com/college-basketball/march-madness-biggest-tournament-upsets- lehigh-duke-george-mason-uconn-vcu