Top 10 College Basketball Upsets of the Last Decade
Posted Sep 22, 2018
1. UMBC over Virginia: March 16, 2018: No. 16 seed UMBC’s 74–54 win over the 2018 tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, Virginia, is one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 6. Lehigh over Duke: March 16, 2012: You knew there had to be a Duke loss on this list. The Blue Devils have had multiple stunning first-round upsets in the last decade but only one cracked our top 10.
(Sports Illustrated)
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