UMBC Basketball Beats No. 1 Seed UVA In NCAA Tournament

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — UMBC made history Friday night, squashing the Virginia Cavaliers in a major upset, 74-54. To say the UMBC Retrievers were underdogs would be an understatement; no Number-16 seed has ever upset a basketball team in the top slot in an NCAA tournament.

The buzz around UMBC was so great that its website crashed Friday night.

The fans went wild as the buzzer sounded after 11:30 p.m. at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Retrievers ended the Cavaliers' season in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

As March madness continues, UMBC will take on Kansas State at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, in round two of the NCAA tournament. See the rest of the schedule here.

Heading into the game, "major upset" and "surreal" were used to describe the UMBC Retrievers win over the University of Vermont Catamounts over the weekend; that win set them up for entry into the NCAA tournament.

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CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: Jairus Lyles #10 of the UMBC Retrievers drives to the basket against the Virginia Cavaliers during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)