UMBC First-Ever 16-Seed To Beat #1-Seed With Win Over Virginia

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore  County is the first-ever 16-seed to beat a number-one seed in NCAA  Tournament history.  The Retrievers stunned top-overall seed Virginia  74-54 in first round action of the South Region in Charlotte.  Entering  this game, number-one seeds were 135-and-0 all-time since the field  expanded to 64 teams in 1985.  UMBC advances to face ninth-seeded Kansas  State in the second round on Sunday.

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