Biggest College basketball NCAA Tournament upsets

Name the team the pulled the Upset,

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Hint	Answer
1984, Auburn First Round	Richmond
1998 Ole Miss First Round	Valparaiso
2005 Kansas first round	Bucknell
2010 Kansas 2nd round	Northern Iowa
1987 Illinois First Round	Austin Peay
1997 South Carolina First Round	Coppin State
1999 North Carolina First Round	Weber State
2001 Iowa State First Round	Hampton
1996 UCLA First round	Princeton
1999 Duke Final	UConn
1988 Notre Dame First Round	Arkansas Little Rock
1994 UNC 2nd round	Boston College
1991 Syracuse First round	Richmond
1993 Arizona First Round	Santa Clara
1997 Kentucky, Championship	Arizona
1966 Kentucky Final	UTEP Texas Western
2011 Kansas elite 8	VCU
1991 UNLV Final Four	Duke
1986 Kentucky Elite 8	LSU
1972 UNC 2nd Round	Penn
2006 UConn elite 8	George Mason
1983 Houston Final	NC State
1985 Georgetown Final	VIllanova
2012 Missouri First Round	Norfolk State
2008 Georgetown 2nd	Davidson
1986 Indiana First Round	Cleveland State
2012 Duke First Round	Lehigh
2013 Georgetown First Round	Florida Gulf Coast
2013 New Mexico First Round	Harvard
2014 First round VCU	Stephen F Austin
2014 First round Ohio State	Dayton
2014 2nd round Kansas	Stanford
2014 First round Oklahoma	North Dakota State
2014 2nd Wichita State	Kentucky
2014 Villanova, MSU, Florida	Connecticut
2014 First Round Duke	Mercer
2015 First Round Iowa State	UAB
2015 First Round Baylor	Georgia State
2015 First Round SMU	UCLA
2015 2nd Round Villanova	NC State
2016 First round Michigan State	Middle Tennessee
2016 First Round, Baylor	Yale
2016 First Round, Purdue	Arkansas Little Rock
2016 First round California	Hawaii
2016 2nd round Utah	Gonazga
2017 8, baylor	South Carolina
2017 2nd Florida State	Xavier
2017 first round Minnesota	Middle Tennessee
2018 first, Virginia	UMBC
2018 first Miami	Loyola Chicago
2018 first Wichita	Marshall
2018 first, Arizona	Buffalo
2018 2nd Xavier	Florida State
2018 2nd Michigan State	Syracuse
2018 2nd Cincinatti	Nevada
2019 First round, Kansas state	UC Irvine
2019 First round Miss State	Liberty
2021 First Round Ohio State	Oral Roberts
2021 First round Purdue	North Texas
2021 First Round Texas	Abilene Christian

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10 Comments

Level 66

Jan 19, 2013

Had enough time, just didn't know enough answers. But please accept UTEP by itself; no one calls it UTEP Texas Western. And don't forget to add an e to Cleveland State and an a to Valparaiso.

Level 68

Jun 17, 2013

Didn't Arizona beat Kentucky in the 1997 Championship game? Not the Sweet 16?

Level 20

Mar 10, 2014

2010* Kansas Second* Round lost to Northern Iowa not 2009 and not the first round. Also, UNI is a common acronym that should be accepted.

Level 36

Mar 11, 2014

thanks for pointing out the mistake!, UNI is now accepted anwser

Level 68

Oct 13, 2022

No love for MAC schools? Kent St elite 8, Miami, Buffalo, and Akron all should’ve been on there.