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This Hawaii school beat the #1 team in the country on December 23, 1982
Chaminade
This 5-point underdog beat Michigan 149-115 in the second round of the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Yes, Bo Knows how to score.
Loyola Marymount
Technically speaking, #17 Michigan fell at home to this America East Conference team on December 6, 2014
New Jersey Institute of Technology
They trailed by 15 points in the second half of the 1963 National Championship game, but they rallied to force overtime and denied Cincinnati a third straight title
Loyola-Chicago
He dribbled coast-to-coast to beat Missouri in the 1995 first round
Tyus Edny
#2 ranked Michigan was upended by this non-mainland school on December 28, 1988. That was their only non-conference loss of the season.
Alaska Anchorage
They beat #1 Virginia by 20 points in the opening round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament -- the first #16 seed to win.
Maryland Baltimore County
In 1986 this #14-seed eliminated Notre Dame 90-83. Too bad for the Irish the tournament expanded to 64 teams that year. Fear the hyphen.
Arkansas-Little Rock
#1 Georgetown was almost taken out in the first round in 1989 when they held off these scrappy back door men from the Ivy League
Princeton
In 1981 he dribbled coast-to-coast to knock out #2 Notre Dame to send his team to the Elite Eight
Danny Ainge
This Texas school snapped Duke's 150-game non-conference home court win streak on November 26, 2019
Stephen F Austin
They were the biggest underdog to win a NCAA title game -- 9-1/2 points -- knocking off Duke 77-74 in 1999.
Connecticut
Entering the 1997 NCAA Tournament, MEAC teams were 0-15 in March Madness. That didn't stop these Eagles from pulling off an impressive 78-65 upset over South Carolina.
Coppin State
2021 #1 Gonzaga was a 14-point favorite in the National Semifinal against this school who started the tournament at the First Four
UCLA
He hit two buzzer beaters in Elite 8 games that sent his team to the Final Four in 1990 and 1992.
Christian Laettner
They were dancing the Charleston after this school beat Iowa 92-83, despite being a 30-point underdog on December 21, 2022
Eastern Illinois
2023 saw this school upset #1 seed Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Boilermakers were a 23-1/2 point favorite.
Farleigh Dickinson
Talk about being Proud. This team defeated two top 10 ranked teams in the 2022 NCAA Tournament both as a double-digit underdog, beating Purdue and Kentucky.
St. Peter's
This WCAC team took the eventual national champion NC State Wolfpack to double overtime in the 1983 opening round of the NCAA Tournament
Pepperdine
His buzzer beating layup took down #1 DePaul 59-57 on March 14, 1981
John Smith
This neighborhood Division 2 school beat UC Irvine two years in a row in 2009 and 2010
Concordia
This Ohio Valley Conference champ beat #3 seed Illinois in the opening round of the 1987 NCAA Tournament.
Austin Peay
Turn the clock back to 1956 where the nation's #2 team NC State fell 79-78 in a four overtime classic to this team from New York.
Canisius
Before Kansas won the 2008 national title they had to hold on to beat this Southern Conference champ 59-57 in the Elite Eight. A kid named Wardell had 25 points that night for the Wildcats.
Davidson
His dunk just before the buzzer defeated Charlotte in the 1977 National Semi Final Game
Jerome Whitehead