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NCAA on Twitter: "Nearly 20 years to the day of Harvard's iconic upset over Stanford in the @ncaawbb tournament, 16-seed UMBC did the unthinkable in @marchmadness: Beat 1-seed Virginia. https://t.co/nCPpVuNJsP" / Twitter
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For the 2nd time in NCAA Tournament history, a 16-seed has defeated 1-seed (Fairleigh Dickinson DEFEATS Purdue) | ResetEra
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