2007-03-17 12:15:27 · 6 answers · asked by My Poetry Is Deep I Neva Fail 4 in Sports ➔ Basketball
why was it so special?
2007-03-17 12:22:44 · update #1
Villanova's championship run in 1985 comes to mind. Villanova became the lowest seed (8) to ever win the NCAA tournament. They had to go through (at the time, great teams) Dayton, Michigan, Maryland, North Carolina, and Memphis State to get to the final where they had to face Georgetown for the third time that season.
2007-03-17 12:47:31 · answer #1 · answered by razorback2824 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NC State was tremendous, but for my money, the biggest upset was April 1, 1985....Villanova 66-Georgetown 64. No one gave the Wildcats a chance against Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown Hoyas...'Nova was a #8 seed, and Georgetown was almost unanimously considered the best team in the country. But what made the upset so huge was that it wasn't a case of Georgetown getting caught flat or being off their game...the Hoyas were outstanding that night, and it took a perfectly planned and executed game by Villanova to win....the 'Cats shot 22 of 28 from the field that night.
2007-03-17 19:44:10 · answer #2 · answered by Yinzer Power 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1983 NC State beating Houston
1. Seven of the last 9 games, State trailed in final minute
2.Needed to win the ACC tournament, defeated top 5 teams UNC and UVA.
3.At one point in the season, lost 6 straight.
4. No team has ever won the national champoinship with 10 or more losses.
2007-03-17 19:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by rwhz199 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if this is a cliched answer but the Texas Western win over Kentucky in the 1966 NCAA finals was a huge upset just because of the racial overtones at the time of choosing players based on athletic ability and not on skin colour. It was not just a win for Texas Western but a win for society.
2007-03-17 19:29:02 · answer #4 · answered by craker83 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1966 NCAA Final..Texas Western upset #1 Kentucky. They made a movie about it. It's called The Road to Glory.
2007-03-17 19:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by Lettie D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UCLA destroying Houston in the championship. UCLA lost to them earlier in the season but made them eat humble pie in the final game. Big "E" never said another thing about Lewis.
2007-03-17 19:47:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋