The 5 biggest upsets in men's NCAA tournament history, including Fairleigh Dickinson over Purdue
Upsets are one of the best parts of March Madness, as Cinderella teams take down the giants and write underdog stories for a generation to look up to. You can’t help but root for the smaller teams that stun the favorites, as that’s exactly what the NCAA tournament is all about.
We’ve looked over the tournament’s illustrious history and picked out five of the biggest upsets to ever take place on the hardwood in March, including one that just happened last year.
As fans of watching the underdogs come through and claim victory, these five games take us back to how special it truly is when the brackets get busted and the low seeds prove to the world why they belong as much as the nation’s biggest and best programs.
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