March Madness delivers series of upsets to bust all men’s brackets

(CNN) Only the initially round has concluded, and currently March Madness has delivered some key upsets.

So far, No.1 seed Purdue University, No.two seed Arizona Wildcats and No.four seed Virginia Cavaliers have been unceremoniously dumped out of the tournament, succumbing to 16-seed Farleigh Dickinson, No.15 seed Princeton Tigers and 13th-seeded Furman Paladins respectively.

Farleigh Dickinson’s 63-58 victory more than Purdue was just the second time in NCAA men’s tournament history that a No.16 seed defeated a No.1 seed, and its players flooded the court afterwards in celebration.

“We just have faith in what we do and our guys are so challenging and competitive,” FDU’s head coach Tobin Anderson told the TNT broadcast.

“I appreciate our guys. They are challenging. They are good. They played their tails off. That is an unbelievable win. It really is unbelievable. We shocked the globe.”

Only two.36% of completed Men’s Bracket Challenge Game entries predicted an FDU win more than Purdue, the second-lowest percentage out of just about every group in the field, according to the NCAA.

The shocking win also signifies that the final hopes of any individual finishing the virtually not possible job of predicting a best bracket has been eliminated altogether, the NCAA noted.

Any hopes of finishing a best bracket had currently been dented on Thursday following Princeton’s 59-55 improbable win more than Arizona and the Paladins’ beautiful 68-67 victory against Virginia.

Princeton defeated Arizona to advance to the second round.

Princeton’s victory alone left only .065% of men’s brackets remaining intact, out of the millions of brackets completed, according to NCAA March Madness Twitter.

“1 year immediately after all brackets busted on Game No. 28, no a single remained best immediately after the 25th game of the tournament,” mentioned the NCAA.

For a great deal of the initially half, the outcome had wavered on a knife’s edge just before a swift start off to the second half place Arizona in manage.

But, trailing by ten points with eight minutes remaining, the Tigers clawed their way back into the game and completed a popular victory.

The Paladins also snatched their unlikely win immediately after finishing a comeback, overcoming a 12-point deficit at a single stage, to topple Virginia.

“You know, this game is — intriguing could be the word I’d use,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett mentioned afterwards, reflecting on his team’s defeat.

“You really feel like, we got it, we got it, and then all of a sudden in a moment’s notice, it adjustments at the finish.”