UMBC's 16-1 Run Surpasses Virginia, Besting Top Seeds in College Football's Grand Finale!
They will be forever linked with this moment.
UMBC's 16-1 upset of Virginia remains epitome of March Madness originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It doesn't matter how many years it has been -- UMBC's men's basketball team on an NCAA Tournament court will always remind of one memory.
You know the one. It's 16-seed UMBC, 1-seed Virginia, and most March Madness of all upsets. Never before had that matchup resulted in anything but a win for a No.
1 seed. UMBC had other ideas. Since then, Fairleigh Dickinson has pulled off the same feat, but there will only ever be one UMBC.
The Retrievers are back in the NCAA Tournament in 2026 as America East champs, and they'll play in the First Four, hoping to earn a 16-seed into the Round of 64 and hey, maybe they'll make magic again. Even if they don't, though, their history isn't going anywhere. MARCH MADNESS HQ: NCAA bracket | Full TV schedule | Printable bracket How 16-seed UMBC upset 1-seed Virginia It was March 16, 2018, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.