Jeff Pearlman, a feature writer for The Athletic and well-known sports biographer, recently made an observation about March Madness.
He said, following No. 16-seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s win over No. 1-seed Virginia, that a decade or two from now, nobody will remember who won the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, but everyone will remember the Terriers beating the Cavaliers. With tonight’s final — a matchup between Michigan and Villanova — set to tip off at 9:20 p.m., I can say that I agree.
Indeed, UMBC’s victory over Virginia is probably one of the most iconic upsets of this young millenium.