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Best March Madness moments: Checking in on Villanova’s “Crying Piccolo Girl”

As March Madness is almost here, we take a trip down memory lane and look back at some of the best viral moments in NCAA tournament history. Here is VUHoops’ take on the famous crying piccolo girl:

Not all memorable moments took place on the court, and no one encapsulated the feeling of March Sadness more than Roxanne Chalifoux — better known as “Villanova’s Crying Piccolo Girl” — when she went viral following the then-No. 1-seeded Wildcats’ loss to eighth-seeded N.C. State in the second round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Villanova suffered an upset loss in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32 for the second-straight year.