The madness of March isn’t limited to just the lower seeds pulling off big upsets, but based on the history of the NCAA Tournament, the second-seeded Villanova Wildcats were underdogs entering their matchup with the fifth-seeded Houston Cougars.
Vegas tipped the scale in Houston’s favor, and plenty of fans dressed in red made the three-hour trip to San Antonio to basically make it a home game for the Cougars.
No second-seeded team had never beaten a No. 5 seed in the history of the tournament, but the ‘Cats did what the other four teams before them couldn’t.