NCAA Upsets: Top Seeds Falling

0:00This is Corey with the story with Durham News Today, powered by the Daily News Now. Duke barely escaped a scare in the first round of the NCAA tournament, holding off number 16 Sienna as the top seed. A loss there would have added to the history books of massive upsets, a club they already joined once before. Only twice has a number 16 C toppled a number one overall pick. Fairly Dickinson stunned Purdue and Columbus, and before that, UMBC cross-faging it by 20 points back in 2018. Those victories sent shockwaves through college basketball fans everywhere. They proved even the biggest favorites can stumble, rewriting expectations and fueling underdog stories that last for years. Shifting to 15 over two upsets, they have been a bit more often, but still pack a punch. Princeton edged Arizona this year and reached the sweet 16, while St. Peter's run to the Elite 8 after beating Kentucky, became legendary. Other standouts include Lehigh knocking off Duke in 2012, Oral Roberts outlasting Ohio State in overtime,

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