Top 10 NCAA Tournament First Round Upsets

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There’s guts. There’s intestinal fortitude. Then there’s T.J. Sorrentine. With 1:12 left in overtime and his team leading Syracuse by a point, the senior guard calmly pulled up from the parking lot — his feet were dangerously close to the half-court circle — for what seemed like a ludicrous shot. Naturally he swished it. “When that went in, I thought I might burst,” said Vermont coach Tom Brennan, who retired after his team’s tournament run (the Catamounts lost to Michigan State in the second round), and is now an ESPN analyst. “I thought you might find me in pieces around the arena.”

• March Madness

  • (13) Princeton 43, (4) UCLA 41, 1996
  • (15) Richmond 73, (2) Syracuse 69, 1991
  • (15) Hampton 58, (2) Iowa State 57, 2001
  • (14) Cleveland State 83, (3) Indiana 79, 1986
  • (13) Valparaiso 70, (4) Mississippi 69, 1998
  • (15) Santa Clara 64, (2) Arizona 61, 1993
  • (14) Northwestern State 64, (3) Iowa 63, 2006
  • (13) Vermont 60, (4) Syracuse 57, 2005
  • (14) Bucknell 64, (3) Kansas 63, 2005
  • (14) Austin Peay 68, (3) Illinois 67, 1987

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