A No. 16 has finally beaten a No. 1: UMBC is the story of the 2018 tournament (3.17)
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander spend much of this podcast discussing American sports history, as UMBC did the unthinkable on Friday night. They have so much to say, and discuss, about both teams and how this makes the 2018 NCAA Tournament already one of the most historic, unforgettable ones ever.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Gary Persion, Saturday, March 17, 2018. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome back to the Ion College basketball podcast. |
| 0:14.6 | I got Matt Norlander here with me and more specifically it is now 1 at 40 AM Eastern on Saturday |
| 0:21.8 | March 17. |
| 0:22.8 | They just got offset CBS Ford's network and tonight we all witness history UMBC 74 Virginia |
| 0:28.4 | 54th the history has been made for the first time ever. |
| 0:31.7 | A number 16 seat is beaten to number one seed in the NCAA tournament. |
| 0:34.9 | The record for one seed before tonight. |
| 0:37.5 | It was 135 and oh, now it's 135 and one Ryan Odom and his retrievers are going to be remembered |
| 0:44.3 | forever and Tony Bennett and his Cavaliers also remembered forever but for vastly different |
| 0:48.8 | reasons. |
| 0:49.8 | Obviously we're going to spend a lot of time on this but I want to give you first crack |
| 0:53.3 | at it Norlander. |
| 0:54.3 | What do you make of this historic night in college basketball? |
| 0:59.9 | This is I will always remember doing this podcast with you GP. |
| 1:03.2 | I'll remember watching this game in the hotel lobby of the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center |
| 1:08.7 | with our good friends Jeff Goodman and Dana O'Neal and before we get into the game in |
| 1:14.4 | the results, I feel like I'm going to forget if I don't mention this. |
| 1:17.6 | This was a fairly just okay Friday until this happened in terms of NCAA tournament stuff. |
| 1:23.2 | We had a few dramatic games and some somewhat close ones but this was not on pace to really |
| 1:28.5 | be anything all that noteworthy which to me makes this result even better because March |
| 1:34.9 | 16th 2018 is absolutely within the confines of college basketball and American sports. |
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