March 16, 2018 was the worst day in the history of Men’s Basketball at the University of Virginia. The Cavaliers had been seeded first in the South regional bracket and first overall in the NCAA Tournament. They faced the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the 16th seed, and became the first Number 1 seed to lose in the first round of the tournament. And unlike other upsets of a higher seeded team, the UMBC Receivers, didn’t win with a last chance desperation shot. The game final was 74–54, a 20 point upset.
The 2019 NCAA Tournament began with the Virgina Cavaliers as a Number 1 seed. This team had a mission. To win the tournament. On April 8, 2019 they did exactly that with a 85-77 win against Texas Tech. It did take overtime with Virgina scoring 17 to Texas Tech’s 9 in the 5 minute overtime period.