March Madness Biggest Upsets

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50 Biggest Upsets

50 Biggest Upsets Table
				Winning Team			Losing Team
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread
1.	2023	Mar 17, 2023	Round 64	FDU	16	63	Purdue	1	58	Columbus, OH	23.5
2.	2012	Mar 16, 2012	Round 64	Norfolk State	15	86	Missouri	2	84	Omaha, NE	21.0
3.	2018	Mar 16, 2018	Round 64	UMBC	16	74	Virginia	1	54	Charlotte, NC	20.5
4.	1993	Mar 18, 1993	Round 64	Santa Clara	15	64	Arizona	2	61	Salt Lake City, UT	19.5
5.	2022	Mar 17, 2022	Round 64	St. Peter's	15	85	Kentucky	2	79	Indianapolis, IN	18.0
6.	1986	Mar 14, 1986	Round 64	Little Rock	14	90	Notre Dame	3	83	Minneapolis, MN	17.5
7.	1997	Mar 14, 1997	Round 64	Coppin State	15	78	South Carolina	2	65	Pittsburgh, PA	17.0
	2001	Mar 15, 2001	Round 64	Hampton	15	58	Iowa State	2	57	Boise, ID	17.0
9.	2016	Mar 18, 2016	Round 64	Middle Tennessee	15	90	Michigan State	2	81	St. Louis, MO	16.5
10.	2021	Mar 19, 2021	Round 64	Oral Roberts	15	75	Ohio State	2	72	West Lafayette, IN	15.0
	2023	Mar 16, 2023	Round 64	Princeton	15	59	Arizona	2	55	Sacramento, CA	15.0
12.	1987	Mar 12, 1987	Round 64	Austin Peay	14	68	Illinois	3	67	Birmingham, AL	14.5
	2015	Mar 19, 2015	Round 64	UAB	14	60	Iowa State	3	59	Louisville, KY	14.5
14.	2024	Mar 22, 2024	Round 64	Yale	13	78	Auburn	4	76	Spokane, WA	14.0
15.	1999	Mar 11, 1999	Round 64	Weber State	14	76	UNC	3	74	Seattle, WA	13.5
	2024	Mar 21, 2024	Round 64	Oakland	14	80	Kentucky	3	76	Pittsburgh, PA	13.5
	2018	Mar 16, 2018	Round 64	Marshall	13	81	Wichita State	4	75	San Diego, CA	13.5
	2013	Mar 22, 2013	Round 64	Florida Gulf Coast	15	78	Georgetown	2	68	Philadelphia, PA	13.5
	2010	Mar 18, 2010	Round 64	Ohio	14	97	Georgetown	3	83	Providence, RI	13.5
20.	1990	Mar 16, 1990	Round 64	Northern Iowa	14	74	Missouri	3	71	Richmond, VA	13.0
	1993	Mar 19, 1993	Round 64	Southern	13	93	Georgia Tech	4	78	Tucson, AZ	13.0
	2005	Mar 18, 2005	Round 64	Bucknell	14	64	Kansas	3	63	Oklahoma City, OK	13.0
	2014	Mar 21, 2014	Round 64	Mercer	14	78	Duke	3	71	Raleigh, NC	13.0
	2022	Mar 25, 2022	Round 16	St. Peter's	15	67	Purdue	3	64	Philadelphia, PA	13.0
25.	2002	Mar 21, 2002	Round 16	Indiana	5	74	Duke	1	73	Lexington, KY	12.0
	1998	Mar 15, 1998	Round 32	Rhode Island	8	80	Kansas	1	75	Oklahoma City, OK	12.0
	1995	Mar 17, 1995	Round 64	Old Dominion	14	89	Villanova	3	81	Albany, NY	12.0
	1998	Mar 13, 1998	Round 64	Valparaiso	13	70	Ole Miss	4	69	Oklahoma City, OK	12.0
29.	1992	Mar 22, 1992	Round 32	UTEP	9	66	Kansas	1	60	Dayton, OH	11.5
	2010	Mar 20, 2010	Round 32	Northern Iowa	9	69	Kansas	1	67	Oklahoma City, OK	11.5
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread
	2012	Mar 16, 2012	Round 64	Lehigh	15	75	Duke	2	70	Greensboro, NC	11.5
32.	1992	Mar 20, 1992	Round 64	ETSU	14	87	Arizona	3	80	Atlanta, GA	11.0
	1992	Mar 20, 1992	Round 64	Louisiana	13	87	Oklahoma	4	83	Tempe, AZ	11.0
	1993	Mar 20, 1993	Round 32	California	6	82	Duke	3	77	Rosemont, IL	11.0
	1995	Mar 17, 1995	Round 64	Weber State	14	79	Michigan State	3	72	Tallahassee, FL	11.0
	2000	Mar 19, 2000	Round 32	Seton Hall	10	67	Temple	2	65	Buffalo, NY	11.0
	2008	Mar 21, 2008	Round 64	San Diego	13	70	UConn	4	69	Tampa, FL	11.0
	2011	Mar 27, 2011	Round 8	VCU	11	71	Kansas	1	61	San Antonio, TX	11.0
39.	1997	Mar 16, 1997	Round 32	Chattanooga	14	75	Illinois	6	63	Charlotte, NC	10.5
	2013	Mar 21, 2013	Round 64	Harvard	14	68	New Mexico	3	62	Salt Lake City, UT	10.5
	2002	Mar 14, 2002	Round 64	UNC Wilmington	13	93	USC	4	89	Sacramento, CA	10.5
	2001	Mar 18, 2001	Round 32	Penn State	7	82	UNC	2	74	New Orleans, LA	10.5
	1998	Mar 21, 1998	Round 8	Utah	3	76	Arizona	1	51	Anaheim, CA	10.5
	1997	Mar 21, 1997	Round 16	Arizona	4	85	Kansas	1	82	Birmingham, AL	10.5
	1988	Mar 18, 1988	Round 64	Murray State	14	78	NC State	3	75	Lincoln, NE	10.5
46.	1988	Mar 18, 1988	Round 64	Richmond	13	72	Indiana	4	69	Hartford, CT	10.0
	1990	Mar 15, 1990	Round 64	Dayton	12	88	Illinois	5	86	Austin, TX	10.0
	1996	Mar 14, 1996	Round 64	Princeton	13	43	UCLA	4	41	Indianapolis, IN	10.0
	1998	Mar 12, 1998	Round 64	Washington	11	69	Xavier	6	68	Washington, DC	10.0
	2002	Mar 15, 2002	Round 64	Creighton	12	83	Florida	5	82	Chicago, IL	10.0
	2004	Mar 21, 2004	Round 32	UAB	9	76	Kentucky	1	75	Columbus, OH	10.0
	2018	Mar 18, 2018	Round 32	Syracuse	11	55	Michigan State	3	53	Detroit, MI	10.0

50 Biggest Differentials

Largest differentials between point spread and final margin of victory in games won by the underdog

50 Biggest Differentials Table
				Winning Team			Losing Team
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread	Differential
1.	2018	Mar 16, 2018	Round 64	UMBC	16	74	Virginia	1	54	Charlotte, NC	20.5	40.5
2.	1990	Mar 18, 1990	Round 32	Loyola Marymount	11	149	Michigan	3	115	Long Beach, CA	5.0	39.0
	2000	Mar 18, 2000	Round 32	UCLA	6	105	Maryland	3	70	Minneapolis, MN	4.0	39.0
4.	1998	Mar 21, 1998	Round 8	Utah	3	76	Arizona	1	51	Anaheim, CA	10.5	35.5
5.	1999	Mar 14, 1999	Round 32	Missouri State	12	81	Tennessee	4	51	Charlotte, NC	4.5	34.5
6.	2014	Mar 23, 2014	Round 32	Baylor	6	85	Creighton	3	55	San Antonio, TX	3.5	33.5
7.	1998	Mar 12, 1998	Round 64	West Virginia	10	82	Temple	7	52	Boise, ID	3.0	33.0
8.	2017	Mar 18, 2017	Round 32	Xavier	11	91	Florida State	3	66	Orlando, FL	7.5	32.5
	2018	Mar 18, 2018	Round 32	Clemson	5	84	Auburn	4	53	San Diego, CA	1.5	32.5
10.	2011	Mar 18, 2011	Round 64	Michigan	8	75	Tennessee	9	45	Charlotte, NC	2.0	32.0
11.	1997	Mar 14, 1997	Round 64	Coppin State	15	78	South Carolina	2	65	Pittsburgh, PA	17.0	30.0
	2018	Mar 15, 2018	Round 64	Buffalo	13	89	Arizona	4	68	Boise, ID	9.0	30.0
13.	2003	Mar 21, 2003	Round 64	Purdue	9	80	LSU	8	56	Birmingham, AL	5.0	29.0
14.	1990	Mar 18, 1990	Round 32	Alabama	7	77	Arizona	2	55	Long Beach, CA	6.5	28.5
	2023	Mar 17, 2023	Round 64	FDU	16	63	Purdue	1	58	Columbus, OH	23.5	28.5
	2022	Mar 18, 2022	Round 64	TCU	9	69	Seton Hall	8	42	San Diego, CA	1.5	28.5
	2018	Mar 18, 2018	Round 32	Texas A&M	7	86	UNC	2	65	Charlotte, NC	7.5	28.5
	1985	Mar 15, 1985	Round 64	Navy	13	78	LSU	4	55	Dayton, OH	5.5	28.5
19.	1987	Mar 19, 1987	Round 16	Providence	6	103	Alabama	2	82	Louisville, KY	7.0	28.0
	1993	Mar 19, 1993	Round 64	Southern	13	93	Georgia Tech	4	78	Tucson, AZ	13.0	28.0
21.	2008	Mar 21, 2008	Round 64	Siena	13	83	Vanderbilt	4	62	Tampa, FL	6.5	27.5
	2010	Mar 18, 2010	Round 64	Ohio	14	97	Georgetown	3	83	Providence, RI	13.5	27.5
23.	2003	Mar 23, 2003	Round 32	Michigan State	7	68	Florida	2	46	Tampa, FL	5.0	27.0
	2011	Mar 20, 2011	Round 32	VCU	11	94	Purdue	3	76	Chicago, IL	9.0	27.0
25.	2004	Mar 20, 2004	Round 32	Nevada	10	91	Gonzaga	2	72	Seattle, WA	7.5	26.5
26.	2000	Mar 17, 2000	Round 64	Pepperdine	11	77	Indiana	6	57	Buffalo, NY	5.5	25.5
	2016	Mar 18, 2016	Round 64	Middle Tennessee	15	90	Michigan State	2	81	St. Louis, MO	16.5	25.5
28.	1992	Mar 20, 1992	Round 64	Louisville	8	81	Wake Forest	9	58	Tempe, AZ	2.0	25.0
	2004	Mar 21, 2004	Round 32	Illinois	5	92	Cincinnati	4	68	Columbus, OH	1.0	25.0
	2009	Mar 26, 2009	Round 16	Villanova	3	77	Duke	2	54	Boston, MA	2.0	25.0
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread	Differential
	2021	Mar 19, 2021	Round 64	Wisconsin	9	85	UNC	8	62	West Lafayette, IN	2.0	25.0
	2023	Mar 15, 2023	First Four	FDU	16	84	Texas Southern	16	61	Dayton, OH	2.0	25.0
33.	1986	Mar 14, 1986	Round 64	Little Rock	14	90	Notre Dame	3	83	Minneapolis, MN	17.5	24.5
	2011	Mar 24, 2011	Round 16	Arizona	5	93	Duke	1	77	Anaheim, CA	8.5	24.5
	2012	Mar 15, 2012	Round 64	Gonzaga	7	77	West Virginia	10	54	Pittsburgh, PA	1.5	24.5
	2022	Mar 20, 2022	Round 32	Miami (FL)	10	79	Auburn	2	61	Greenville, SC	6.5	24.5
37.	2022	Mar 17, 2022	Round 64	St. Peter's	15	85	Kentucky	2	79	Indianapolis, IN	18.0	24.0
	2019	Mar 22, 2019	Round 64	Oklahoma	9	95	Ole Miss	8	72	Columbia, SC	1.0	24.0
	2001	Mar 18, 2001	Round 32	Temple	11	75	Florida	3	54	New Orleans, LA	3.0	24.0
40.	1987	Mar 15, 1987	Round 32	Florida	6	85	Purdue	3	66	Syracuse, NY	4.5	23.5
	2011	Mar 19, 2011	Round 32	BYU	3	89	Gonzaga	11	67	Denver, CO	1.5	23.5
	2013	Mar 22, 2013	Round 64	Florida Gulf Coast	15	78	Georgetown	2	68	Philadelphia, PA	13.5	23.5
	2013	Mar 31, 2013	Round 8	Michigan	4	79	Florida	3	59	Arlington, TX	3.5	23.5
44.	1987	Mar 12, 1987	Round 64	Providence	6	90	UAB	11	68	Birmingham, AL	1.0	23.0
	1989	Mar 17, 1989	Round 64	Colorado State	10	68	Florida	7	46	Dallas, TX	1.0	23.0
	1997	Mar 14, 1997	Round 64	Providence	10	81	Marquette	7	59	Charlotte, NC	1.0	23.0
	2009	Mar 20, 2009	Round 64	Cleveland State	13	84	Wake Forest	4	69	Miami, FL	8.0	23.0
	2011	Mar 18, 2011	Round 64	VCU	11	74	Georgetown	6	56	Chicago, IL	5.0	23.0
	2012	Mar 16, 2012	Round 64	Norfolk State	15	86	Missouri	2	84	Omaha, NE	21.0	23.0
	2017	Mar 24, 2017	Round 16	South Carolina	7	70	Baylor	3	50	New York, NY	3.0	23.0
	2024	Mar 22, 2024	Round 64	Clemson	6	77	New Mexico	11	56	Memphis, TN	2.0	23.0

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50 Close Calls

Games where the favorite won but the final score difference was within 3 points

50 Close Calls Table
				Winning Team			Losing Team
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread
1.	1997	Mar 14, 1997	Round 64	Duke	2	71	Murray State	15	68	Charlotte, NC	23.0
2.	1989	Mar 17, 1989	Round 64	Georgetown	1	50	Princeton	16	49	Providence, RI	22.5
3.	2008	Mar 20, 2008	Round 64	Duke	2	71	Belmont	15	70	Washington, DC	20.0
	1996	Mar 14, 1996	Round 64	Purdue	1	73	Western Carolina	16	71	Albuquerque, NM	20.0
5.	1989	Mar 16, 1989	Round 64	Oklahoma	1	72	ETSU	16	71	Nashville, TN	18.5
	2010	Mar 18, 2010	Round 64	Villanova	2	73	Robert Morris	15	70	Providence, RI	18.5
7.	1995	Mar 17, 1995	Round 64	Arkansas	2	79	Texas Southern	15	78	Austin, TX	17.0
8.	2001	Mar 15, 2001	Round 64	Maryland	3	83	George Mason	14	80	Boise, ID	16.5
9.	2003	Mar 20, 2003	Round 64	Kansas	2	64	Utah State	15	61	Oklahoma City, OK	15.5
10.	1998	Mar 12, 1998	Round 64	Cincinnati	2	65	Northern Arizona	15	62	Boise, ID	15.0
11.	1993	Mar 21, 1993	Round 32	Indiana	1	73	Xavier	9	70	Indianapolis, IN	14.0
	2001	Mar 15, 2001	Round 64	Boston College	3	68	Southern Utah	14	65	Uniondale, NY	14.0
	2021	Apr 3, 2021	National Semi	Gonzaga	1	93	UCLA	11	90	Indianapolis, IN	14.0
14.	2019	Mar 24, 2019	Round 32	Duke	1	77	UCF	9	76	Columbia, SC	13.5
	2011	Mar 17, 2011	Round 64	Kentucky	4	59	Princeton	13	57	Tampa, FL	13.5
	2010	Mar 19, 2010	Round 64	Michigan State	5	70	New Mexico State	12	67	Spokane, WA	13.5
17.	2000	Mar 16, 2000	Round 64	LSU	4	64	Southeast Missouri State	13	61	Salt Lake City, UT	13.0
18.	1995	Mar 19, 1995	Round 32	UCLA	1	75	Missouri	8	74	Boise, ID	12.5
	2004	Mar 18, 2004	Round 64	Wake Forest	4	79	VCU	13	78	Raleigh, NC	12.5
20.	1996	Mar 15, 1996	Round 64	Texas Tech	3	74	Northern Illinois	14	73	Richmond, VA	12.0
	2003	Mar 21, 2003	Round 64	Wake Forest	2	76	ETSU	15	73	Tampa, FL	12.0
22.	1993	Mar 21, 1993	Round 32	Michigan	1	86	UCLA	9	84	Tucson, AZ	11.5
	2011	Mar 20, 2011	Round 32	Duke	1	73	Michigan	8	71	Charlotte, NC	11.5
	2021	Mar 27, 2021	Round 16	Arkansas	3	72	Oral Roberts	15	70	Indianapolis, IN	11.5
	2023	Mar 16, 2023	Round 64	Tennessee	4	58	Louisiana	13	55	Orlando, FL	11.5
26.	1997	Mar 16, 1997	Round 32	Texas	10	82	Coppin State	15	81	Pittsburgh, PA	11.0
	2015	Mar 28, 2015	Round 8	Kentucky	1	68	Notre Dame	3	66	Cleveland, OH	11.0
28.	1994	Mar 17, 1994	Round 64	Florida	3	64	James Madison	14	62	Uniondale, NY	10.5
	2009	Mar 21, 2009	Round 32	Gonzaga	4	83	Western Kentucky	12	81	Portland, OR	10.5
30.	1990	Mar 23, 1990	Round 16	UNLV	1	69	Ball State	12	67	Oakland, CA	10.0
Rk	Year	Game	Round	School	Seed	PTS	School	Seed	PTS	Location	Spread
	1991	Mar 24, 1991	Round 8	UNC	1	75	Temple	10	72	East Rutherford, NJ	10.0
	2001	Mar 16, 2001	Round 64	Ole Miss	3	72	Iona	14	70	Kansas City, MO	10.0
	2003	Mar 22, 2003	Round 32	Arizona	1	96	Gonzaga	9	95	Salt Lake City, UT	10.0
	2005	Mar 25, 2005	Round 16	UNC	1	67	Villanova	5	66	Syracuse, NY	10.0
	2008	Mar 22, 2008	Round 32	UCLA	1	51	Texas A&M	9	49	Anaheim, CA	10.0
	2015	Mar 19, 2015	Round 64	UNC	4	67	Harvard	13	65	Jacksonville, FL	10.0
37.	2004	Mar 19, 2004	Round 64	Cincinnati	4	80	ETSU	13	77	Columbus, OH	9.5
38.	2008	Mar 30, 2008	Round 8	Kansas	1	59	Davidson	10	57	Detroit, MI	9.0
	2008	Mar 23, 2008	Round 32	Memphis	1	77	Mississippi State	8	74	North Little Rock, AR	9.0
	2007	Mar 22, 2007	Round 16	Kansas	1	61	Southern Illinois	4	58	San Jose, CA	9.0
	1995	Mar 17, 1995	Round 64	Purdue	3	49	Green Bay	14	48	Austin, TX	9.0
	1990	Mar 18, 1990	Round 32	Minnesota	6	81	Northern Iowa	14	78	Richmond, VA	9.0
43.	1990	Mar 17, 1990	Round 32	Arkansas	4	86	Dayton	12	84	Austin, TX	8.5
	1998	Mar 19, 1998	Round 16	UConn	2	75	Washington	11	74	Greensboro, NC	8.5
	1998	Mar 28, 1998	National Semi	Kentucky	2	86	Stanford	3	85	San Antonio, TX	8.5
	2000	Mar 17, 2000	Round 64	Florida	5	69	Butler	12	68	Winston-Salem, NC	8.5
	2007	Mar 16, 2007	Round 64	Oregon	3	58	Miami (OH)	14	56	Spokane, WA	8.5
	2012	Mar 23, 2012	Round 16	Kansas	2	60	NC State	11	57	St. Louis, MO	8.5
	2015	Mar 20, 2015	Round 64	Louisville	4	57	UC-Irvine	13	55	Seattle, WA	8.5
50.	1990	Mar 16, 1990	Round 64	Minnesota	6	64	UTEP	11	61	Richmond, VA	8.0
	1993	Mar 25, 1993	Round 16	Florida State	3	81	Western Kentucky	7	78	Charlotte, NC	8.0
	2000	Mar 24, 2000	Round 16	Oklahoma State	3	68	Seton Hall	10	66	Syracuse, NY	8.0
	2003	Mar 21, 2003	Round 64	Maryland	6	75	UNC Wilmington	11	73	Nashville, TN	8.0
	2012	Mar 18, 2012	Round 32	Kansas	2	63	Purdue	10	60	Omaha, NE	8.0

-Historical point spread data courtesy of Bob Vetrone Jr.

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