The biggest upset of the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament has to be Ball State toppling Tennessee. In the women’s tournament. The Lady Volunteers are the two-time defending champs and were 42-0 in the first two rounds of the tournament before being routed by the Cardinals, 71-55. While the Volunteers had lost 11 games this season, they were the fifth seed and strong favorites in the game; Ball State was the 12-seed. Upsets like this are few and far between in women’s basketball. There tends to be a larger disparity of talent between the haves and the have-nots; and Tennessee has been in the “haves” department for many years.
The biggest upset of the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament has to be Ball State toppling Tennessee. In the women’s tournament. The Lady Volunteers are the two-time defending champs and were 42-0 in the first two rounds of the tournament before being routed by the Cardinals, 71-55. While the Volunteers had lost 11 games this season, they were the fifth seed and strong favorites in the game; Ball State was the 12-seed. Upsets like this are few and far between in women’s basketball. There tends to be a larger disparity of talent between the haves and the have-nots; and Tennessee has been in the “haves” department for many years.
