March Madness 2014: Breaking Down The Year Of The Upsets

Throughout the history of the NCAA Tournament, there has always been upsets, but this year there have been a lot already and they still are playing Round 3. Imagine how many more upsets could happen from now til the championship game. Bracket busters are always common, but this season there has been too many bracket busters already.

The first shock came in the second round of the tournament when No. 11 Dayton beat No.6 Ohio State.. Then everyone’s brackets started to go down hill from there. No. 12 Harvard beat No. 5 Cincinnati in the East, No. 12 Stephen F. Austin beat No. 5 VCU in the South, No.9 Pittsburgh beat No. 8 Colorado in the South as well. In the West, No. 12 North Dakota State beat No. 5 Oklahoma and No. 11 Tennessee beat No. 6 UMass. But the biggest shock came when No. 14 Mercer beat No. 3 Duke, that definitely has been the biggest bracket buster of the Big Dance so far. Many people probably had Duke reaching the Final Four and even maybe winning the championship. And then in round 3, Dayton faced Syracuse and beat them as well. So it looks like the Dayton Flyers are on a mission, they want to be the Cinderella story of the tournament, and they are doing exactly what they have to do and definitely beating the right teams. Mercer plays against Tennessee tonight at 6:10 p.m. and if they win that game, fans will be witnessing two teams like Mercer and Dayton that are suprisingly in it to win it!

This definitely has been the year of the upsets. Stay tuned to see the continuous action of what is one of the best times of the year: MARCH MADNESS!