135-1.
That's the all-time record of No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament after No. 16 seed UMBC's 74-54 historic upset of No. 1 overall seed Virginia on Friday night.
The Retrievers entered halftime tied with the Cavaliers at 21-21, and they gradually ran away with the game after halftime. The excitement on social media built with each made 3-pointer and each steal by UMBC.
Some of the best tweets of the night came from UMBC Athletics' own .
ADVANCE THE BRACKET
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
We're up 12 on Virginia with 4:07 left, but more importantly we heard their may be some cookies left in the media dining area, will report back soon
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
We're up 17 with 3:29 to go thanks to a Lamar three, BUT the media dining is out of cookies and this is the worst day ever
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
C'MON GUYS, you crashed our dang website, our IT people wanna watch the game too, please form an orderly line
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
University of Maryland Baltimore County, who are you?
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
Update: Even after the college basketball season ended, UMBC wasn't done making headlines. The Retrievers upset No. 1 Albany in lacrosse in April, 11-7. While UMBC doesn't have a football team, the school has already put Alabama football on notice.
What’s good?
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL)
Just saying hello, we've be having some fun with No.1 teams lately, we don't have a football team, though
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics)
Here are the best of the rest.
Just a reminder: The last time was #1 this was their ball boy. That ball boy is now head coach Ryan Odom. Tonight it all comes full circle.
— Wayne Drehs (@espnWD)
The only thing that would make this better is if UMBC's point guard was literally Air Bud
— Michael Lananna (@mlananna)
UMBC DID IT FOR AIR BUD
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow)
Virginia...
— Crying Jordan (@CryingJordan)
It can't be coincidence that UMBC's uniform looks like the one from Teen Wolf.
— SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo)
Thomas Jefferson would never have founded the University of Virginia had he known basketball team would lose to No. 16 seed UMBC.
— Ben Maller (@benmaller)
UMBC moves on to face 9-seed Kansas State in Sunday's second round.
