As the sports world sits at a standstill worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, fans are resorting to other avenues to get their fix during these uncertain times.
The NCAA announced last Thursday that the 2020 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments would be canceled, which came just hours after the NBA suspended the regular season until further notice.
NCAA senior vice president of basketball operations Dan Gavitt told CBS Sports that the organization may still release an official 68-team bracket to recognize those schools that performed well this season.
An official decision on a bracket release has yet to be announced.
While the games were scheduled to begin later this week, Monday marked two years since the biggest upset the sport has ever seen when No. 16 UMBC upset No. 1 overall seed, Virginia.
The Retrievers became the first No. 16 seed to defeat the No. 1 seed as Virginia entered the contest as 20.5-point favorites. The victory by UMBC was the second-largest upset by the point spread.
Jairus Lyles led UMBC with 28 points on 9-of-11 shooting in 39 minutes. The game was tied up at 21 apiece at halftime but UMBC shot 67.9% in the second half to pull out the 74-54 win.
After the victory over Virginia, UMBC fell to Kansas State in the next round but the performance will forever go down in history as those players accomplished something no other team had done.
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