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March Madness 2018 is history! The college champion was determined at the great basketball spectacle. SPORT1 shows all results.
March Madness – the biggest basketball extravaganza on earth – is history for this year.
The Villanova Wildcats secured the title in the final thanks to a sovereign performance against the Michigan Wolverines around the German talent Moritz Wagner.
On March 16, 2018, the biggest sporting shock in college history took place. As the first top seeded team in March Madness history, the Virginia Cavaliers are defeated in the first round. The Cavaliers lose to the South Region No. 16 seeded UMBC Retrievers – the sensation is perfect © Getty Images
The retrievers can hardly believe their luck. Because they don’t just win somehow: They give the big favorite a real beating: 74:54 is the end result. After 135 unsuccessful attempts, a number 16 wins against a number one for the first time © Getty Images
Outstanding player is Jairus Lyles. The University of Maryland-Baltimore County guard scores 28 points to make himself immortal © Getty Images
With their victory, the UMBC Retrievers will go down in college basketball history. After all: Virginia then writes her own fairy tale story and becomes NCAA Champ in 2019 © Getty Images
The list of March Madness sensations and moments is long. Because of the corona virus, there will be no surprises in 2020. SPORT1 shows the top 25 © SPORT1 graphic Paul Hänel: Getty Images
PLACE 25 – DREW KICKS OUT OLE MISS: After three tournament appearances in a row, Valparaiso is ready for the upset against Ole Miss in 1998. After a rejected free throw, the underdog is two points behind with 2.5 seconds to go. But Bryce Drew, son of Coach Homer Drew, catches the ball after a long pass and hits a three-pointer for March Madness’s first win. The Crusaders even make it to the Sweet 16 © Getty Images
PLACE 24 – MCCOLLUM SHOCKS DUKE: With Missouri and Duke, two No. 2 teams bowed out in the first round in 2012. The Blue Devils, one of the big tournament favorites, cannot stop today’s Portland star CJ McCollum (l.). His 30 points mean the end for Duke © Getty Images
23rd PLACE – HUNTER RECOVER BAYLOR: In 2014, two No. 14 seeded teams are causing surprises. Next to UAB (vs. Iowa State) is Georgia State, who knocked out Baylor with RJ Hunter’s (l.) three three seconds before the end. The team is still 12 points behind with 2:53 minutes to go. But then Hunter’s hour came, scoring 12 of the Panthers’ last 13 points © Getty Images
PLACE 22 – LOYOLA’S EMOTIONAL STORY: Loyola Marymount writes one of the most emotional stories. Hank Gathers collapses on the field in the 89-90 season and later dies in the hospital. The team receives an invite to the NCAA Tournament and is seeded No. 11. Loyola even fights his way up to the Elite Eight. Teammate Bo Kimble always throws his first free throw with his weak left hand to commemorate Gathers © Getty Images
21ST PLACE – SYRACUSE WINS THE MARATHON MATCH: 2009 sees the longest game in college history. After four hours and six overtimes, Syracuse wrestles UConn in the Big East Tournament. It wasn’t until the sixth overtime that Syracuse took the lead after regular time – but that’s enough © Getty Images
PLACE 20 – HAYWARD MISSING MILLIMETER: The Butler Bulldogs (No. 5) write a fairytale story in 2010 and enter the Championship Game in front of their home crowd. Led by coach Brad Stevens and Gordon Hayward, both now active for the Boston Celtics, the Bulldogs are also close to the sensation in the final against Duke. Hayward throws from the halfway line at the last second, the ball bounces in…and out © Getty Images
PLACE 19 – DRAMA ABOUT COLEMAN: The legendary coach Bobby “General” Knight is allowed to cut the nets as champion for the third time in 1987 with the Indiana Hoosiers. The later NBA star Derrick Coleman awarded a free throw in the dramatic final phase for the Syracuse Orange. Indiana’s Keith Smart scores seconds before the end to make it 74:73. It is Knight’s last title © Getty Images
PLACE 18 – JESPERSON FROM THE MIDDLE LINE: One of the buzzer beaters from recent memory is probably the craziest of March 2016. In the game between Northern Iowa (No. 11) and Texas (No. 6) the favorite equalizes a few seconds before the end. But then Paul Jesperson throws a shot from the Northern Iowa centerline © Getty Images
RANK 17 – TEXAS’ MEGA RACKING (2016): Two days after Jesperson’s incredible buzzer beater, UNI has another surprise up their sleeve against Texas A&M (No. 3). With 44 seconds remaining, the underdog leads by twelve points. What follows is one of the biggest catch-ups in college history © Getty Images
PLACE 16 – CHAMBERLAIN’S MOST PAINFUL DEFEAT: The great Wilt Chamberlain won countless trophies and championships in his unparalleled career. In 1957, “The Stilt” as a still very young college athlete of the Kansas Jayhawks (centre) lost 53:54 to the North Carolina Tar Heels after three overtimes. Despite this, Chamberlain is voted the best player of the Final Four. He later says it was “the most painful loss of my life” © Getty Images
PLACE 15 – MEGA-UPSET: The spectators experience a real heavyweight duel in 1999. The UConn Huskies challenge the Duke Blue Devils, who go into the final with a score of 37:1. Mike Krzyzewski, who is still acting as coach, has no reason to be happy © Getty Images
Richard “Rip” Hamilton (r.), later also known in the NBA for his face mask, leads UConn to the 77:74 success © Getty Images
14TH-RANKED DUNK CITY: To date, the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are the only No. 15th-seeded team to make the Sweet Sixteen. FGCU surprises one favorite after another in 2013 and makes a name for itself as “Dunk City”. The Florida Gators end the Eagles’ great run © Getty Images
13TH PLACE – GEORGE MASON’S RUN: Back-to-back knockouts of Michigan State, North Carolina and top-seed Connecticut in 2006, George Mason became only the second No. 11 team ever and the first team in the CAA to reach the Final Four. Florida Gators stop what is arguably the most notable run in college history © Getty Images
PLACE 12 – INDIANA’S PERFECT SEASON: Few teams in the NCAA have had a perfect season. The last team to pull off the feat are the Indiana Hoosiers of the ’75-’76 season. After 32 straight-season wins, Bobby Knight is coaching the Hoosiers to five more NCAA tournament wins © dpa Picture Alliance
PLACE 11 – TEXAS’ HISTORICAL SUCCESS: A final of infinitely important historical importance increases in 1966. When racism is still the order of the day in the USA, Texas Western defeats the glorious – and without exception white – Kentucky Wildcats with five black players around the young Pat Riley (3rd from right) with 72:65. Kentucky fans wave the Confederate flag in vain © Getty Images
PLACE 10 – JENKINS BECOMES A HERO: The best single moment of the millennium definitely belongs to Kris Jenkins. Marcus Paige equalized for North Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Finals with an incredible shot. But 4.7 seconds remain. Time enough for Jenkins, who fired two yards from the three-point line after a pass from Ryan Arcidiacono and sirened Villanova for the title © Getty Images
PLACE 9 – “AUSZEIT-GATE”: Probably the best-known time-out that wasn’t one prevents the championship of the still extremely popular “Fab Five”. Top star Chris Webber wants to take a break for the Michigan Wolverines against the North Carolina Tar Heels in 1993 with a score of 71:73 just before the end, but Michigan doesn’t have any more. Carolina receives free throws for the technical foul and wins – with Germany’s Henrik Rödl © Getty Images
For Webber and colleagues Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson it is the second final defeat in a row. Webber, Rose and Howard mature into seasoned NBA players – later all results are annulled due to Webber’s unauthorized acceptance of money and property © Getty Images
PLACE 8 – BITTER EXPERIENCE FOR ROSE: Derrick Rose suffered a similar fate 15 years later. In 2008, the future NBA MVP went into the finals against the Kansas Jayhawks with his undefeated Memphis Tigers. With two minutes left, Memphis leads by nine points… © Getty Images
But then comes Mario Chalmers (now Memphis Grizzlies). With his three, he shoots Kansas into overtime with 2.1 seconds remaining. The Jayhawks won there 75:68 and have been celebrating “Mario’s Miracle” ever since. The Tigers were later dropped second place after Rose’s varsity test failed © Getty Images
7th PLACE – EDNEY OVER THE WHOLE FIELD (1995): 4.8 seconds to play. UCLA, who ended the regular season with a 26-1 record, are on the verge of losing to Missouri. But Tyus Edney sprints from the throw-in across the field and sinks a difficult layup to win. After the final against Arkanas, the title is © Getty Images
PLACE 6 – CINDERELLA STORY OF THE WILDCATS: Patrick Ewing is not just an unfinished NBA star. Even at college, it doesn’t work out in four years with a championship. In 1985, his Georgetown Hoyas are the big favorite but still lose to the Philadelphia Villanova Wildcats 64-66. Villanova misses just one shot in the second half and is eighth seeded as the biggest underdog to ever win the title © Getty Images
5th PLACE – SUPERLATIVE FINALS: College basketball’s popularity today can be traced back to this game. In 1979, pale ranch boy Larry Bird led the Indiana State Sycamores into a duel with Earvin “Magic” Johnson and his Michigan State Spartans. It should be the foretaste of years of NBA duels. Michigan State wins the most watched college game to date 75-64 © Getty Images
4th PLACE – LAETTNER’S LEGENDARY THROW (1992): It is arguably the most famous throw in college history. Christian Laettner catches a long pass from Grant Hill across the field, spins and stabs Kentucky in the heart with his buzzer beater. Duke moves on to the Final Four, where the title follows © Getty Images
3rd PLACE – JORDAN BECOMES A SUPERSTAR: At this moment, the scrawny student Michael Jordan begins the ascent to the global icon Michael “Air” Jordan. In 1982, the Tar Heels trailed 61-62 to Patrick Ewings – poor Pat again – Georgetown behind… © Getty Images
Then Jordan sinks the throw from the wing that makes him an overnight star. Shortly thereafter, second ’82 Tar Heels Hall of Famer James Worthy intercepts a pass from the Hoyas – the game is over © Getty Images
2ND PLACE – UNFORGETTED DUNK: A year later, however, the myth of “March Madness” only emerged. NC State University’s comeback specialists shock big favorite Houston with eventual NBA legends Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon. Lorenzo Charles (left) dunk an airball into the basket with the final siren to make it 54:52. The pictures of the unforgettable coach Jim Valvano (right, died of cancer in 1993) looking for someone to hug send shivers down the spine of every basketball fan. It’s arguably the most famous upset win in college history © Getty Images
PLACE 1 – CRAZY SENSATION BY UMBC RETRIEVERS: With their historic victory against the Virginia Cavaliers, the retrievers have taken the top position. Will they ever be ousted again? ©Getty Images
Final, Monday, April 2 (night on Tuesday German time):
(1) Villanova – (3) Michigan 79:62
Sunday, April 1 (night on Monday German time):
(11) Loyola-Chicago – (3) Michigan 57:69
(1) Villanova – (1) Kansas 95-79
Saturday, March 24th (Saturday night German time):
(9) Kansas State – (11) Loyola-Chicago 62:78
(3) Michigan – (9) Florida State 58:54
Sunday March 25th (night on Monday German time):
(1) Villanova – (3) Texas Tech 71:59
(2) Duke – (1) Kansas 81:85
Thursday, March 22 (night on Friday German time):
(11) Loyola-Chicago – (7) Nevada 69:68
(3) Michigan – (7) Texas A&M 99:72
(9) Kansas State – (5) Kentucky 61:58
(9) Florida State – (4) Gonzaga 75:60
Friday March 23rd (Night on Saturday German time):
(1) Kansas – Clemson (5) 80:76
(1) Villanova – West Virgina (5) 90:78
(11) Syracuse – Duke (2) 65:69
(3) Texas Tech – Purdue (2) 78:65
(9) Alabama – (1) Villanova Wildcats 58:81
(7) Rhode Island Rams – (2) Duke Blue Devils 62:87
(13) Buffalo – (5) Kentucky 95:75
(11) Loyola-Chicago – (3) Tennessee 63:62
(8) Seton Hall – (1) Kansas 79:83
(5) Ohio State – (4) Gonzaga 84:90
(6) Florida – (3) Texas Tech 66:69
(6) Houston – (3) Michigan 63:64
(10) Butler – (2) Purdue 73:76
(11) Syracuse – (3) Michigan State 55:53
(7) Texas A&M – (2) North Carolina 86:65
(7) Nevada – (2) Cincinnati 75:73
(5) Clemson – (4) Auburn 84:53
(16) UMBC – (9) Kansas State 43:50
(9) Florida State – (1) Xavier 75:70
(13) Marshall – (5) West Virginia 71:94
(10) Oklahoma Sooners – (7) Rhode Island Rams 78:83 n.V.
(14) Wright State – (3) Tennessee 47:73
(13) UNCG – (4) Gonzaga 64:68
(16) Penn – (1) Kansas 60:76
(15) Iona Gaels – (2) Duke Blue Devils 67:89
(11) Loyola-Chicago – (6) Miami 64:62
(12) South Dakota State – (5) Ohio State 73:81
(9) NC State – (8) Seton Hall 83:94
(16) Radford – (1) Villanova Wildcats – 61:87
(12) Davidson – (5) Kentucky – 73:78
(11) San Diego State – (6) Houston – 65:67
(14) Stephen F. Austin – (3) Texas Tech – 60:70
(9) Alabama – (8) Virginia Tech – 86:83
(13) Buffalo – (4) Arizona – 89:68
(14) Montana – (3) Michigan – 47:61
(11) St. Bonaventure – (6) Florida – 62:77
(10) Providence – (7) Texas A&M 69:73
(15) CS Fullerton Titans – (2) Purdue Boilermakers 48:74
(13) Marshall – (4) Wichita State 81:75
(15) Georgia State – (2) Cincinnati 53:68
(15) Lipscomb – (2) UNC 66:84
(10) Butler Bulldogs – (7) Arkansas Razorbacks 79:62
(12) Murray State Racers – (5) West Virginia Mountaineers 68:85
(10) Texas – (7) Nevada 83:87
(9) Kansas State – (8) Creighton 69:59
(14) Bucknell – (3) Michigan State 78:82
(16) Texas Southern – (1) Xavier 83:102
(13) Charleston – (4) Auburn 58:62
(16) UMBC – (1) Virginia Tech Hokies 74:54
(11) Syracuse – (6) TCU 57:52
(9) Florida State – (8) Missouri 67:54
(12) New Mexico State – (5) Clemson 68:79
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