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The 5 Biggest First Round NCAA Tournament Upsets Since 2000

Brett Oswalt  —  @bRo14thekid Mar 14th, 2017
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3. (14) Bucknell over (3) Kansas, 2005

The Kansas Jayhawks, behind stars Wayne Simien, Keith Langford and J.R. Giddens, earned their way to a 3 seed with a 12-4 record in the Big 12 and a total of 23 wins in the regular season. Bucknell, on the other hand, was 10-4 in the Patriot League and needed a conference tournament win to punch their ticket to the big dance.

Well, they did just that and proceeded to take down one of the top college basketball programs in the country. The Bisons outscored the Jayhawks 36-32 in the second half and emerged victorious by the score of 64-63. They had three players with at least 14 points while holding the Jayhawks to 1 made three on 11 attempts.

With a nERD of 16.36, Kansas was the obvious favorite for the 3-14 matchup. However, Bucknell ignored their 4.17 nERD to more than make up the difference between the two squads.

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