Live tweeting Rocky

Virginia’s 74-54 defeat at the hands of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was a long time coming.

It was the first time a No. 16 seed had beaten a No. 1 seed since the Division I men’s tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 — that is 33 years and 136 matchups of 16 versus 1. 

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Almost as important as the historic victory was the pickup of tens of thousands of Twitter followers, thanks to the sassy tweets of online voice of UMBC, Zach Seidel:

Sup, @ESPN pic.twitter.com/ISHem7E57R

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018

Why aren’t you all studying https://t.co/V4Zu8FtlBc

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018

March 16, 2018
11:33 PM eastern

#16 The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
74

#1 University of Virginia
54

It's even better with Titanic music! (@UMBCAthletics with the upset to end all upsets)

🏀🚢🎶 pic.twitter.com/0JKG4ur6Ko

— 🏀🚢🎶UMBC MADNESS🏀🚢🎶 (@TitanicHoops) March 17, 2018

Do we still need to relax? https://t.co/4qJSViHy7B

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018

Nah, they were against college teams...you might’ve heard of the team we beat for win No.25 tho... https://t.co/evSuo3KIbF

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018

Not sure why I care because the NCAA has always been a sham and these 'March Madness' tournaments are basically gladiatorial mismatches...wait a minute, that's it!  That's the real joy of it.

COMMODUS: My history's a little hazy Cassius, but aren't the Barbarians supposed to lose the battle of Carthage!!
CASSIUS: Yes, Sire. Forgive me, Sire.