Biggest Upset in NCAA Tournament History
And, no, I'm not talking about basketball.
I know this is a college basketball site, but with the offseason very slow right now, I figured I would a) send a shout-out to my school and b) draw everyone's attention to the fastest-growing sport in America right now: lacrosse.
Unless you follow the sport, you probably wouldn't know that my University of Delaware Blue Hens defeated No. 2 seed Virginia in the NCAA Tournament yesterday. Many experts consider the victory to be the biggest upset in lacrosse tournament history. While the Cavaliers were the defending national champions and had lost only one home game in the past three seasons, the Blue Hens went into Charlottesville and dominated the hosts, coming out with a 14-8 win.
The win also snaps a 20-game losing streak against top 10 teams for Delaware, and is its first tournament win since 1999. Virginia is the highest ranked opponent the Hens have ever defeated.
With a Final Four bid on the line, the Hens will go up against UMBC, who knocked off No. 7 seed Maryland in their first-round match-up.
If you're going to be in the Baltimore or Annapolis area on Sunday, head over to Navy's campus and watch Delaware play. There's a good chance I'll be there (in case you were wondering).
Your regularly scheduled programming will return tomorrow.
I know this is a college basketball site, but with the offseason very slow right now, I figured I would a) send a shout-out to my school and b) draw everyone's attention to the fastest-growing sport in America right now: lacrosse.
Unless you follow the sport, you probably wouldn't know that my University of Delaware Blue Hens defeated No. 2 seed Virginia in the NCAA Tournament yesterday. Many experts consider the victory to be the biggest upset in lacrosse tournament history. While the Cavaliers were the defending national champions and had lost only one home game in the past three seasons, the Blue Hens went into Charlottesville and dominated the hosts, coming out with a 14-8 win.
The win also snaps a 20-game losing streak against top 10 teams for Delaware, and is its first tournament win since 1999. Virginia is the highest ranked opponent the Hens have ever defeated.
With a Final Four bid on the line, the Hens will go up against UMBC, who knocked off No. 7 seed Maryland in their first-round match-up.
If you're going to be in the Baltimore or Annapolis area on Sunday, head over to Navy's campus and watch Delaware play. There's a good chance I'll be there (in case you were wondering).
Your regularly scheduled programming will return tomorrow.
posted by Jeff at 11:19 AM
10 Comments:
Talk about being a homer on your own blog, "Go watch my school's team play, I'll be there"
Well I do want people to go, and I will be there, and I feel more people should know about it.
I don't see anything wrong with it.
its not very professional
Glad to hear you don't think so, since you're the only person that has had a problem with it.
I did not realize that I am not able to represent my school at all in the blog. What was I thinking?
By the way, that quote that you used in the first comment...I don't see that anywhere in the post. You should probably re-read it or something.
don't argue semantics, you know what i meant with the quote
it just seems a bit unprofessional to boast about your college's lacrosse team on your college basketball web site, and adding the fact that you will be there.
hey its your blog you can write whatever you'd like, but all i'm saying is how many times do you see a beat writer for one sport interject info about a game his college's team won in a completely different sport?
I'm a beat writer? Damn, I didn't know.
How much am I getting paid for it?
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