FOX Sports Research
The NCAA Tournament is nearly here, with conference tournament play already underway across Division-I.
With March Madness upon us, it got us thinking— which teams truly cause the “madness”? And what were the largest underdogs to win from a point spread perspective? Using our NCAA Tournament database, we were able to find the 10 biggest underdogs to win a tournament game since 1985— which is the same year the big dance expanded to 64 teams.
Every team on the list was at least a 15-point underdog in their matchup, while some were as high as 20+ point ‘dogs despite winning outright. Let’s take a look:
10 biggest underdogs to win an NCAA Tournament game, since 1985
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