No one celebrated UMBC’s upset win harder than this fan (Video)
By Josh Hill
UMBC pulled off one of the greatest — if not the greatest — upsets in NCAA history and fans can’t get enough.
We now live in a world were a No. 1 seed has lost an opening round March Madness game. Tony Bennett’s Virginia Cavaliers will go down in history as the first team to lose to a 16-seed, and the upset win by UMBC is a gift that keeps on giving.
Fans from the school — which is located in Baltimore — are partying hard into the night celebrating one of the most historic wins in sports history. a 16-seed winning was the stuff of lore before tonight, and UMBC has willed it into reality.
As such, fans are living in the moment — as they should.
One fan in Vegas was carried off like a king following UMBC’s upset win over Virginia.
It doesn’t get much better than that. We always like to harp on underdog stories and sometimes stretch the rules to satisfy our need. This is about as organic an underdog story as you could possibly hope for, and now UMBC fans like this guy get to live it up.
There’s so much to love about this video:
- He legit seems to be a UMBC fan, so this is totally organic and authentic
- The Philadelphia Eagles underdog mask is a choice touch
- Let’s pretend that he doesn’t know the guys carrying him, and they just felt so happy for him they decided to do something nice.
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March may be full of madness, but when something so unexpected goes your way it can be the sweetest feeling. We can all only hope to feel the kind of joy UMBC fans are experiencing right now Even then, whatever we feel probably wouldn’t come close to this.