March Madness: a weekend of upsets

After the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, March Madness, everyone’s bracket is in trouble.

It all started on Thursday, March 17, with Yale (a number 12 seed) beating Baylor ( a number five seed) and AR-Little Rock (also a number 12 seed) upsetting Purdue (another number five seed).

With a number of upsets occurring on the following day, the one that stands out the most is number two seed, Michigan State, losing to number 15 seed, Middle Tennessee State.Michigan State lost by nine points and it may be the biggest upset of all time. 

There have only been two other times in the tournament since 1985 that a team was favored as heavily as Michigan State and lost.

According to ESPN, more than 70 percent of the country had Michigan State going to the Final Four in their bracket.

University of Michigan also didn’t make it out of the first round, but they were the underdog against Notre Dame.

With both Michigan teams out of the tournament early, the tournament is really meaningless to residents of Michigan.

“The only thing that is keeping me interested in the tournament is seeing how I did with picking my bracket,” said Milford junior Jaylen Rock. “I honestly thought Michigan and Michigan State would both win.”
With both teams out, they look forward to improving during the offseason and making a comeback next year. Both Michigan and Michigan State have made a name for themselves in the past in month of March.