Every year at the beginning of March one of the biggest tournaments in college starts, March Madness, and this year was truly mad. As always the first round had huge upsets. Starting off with the biggest upset of the year and maybe of all time is Fair Dicksons (16) win against Purdue (1). Winning the placement game, Fair Dickson had their work cutout for them, facing the number one seed, though FDU’s coach Leonard Hamilton knew they could do it. He led his team to victory, winning 63-58. The other three first round upsets included Furman’s (13) victory over Virginia (4), Pittsburgh’s (11) victory over Iowa state(4) and Princeton (15) victory over Arizona (2). In the second round those fairy tale wins came to an end for FDU and Furman. Princeton prevailed, but lost in the third round (Sweet 16). The second upset in round 2 was Michigan’s(7) win over Marquette (2). However Michigan also lost in the sweet 16. The last big upset of the second round was Arkansas(8) victory over Kansas(1). With only two number one seeds remaining in the second round, many brackets were busted and two teams looked to add to the list of upsets. For starters, San Diego State(5) had a major upset when defeating Alabama(1). Miami(5) also had a big task on their plate with Huston(1), but we’re able to come out victorious. Many rivalries met again with Gonzaga(3) and UCLA(2) playing each other in the tournament for the third year in a row. As the last three times, Gonzaga won the match up with another buzzer beater, just as they did previously with Jalen Suggs a point guard for Magic. The stage for the elite eight was set, with only four teams making it to the final four, Uconn(4), San Diego St (5), Miami (5) and FAU (9), the first time since 2011 no number one seeds were in the final four. In the championship game Uconn faced San Diego St , but in the end Uconn walked away as the 2022–23 March Madness Champions.
