…Top ranked Virginia was toppled by Chaminade, 77-72. Where this ranks on the list of the greatest pre-tournament upsets of all time is certainly a fun subject for internal debate at 4 in the morning, much as it’s taxing to determine where said result lands on the list of Ralph Sampson underachievements.
Formerly Division 2 UC Riverside over fourth ranked Iowa in the 1989 Chaminade Christmas classic is probably a close second. 21 three pointers in that game in a 110-92 slaughter. Unfortunately, it came two years before my freshman year at UCR.