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UMBC Raises The Only Good BannerUMBC men’s basketball became one of the few programs that got to lift multiple banners to commemorate the previous season’s accomplishments on Friday. The first celebrated the Retrievers’ America East Championship. The second was just another reminder that they were the first No. 16 seed to knock ou...

Another UMBC Underdog Has Knocked Off The Top-Ranked Team In Its SportThose frisky University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers have done it again: just three weeks after their men’s basketball team became the first 16th seed to ever knock off a top seed in the NCAA tournament, their men’s lacrosse team dealt a wildly improbable upset loss to Albany, the top-ra...

Midnight Comes For UMBC, But Not Before They Thrilled Us AgainIt always ends in a loss. But for the previous 135 16-seeds in the 64-team era of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament before Friday night, that loss came in the first round. The UMBC Retrievers, fresh off a dismantling of the so-called “top” team in the country, made the most of their reprieve in s...

UMBC Beats Virginia: A Schadenfreude Gallery<em></em>

We’re still recovering from the disbelief of last night’s historic 16-over-1 upset of Virginia at the hands of Maryland-Baltimore County. As is tradition, here is your gallery of sad Virginia fans....

Virginia Was Built To Lose Like This

If the impossible was ever going to become possible, it was going to happen against a team like Virginia. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County didn’t pull off the greatest upset in college basketball history just by playing the most perfect game a 16-seed has ever played against a one-seed (...

UMBC's Twitter Account Is Last Night's Real Winner

Yes, the UMBC Retrievers made history last night by crushing the top-ranked team in the country to become the first 16-seed to win in the men’s round of 64. Not to belittle that achievement, but we’re going with the UMBC athletics Twitter account (which started with 5,000 followers and now has septu...

16 Beats 1: UMBC Shocks Virginia

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers of the America East conference made history tonight, leveraging lights-out shooting and aggressive rebounding to become the first 16-seed to ever upset a #1 in the NCAA men’s tournament in annihilating Virginia 74-54....

UMBC's Kay Banjo Pulls Off A Beautiful Backheel Goal

Who's clamoring for an America East soccer highlight? We've got you covered. UMBC's Kay Banjo knocked in a gorgeous backheel goal in Wednesday's semi-final against the Vermont Catamounts. Credit to teammate Jordan Becker for the accurate cross....