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Unbelievable NCAA Tournament Blowouts That Shattered All Expectations—You Won’t Believe the Scores!

Unbelievable NCAA Tournament Blowouts That Shattered All Expectations—You Won't Believe the Scores!

A complete blowout in the tourney is also far more rare than a game that comes down to the wire. There have been 214 tournament games in which the final score has been decided by just a single point, compared to only 11 tournament games that have ended by more than 45!

We’ll take a trip down memory lane and look back at those 11 games, as we examine the rankings of the most decisive victories in the history of the NCAA Tournament.

1. 69, Loyola Chicago (111) vs. Tennessee Tech (42), March 11, 1963

Before Loyola Chicago was the darling of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, the Ramblers had only reached the Final Four in one other year, 1963. That tournament run tipped off with a blowout of Tennessee Tech. The lead reached double digits early and the game was all but in the first half, as the Ramblers outscored the Golden Eagles 61-20. That 41-point advantage still stands as the largest halftime lead in NCAA Tournament history. Loyola scored 50 more points in the second half in the biggest rout in the tourney. All five Loyola starters scored in double figures, with Ron Miller leading the way with 21 points. The Ramblers rode this momentum and won their first and only men’s basketball national championship game, defeating Cincinnati 60-58 in overtime.

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