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March Madness: Ranking the 9 Upsets From the First Weekend
Sindarius Thornwell and South Carolina shocked Duke in one of the opening week's biggest upsets. According to our numbers, where does it fall among the tourney's biggest upsets through the first weekend?

6. 11 Xavier 76, 6 Maryland 65

Finally, we get to the real upsets.

11 seed Xavier was on a cold streak to end the season, but the Musketeers had a 43.33 percent win probability against Maryland on Thursday. Xavier was in control for most of the first half, but Maryland swooped in to take the lead before the half and even extended it to six in the opening minutes of the second half.

With their win probability down to 22.59 percent, Xavier stabilized after the break and used a 14-0 run to put a serious gap between the two. Xavier held a strong lead the rest of the way to score the upset over the Terps.

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