March Madness: The Games

From Tom Hager's, "The Ultimate Book of March Madness", here are the top 100 games of all time in countdown fashion, 10 at a chunk.

100:  Washington 80 Marquette 78, 1st Round 2010
Tough start

99:  Michigan State 75 Murray State 71, 1st Round 1990
Michigan State survives a 16-1 matchup against Popeye Jones.

98:  Richmond 62 South Carolina 61, 1st Round 1998
Richmond had already won as an 11, 12, 13 & 15 seed, the only thing missing was as a 14 seed.  South Carolina had lost in the 1st round in 1997 to Coppin State as a 15 seed.  Well, Richmond won as a 14 seed and South Carolina repeated the disastrous 1997 appearance.  Richmond's coach?  John Beilein

97:  Jacksonville 104 Iowa 103, 2nd Round 1970
Jacksonville averaged 100 points per game led by big man Artis Gilmore and road him to the Final 4 but needed to get past the Hawkeyes first

96:  Cleveland State 83 Indiana 79, 1st Round 1986
The 14th seeded Vikings shocked the Hoosiers led by an offense that averaged 100 ppg during the season and cemented Cleveland State as tourney darling

95:  Temple 66 Penn State 64, 2011 1st Round
Juan Fernandez wins one at the buzzer for the Owls

94:  Murray State 78 NC State 75, 1988 1st Round
The NCAA put Murray State into dorm rooms on the campus of Nebraska not expecting them to beat the 3rd seeded Wolfpack.  After winning, the Racers took the Wolfpacks rooms at the Marriott.

93:  Siena 80 Stanford 78, 1989 1st Round
Siena shocks Stanford who were led by the White Terror Twins, Todd Lichti & Adam Keefe

92:  NC State 71 UNLV 70, 1983 2nd Round
NC State shocks heavily-favored 28-2 UNLV on their way to one of the most unlikely championship runs in tournament history as Thurl Bailey hits a last second shot to knock off the Rebels.

91:  Ohio 51 Illinois State 49, 1983 1st Round
Little scoring Ohio Freshman Robert Tatum hits a game winning shot to give the Bobcats their 1st tourney win since 1960.

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