[81alum]

Praise be to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, a 16 seed in the men's tournament, for knocking off 1 seed Virginia.  No longer is Tara's injury riddled (less Nygaard and less Folkl) 1998 squad alone in history.  And UMBC joins Harvard--rather different schools to be sure--as giant-killers--or proof that on at least 1 out of 10000 days any team can beat any other. 

And it comes on the 20th anniversary of our most ignominious loss.

[81alum]

Praise be to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, a 16 seed in the men's tournament, for knocking off 1 seed Virginia.  No longer is Tara's injury riddled (less Nygaard and less Folkl) 1998 squad alone in history.  And UMBC joins Harvard--rather different schools to be sure--as giant-killers--or proof that on at least 1 out of 10000 days any team can beat any other. 

And it comes on the 20th anniversary of our most ignominious loss.

[Robbie]

...UMBC joins Harvard--rather different schools to be sure...

If you aren't familiar with UMBC it's actually a fine school. Think of it as the honors school of the University of Maryland system.

I'm not saying it's Harvard - but it's much better than your typical directional school.

[Robbie]

...UMBC joins Harvard--rather different schools to be sure...

If you aren't familiar with UMBC it's actually a fine school. Think of it as the honors school of the University of Maryland system.

I'm not saying it's Harvard - but it's much better than your typical directional school.

[BostonCard]

I love the fact they are the retrievers.  Good doggies!

BC

[BostonCard]

I love the fact they are the retrievers.  Good doggies!

BC

[burger]

I love the fact they are the retrievers.  Good doggies!

BC

Agreed.  That is right up there with the Salukis and Terriers on my list of favorite NCAA mascots (thetree is always #1 of course).

[burger]

I love the fact they are the retrievers.  Good doggies!

BC

Agreed.  That is right up there with the Salukis and Terriers on my list of favorite NCAA mascots (thetree is always #1 of course).

[washingtonismoney]

UMBC’s a great public school – my understanding is that they do a great job graduating students from working-class backgrounds, or people of color. I don’t have the stats handy but they sound impressive.

[washingtonismoney]

UMBC’s a great public school – my understanding is that they do a great job graduating students from working-class backgrounds, or people of color. I don’t have the stats handy but they sound impressive.

[crackpot]

Yup. Nice to do a lot of reading about UMBC this weekend. It's nice that this hidden gem got so much attention.

I suspect a stellar school that might get more stellar.

[crackpot]

Yup. Nice to do a lot of reading about UMBC this weekend. It's nice that this hidden gem got so much attention.

I suspect a stellar school that might get more stellar.

[DC 86]

UMBC’s a great public school – my understanding is that they do a great job graduating students from working-class backgrounds, or people of color. I don’t have the stats handy but they sound impressive.

UMBC is also a chess powerhouse. They have won the national collegiate championship a record six times, and went to every final four from 2001 through 2015.

UMBC is cool school to root for, a moderately priced public university with real ambitions. USN&WR ranked them first among "Up and Coming Universities" in 2014 and last year ranked them #7 among "Most Innovative National Universities" (Stanford was second.)

[DC 86]

UMBC’s a great public school – my understanding is that they do a great job graduating students from working-class backgrounds, or people of color. I don’t have the stats handy but they sound impressive.

UMBC is also a chess powerhouse. They have won the national collegiate championship a record six times, and went to every final four from 2001 through 2015.

UMBC is cool school to root for, a moderately priced public university with real ambitions. USN&WR ranked them first among "Up and Coming Universities" in 2014 and last year ranked them #7 among "Most Innovative National Universities" (Stanford was second.)