UC Irvine pulls off NCAA tournament's first big upset, toppling Kansas State

[ASFN Admin]

You must be registered for see images attach

In a year in which UCLA underachieved and fired its coach, USC and San Diego State also missed the NCAA tournament and Cal and Stanford finished near the bottom of a historically weak Pac-12, UC Irvine coach Russell Turner hasn't been shy about what that means. Thirteenth-seeded UC Irvine validated its coach's big talk on Friday afternoon in San Jose with the most significant win in program history. The Big West champion Anteaters secured their school's first-ever NCAA tournament victory, a 70-64 upset over fourth-seeded Kansas State.

Continue reading...