Two nights. Two toppled No. 1 seeds.
Ninth-seeded Miami upset Indiana 70-68 in the second round on Monday on the Hoosiers’ court as a No. 1 seed was sent home for the second consecutive day in the women’s NCAA tournament.
It’s the first time in 25 years that two No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Sweet 16 in women’s March Madness. In 1998, 16th-seeded Harvard famously upset No. 1 Stanford in the first round, and 9-seed Notre Dame beat No. 1 Texas Tech in the second. On Sunday, eighth-seeded Ole Miss eliminated 1-seed Stanford.
The Hurricanes, who led from start to finish Monday, advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1992. They’ll face 4-seed Villanova, and No. 3 seed LSU plays No. 2 Utah in the other regional semifinal as chalk held elsewhere in the Greenville 2 Regional.
Indiana, which last month won its first Big Ten regular-season title since 1983, tied the score four times in the fourth quarter but could never take the lead. Hoosiers freshman Yarden Garzon hit a 3-pointer to knot the score at 68 with less than 8 seconds to play, but Destiny Harden hit what turned out to be a game-winning jump shot with 3 seconds on the clock.
In the men’s NCAA tournament on Sunday, Miami also beat Indiana in the second round to secure a spot in the Sweet 16.
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