Midnight Comes For UMBC, But Not Before They Thrilled Us Again
by Timothy Burke from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3JHAX)

It always ends in a loss. But for the previous 135 16-seeds in the 64-team era of the NCAA men's basketball tournament before Friday night, that loss came in the first round. The UMBC Retrievers, fresh off a dismantling of the so-called "top" team in the country, made the most of their reprieve in staying within one"