American sports fans claim to love an underdog, but there’s only one time of year that they truly show it—March.
There is nothing quite like the subtle murmur that peels forth from the television during the early second half of an NCAA tournament upset in the making. When a mid-major starts taking it to a power-conference favorite, it is a near guarantee that the neutral fans in the building will start ganging up on said favorite. Ask Virginia fans who made the trip south to Charlotte in 2018 to watch their team play UMBC. Ask Purdue fans who drove east to Columbus, Ohio, in 2023, where Fairleigh Dickinson awaited them.
