Biggest 2 Elite 8 Spreads: -14 UCLA 1972 vs. MSU 2000 (NCAA), -17 Dartmouth 1944 vs TX Southern 2013

While the 2000 Michigan State team goes in as a the surprise team of the All-Time Elite 8 and a 14 point underdog against Bill Walton's 7-0 UCLA 1972 team, they are not the biggest underdog today.

Our all-time NIT game parred with this one has Texas Southern, a 16-point underdog against 1944 Dartmouth.  While teams that are at least 7-point underdogs have lost just over 80 percent of their Value Add Basketball Games, this same Texas Southern team already pulled off the biggest upset in our games history, with a 72-71 shocker over 1950 Holy Cross, which was a 20-point favorite.

Here are the biggest upsets in our 347 all-time great games played since the game was invented in 2019.

Rnk	Pulled Biggest Upsets	Spread	Favored	Score
1	Texas Southern 2013	20	Holy Cross 1950	72-71
2	Northern Iowa 2015	19	Ohio St. 1960	88-76
3	Auburn 2019	17	Kentucky 2012	75-68
4	Davidson 2008	16	Florida 2006	68-52
5	DePaul 1980	16	UCLA 1967	86-71
6	Northern Iowa 2015	14	Ohio St. 1960	88-85
7	Wake Forest 1996	14	Kentucky 1996	67-64
8	Colorado 2021	13	Minnesota 1977	72-70
9	Michigan St. 2009	12	Indiana 1976	70-68
10	UTEP (Texas Western) 1966	12	UNLV 1991	71-70

Results to follow:

No repeat magic, as 2-time National Runner-up Dartmouth, representing the all-time Ivy League, ran away from SWAC champ Texas Southern 82-55.

All-American Aud Bradley had 22 points and 16 rebounds as Dartmouth dominated the boards 49-29.

All-time great Dick McGuire, who would become a national championship coach, and his fellow future NBA backcourt player George Munroe shut down the 3-point game. Finally the forwards Lionel Baxter and Thomas Killick, who rotated between playing games and Marine drills preparing to win World War II scrapped on the boards.

Fred Sturdivant led Texas Southern again with 15 points and 9 rebounds.