Virginia’s huge blunder in March Madness upset to Furman has social media baffled: ‘What are we doing?!?!?’

March Madness is all in regards to the upsets and Cinderella tales, and there was a giant upset within the second recreation of Thursday’s slate when No. 13 Furman hit a last-second 3-pointer to take down No. 4 Virginia in Orlando. 

But it didn’t seem like Furman had an opportunity when Virginia held the lead with slightly below 10 seconds left to play. Until level guard Kihei Clark tried to flee a entice by heaving a cross down the ground to kill clock. 

It was a mistake. Furman’s Garrett Hien intercepted the cross and located JP Pegues for a deep 3-pointer and a 68-67 lead with 2.2 seconds to play. 

Garrett Hien (13) and Jalen Slawson (20) of the Furman Paladins have fun close to the top of their recreation in opposition to the Virginia Cavaliers within the first spherical of the NCAA males’s basketball event at Amway Center March 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Furman received 68-67. (Lance King/Getty Images)

Virginia heaved a prayer on the finish, however it went unanswered, and Cavaliers gamers have been left shocked. 

So too have been many March Madness followers on social media, together with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. 

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Furman ahead Tyrese Hughey (15) and ahead Alex Williams have fun their win in opposition to Virginia throughout a first-round recreation within the NCAA event Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla.  (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Bally Sports’ Annie Agar likened the cross to at least one tried throughout the previous NFL season. The New England Patriots tried a last-second trick play in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders, and NFL followers will do not forget that didn’t go so properly. 

Virginia has been a group prone to upsets due to the sluggish, methodical type of play underneath head coach Tony Bennett. Sixteen seed UMBC defeated the No. 1-seeded Cavaliers in 2018 in one of many best upsets in NCAA event historical past.

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Upsets are top-of-the-line elements of the event, which is why lately retired NFL defensive finish J.J. Watt is loving how March Madness has begun. 

Kadin Shedrick of the Virginia Cavaliers appears to be like dejected in opposition to the Furman Paladins throughout the second half within the first spherical of the NCAA males’s basketball event at Amway Center March 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)