The Buffs' 77-48 loss to Pittsburgh goes down as the worst loss by an eighth seed in the round of 64, eclipsing the dubious distinction held by the 2003 LSU Tigers in an 80-56 loss to ninth-seeded Purdue. And to put that in full perspective, there have been 144 8-vs.9 matchups since the tourney expanded to 40 teams in 1979.
Three other 8-vs.-9 games have produced losses of 20 or more points for the No. 8 seed:
- 2005: -23, (9) Mississippi State 93, (8) Stanford 70
- 1997: -22, (9) Temple 62, (8) Mississippi 40
- 1992: -21, (9) Connecticut 86, (8) Nebraska 65
Overall, the Pitt-CU game featured the second-most one-sided result in an 8-9 contest, topped only by No. 8 Michigan's 30-point win (75-45) over No. 9 Tennessee in the 2011 tourney.
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