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No. 9 Miami upsets No. 1 Indiana

No. 1 seeds are having a historic meltdown in the 2023 women‘s tournament, the latest being the top-seeded Hoosiers falling to the Hurricanes in an upset nobody saw coming, 70-68.

The game-winning shot came from Miami’s Destiny Harden with this CLUTCH runner in the final 3.3 seconds.

There were a number of back-and-forths in the final ticks. Indiana’s Yarden Garzon hit a clutch 3-pointer to tie the game with 6.6 seconds left, too.

What a stunner. Miami had this game under control from the very jump, shocking Indiana on its own home court.

🤯 This tourney has been like no other 🤯

• 24 hours ago, only seven No. 1 seeds had ever lost prior to the Sweet 16

• Fast-forward and two (Stanford at the hands of Ole Miss) have gone down in back-to-back nights

• This is the first time two No. 1s have lost in the Round of 32 since 1998!

• This is doubly more impressive for the underdogs given top seeds play the first weekend on their home court! This was a true road game for both Miami and Ole Miss!

🌀 What a major moment for Miami 🌀

• They’re in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1992! It’s their second time ever!

• The Hurricanes only finished 6th in their own conference! In one stretch of the season, they’d lost five out of six games. What a turnaround!

• Miami toasted Indiana all weekend. The men’s team defeated the Hoosiers on Sunday, too. Of course they posted about it

😔 What a disappointing loss for Indiana 😔

• The Hoosiers were a No. 1 seed for the first time in school history

• Indy was star-studded, and will now lose Grace Berger, who was playing with her fifth year of eligibility granted because of COVID-19

🏀 Destiny Harden explained her motivation to win, and it’s hilarious 🏀

🤫 Haley Cavinder shushed the crowd after her clutch free throws 🤫

🎥 Here’s footage from NFL star Reggie Wayne sitting courtside, because of course 🎥

🥩 Here’s bonus beef from an earlier game after No. 4 seed Texas fell to No. 5 Louisville 🥩

Here’s Louisville’s Hailey Van Lith’s side of the story:

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The team talked to Washington Mystics star Kristi Toliver recently about No. 2 seed Maryland’s chances of winning it all:

👀 ICYMI 👀