Worst NCAA Regional blowouts

If you advance to the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament, it stands to reason that you’ve probably got a pretty good team. But bad things happen, even to the best of teams, on a given night.

What are some of the biggest blowouts in Regional round history?

Here’s the list, with final margin:

49 — UCLA (109) vs. Wyoming, (60), Regional semifinal, 3-17-1967
47 — Duke (101) vs. Connecticut (54), Regional final, 3-14-1964
43 — *Villanova (90) vs. Penn (47), Regional Semifinal, 3-20-1971
40 — Cincinnati (99) vs. DePaul (59), Regional Semifinal, 3-11-1960
40 — Princeton (109) vs. Providence (69), Regional Final, 3-13-1965

* Result later vacated

Source: ncaa.org

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