As the decade winds down, The Dagger will celebrate the past 10 years of college basketball with various top 10 lists. Today, we at look at the 10 biggest upsets of the 2000s:

10. No. 10 Davidson over No. 2 Georgetown, second round, 2008

Stephen Curry wasn't yet a household name when he led Davidson to a wild, 74-70 win over a Hoyas team that was expected to contend for a second straight Final Four appearance. The Wildcats were down by as many as 17 points in the second half before Curry took over. He scored 25 of his 30 points after the break.

9. No. 7 West Virginia over No. 2 Wake Forest, second round, 2005

The Mountaineers would pull another 7/2 upset against an ACC team three years later, but it was the win over Chris Paul's Wake team in '05 that was the most surprising. A middling Big East team during the regular season, West Virginia figured to be too slow to keep up with the fast-paced Deacs. But led by Mike Gansey (19 points in the OTs) and Kevin Pittsnogle, WVU scored a thrilling 111-105 victory over Wake in double-overtime en route to the regional final.

8. No. 8 Alabama over No. 1 Stanford, second round, 2004

Stanford's 2004 is best remembered for the wild buzzer-beater against Arizona that led to a court-storming which included Tiger Woods, but the Cardinal couldn't do the same as a buzzer-beater against underdog Alabama fell short. It was the fifth time in six years that Stanford lost in the second round.

7. No. 14 Northwestern State over No. 3 Iowa, first round, 2006

6. No. 4 LSU over No. 1 Duke, Sweet 16, 2005

Led by J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams, the Blue Devils finished the regular season 30-3 and were thought to have an easy pass to the Final Four (especially after the No. 3 and No. 5 seeds in the region fell in the first round). But Glen Davis, Tyrus Thomas and Darrel Mitchell played a swarming defense that forced J.J. Redick into one of the worst shooting nights (3-18) of his career.

5. No. 14 Bucknell over No. 3 Kansas, first round, 2005

The Jayhawks entered the tournament with the No. 1 RPI, but couldn't handle Bucknell big man Chris McNaughton. Wayne Simien missed the potential winner at the buzzer. The next year, when Kansas lost as a No. 4 seed in the first round (to Bradley), we all knew better than to be surprised.

4. No. 5 Indiana over No. 1 Duke, Sweet 16, 2002
Duke was No. 1 in the AP poll for 16 of the 19 weeks of the 2002 regular season and most thought the team was on a collision course for the NCAA championship against ACC rival Maryland. But Jason Williams missed a free throw with 4.2 seconds left, which gave the Hoosiers a one-point victory and sent them on a run to the final (where they lost to the aforementioned Terps).

3. No. 15 Hampton over No. 2 Iowa State, first round, 2001

It was the biggest numerical upset of the decade and one of only four victories by a No. 15 seed in tournament history. But Iowa State was a stretch for a No. 2 seed (the Cyclones were ranked No. 10 in the AP poll headed into the tournament and had an RPI rank of 13), so it's not like this was any more unexpected than usual.

2. No. 3 Marquette over No. 1 Kentucky, regional final, 2003

The 2003 tournament was about Kentucky, Arizona and everyone else. There was such little doubt about this that the pre-tourney chatter all focused on how unfair it was that the top two teams in the country would have to play in a regional semifinal (the ranking of No. 1 seeds began a year later because of this). So, of course, neither made it to the Final Four. Kentucky was riding a 23-game win streak before running into Dwyane Wade's Marquette team. The future NBA star's legend began that evening, as he dropped the fifth triple-double in NCAA tournament history (29/11/11). In retrospect it doesn't look like much of an upset. At the time, it was seismic. Kentucky's road to the title was never supposed to be in doubt. (A side note: Amazingly, Wade didn't make the all-tournament team.)

1. No. 11 George Mason over No. 1 Connecticut, regional final, 2006

The Patriots' road was done. The wins over Michigan State and UNC were cute, but UConn wasn't going to be the third college basketball powerhouse to fall to mighty Mason. Somehow, George Mason continued its storybook run, winning one of the greatest games in tournament history and thrusting a new term into the college basketball vernacular. Now, every time a mid-major team gets hot, we all wonder whether they're "the next George Mason."

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