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Md. Governor, U.S. Senator Pick UMBC To Win NCAA Tournament

BALTIMORE (WJZ)-- Were you one of the very few to pick 16 seed UMBC to upset 1 seed Virginia? Two local politicians got it right.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat, agreed that the University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers would upset the University of Virginia Cavaliers.

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The Retrievers are the first 16-seed to do what was widely deemed impossible by many: taking out a #1 seed, and in effect crushing millions of brackets across the nation Friday night.

The two politicians picked the Retrievers to win the whole tournament.

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