Cavaliers' NCAA Loss Means Free Pizza For Everyone In Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — There is a small consolation prize after the Retrievers from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County made history — and busted brackets nationwide — Friday night by taking out the No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the University of Virginia. UMBC became the first No. 16 seed to upset the No. 1 overall seed in the tourney.

Thanks to that historic upset of the Cavaliers, everyone across the country can now get a free lunch at Little Caesars on April 2. This is not a joke.

The pizza chain said its "If Crazy Happens" promotion would happen if a No. 16 seed knocked out a No. 1 seed in the tournament either on March 15 or March 16. So now, anyone who goes to a participating restaurant between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. local time on Monday, April 2, and mentions the offer will get a free lunch combo. The lunch combo consists of a four-slice, deep-dish pepperoni pizza and a Pepsi product of your choice.

You can find a Little Caesar's near you here.

The buzz around UMBC was so great that its website crashed Friday night. The fans went wild as the buzzer sounded after 11:30 p.m. at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Retrievers ended the Cavaliers' season in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

As March madness continues, UMBC will take on the Kansas State Wildcats at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, in round two of the NCAA tournament. See the rest of the schedule here.

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— Patch Editors Elizabeth Janney and Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this story.

PHOTO: Kyle Guy of the Virginia Cavaliers exits the court after their 74-54 loss to the UMBC Retrievers during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)