Bryant’s 108-point win over Thomas College among the biggest blowouts in DI men’s basketball history (2024)

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Bryant’s 108-point win over Thomas College among the biggest blowouts in DI men’s basketball history (1)byAdam Robinson

Bryant University’s season opener against Thomas College wasn’t your normal college basketball game.

In fact, it was a game no one’s seen in years.

Bryant, a Division I team, defeated the Division III Thomas College Terriers 147-39 on Monday night. The 108-point win wasn’t the biggest ever in Division I history; that title goes to Long Island’s 179-62 victory over Division III school Medgar Evans in 1997.

Still, Monday’s blowout made waves on social media.

“I can’t walk into the locker room and say ‘Let’s hold the ball.’”

“It’s not beneficial to our group.”

Highlights from Bryant’s 108 point win: https://t.co/df8ODWbU3C@abc6
pic.twitter.com/xPKXuAaUGh

— Ian Steele (@IanSteeleABC6) November 8, 2022

Thomas shot 15 of 61 from the field, while Bryant shot a blistering 55 of 86.

Bryant had eight players score in double figures, and after the game, Bryant coach Jared Grasso defended his team.

“In terms of style of play, I can’t change what we’re going to do,” Grasso said. “I can’t walk into the locker room and say, ‘Let’s hold the ball and worry about what the score is going to be.’ It’s not beneficial for our group and right now my job is to build this team. I think we stopped pressing with 10 or 12 minutes left, but I am never going to tell my guys to stop playing hard.”

For Thomas, the game was an exhibition, but for Bryant Monday’s game is an official win.

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Bryant’s 108-point win over Thomas College among the biggest blowouts in DI men’s basketball history (2024)

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Thomas College Terriers 147-39 on Monday night. The 108-point win wasn't the biggest ever in Division I history; that title goes to Long Island's 179-62 victory over Division III school Medgar Evans in 1997. Still, Monday's blowout made waves on social media.

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What's the biggest blowout in NCAA Tournament history? In 1963, Loyola (Chicago) met Tennessee Tech in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and ran away with a 111-42 victory. That's a 69-point win in a tournament that would end with the Ramblers' lone national championship.

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1Michigan1,393
2Alabama1,345
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  • UConn — 6.
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Bryant University is home to 25 NCAA Division I varsity teams. Let's go Bulldogs! Whether you're on the field or in the stands, Division I athletics are a large part of the Bulldog experience.

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Bryant University is home to 25 NCAA Division I teams and is a two-time winner of the Commissioner's Cup, which is presented annually to the best overall athletics program in the Northeast Conference.

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Though he led Kentucky's football program to its greatest achievement, Bryant resigned after the 1953 season because he felt that Adolph Rupp's basketball team would always be the school's primary sport.

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23.3: Average margin of victory, the most in NCAA Tournament history. UConn was hardly challenged in the 2024 NCAA Tournament. It set a March Madness record, winning by an average of 23.3 points per game.

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College Football Playoff National Championship.

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UConn routs Purdue to win first back-to-back men's NCAA basketball titles since 2007. Connecticut became the first Division I men's college basketball team to win back-to-back championships since Florida 17 years ago, as the Huskies downed Purdue 75-60 in the NCAA title game Monday.

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