--- description: The first March Madness game is already a bracket buster as 11th-seeded Dayton brings down 6th-seeded Ohio State title: Dayton Upsets Ohio State in First March Madness Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7315e3a3f209008f/698686731eebf7696336ff19/ncaa-dayton-ohio-stat_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [March Madness](/tag/march-madness/) ## March Madness Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # March Madness: Dayton Upsets Ohio State  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 20, 2014 7:38 PM CUT  Ohio State's Aaron Craft (4) defends as Dayton's Scoochie Smith (11) tries to inbound the ball during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. Ohio State's Aaron Craft (4) defends as Dayton's Scoochie Smith (11) tries to inbound the ball during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014.Robert Kirkham—Buffalo News / AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 20, 2014 7:38 PM CUT The giant-slaying has begun. Eleventh-seeded University of Dayton upset sixth-seeded Ohio State University in the final seconds of the first March Madness Round of 64 game on Thursday. Dayton stunned Ohio State, beating them 60-59\. Vee Sanford scored a layup with 8.8 second left to put Dayton ahead. Ohio State star Aaron Craft launched a desperation 10-footer as the buzzer sounded to try to pull off a victory, but the ball hit the backboard before rolling off the rim. Craft lay on his back as the Dayton Flyers celebrated around him. Thursday’s loss was only the third time Ohio State has been eliminated in its first game in 26 trips to the Big Dance. Ohio State began the season 15-0, but only won 10 of its last 20 games. Dayton, on the other hand, had a 1-5 slump before going on a roll: they’re 11-2 in their last 13 games. Dayton will play the winner of Thursday’s Syracuse-Western Michigan matchup on Saturday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/32499/dayton-upsets-ohio-state/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/32499/dayton-upsets-ohio-state/"},"headline":"March Madness: Dayton Upsets Ohio State","datePublished":"2014-03-20T19:38:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:53:00.984Z","description":"No. 11 Dayton brought down Ohio State 60-59 in the final seconds of the game on the opening day of the NCAA Tournament","url":"https://time.com/32499/dayton-upsets-ohio-state/","keywords":["March Madness","Basketball","College Basketball"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7315e3a3f209008f/698686731eebf7696336ff19/ncaa-dayton-ohio-stat_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7315e3a3f209008f/698686731eebf7696336ff19/ncaa-dayton-ohio-stat_dock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NCAA Dayton Ohio State Basketball","caption":"NCAA Dayton Ohio State Basketball","creditText":"Robert Kirkham—Buffalo News / AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/march-madness/","name":"March Madness"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/32499/dayton-upsets-ohio-state/","name":"March Madness: Dayton Upsets Ohio State"}}]}] ```