▁they ▁lost ▁to ▁number ▁six ▁seed ▁North ▁Carolina ▁State , ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁defeated ▁Virginia ▁in ▁the ▁championship ▁game ▁of ▁the ▁A CC ▁Basketball ▁Tournament ▁and ▁eventually ▁won ▁the ▁national ▁championship . ▁Virginia ▁did ▁not ▁reg ain ▁the ▁number ▁one ▁ranking ▁in ▁the ▁AP ▁Pol l ▁until ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 7 – 1 8 ▁Cav ali ers ▁reached ▁the ▁position ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁That ▁season ' s ▁team ▁was ▁ranked ▁first ▁entering ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁NCAA ▁Tournament , ▁but ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁NCAA ▁Tournament ▁one - seed ▁to ▁lose ▁against ▁a ▁ 1 6 - seed ▁in ▁a ▁ 7 4 – 5 4 ▁defeat ▁by ▁U M BC . ▁ ▁The ▁Sil vers words ▁won ▁further ▁games ▁against ▁Division ▁I ▁teams ▁in ▁future ▁seasons . ▁Cham ina de ▁followed ▁up ▁the ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁Cav ali ers ▁by ▁be ating ▁Louis ville ▁in ▁both ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁by ▁scores ▁of ▁ 8 3 – 7 2 ▁and ▁ 6 7 – 6 5 , ▁showing ▁that ▁the ▁Virginia ▁game ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁one - game ▁flu ke ▁for ▁Cham ina de . ▁The ▁second ▁Louis ville ▁win ▁was ▁against ▁a ▁Card inals ▁team ▁ranked ▁ 1 2 th ▁in ▁a ▁national ▁poll . ▁Cham ina de ' s ▁victory ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁Mau i ▁Inv it ational ▁Tournament , ▁an ▁annual ▁event ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Sil