re: Most embarrassing NCAAT loss?

Actually, Tennessee's arguably is the 1976 first round loss to VMI. The East was incredibly easy that year and Tennessee had just missed tying for the SEC title so they were shipped to the East and not in the then natural region the Mideast. This was with Ernie and Bernie and Mike Jackson.Tennessee should have mopped the floor with them and advanced to the East final. VMI won 81-75.

Kentucky has had some clunkers like MTSU in 1982 and UAB in 1981. But IMO its hard to beat the beatdown by Western Kentucky in the 1971 Mideast Regional semifinal in Athens,Ga. Like playing Louisville, Rupp and UK had refused to play Western forever. Western had a great team and did make it to the Final Four but they just destroyed UK 107-83.

Vandy's first round loss to Sienna by 20 in 2008 was bad but for pure humiliation, the 1974 Mideast Regional consolation game loss to Notre Dame, 118-88 is hard to top.