After 12 minutes Chima Moneke and his University of California Davis teammates were thinking they could make college basketball history with scores tied against top seed University of Kansas.
But never has the 16th seed beaten the No. 1 - top seeds boast an all-time record of 132-0 in first-round NCAA tournament games - and true to form Kansas ran out 100-62 victors.
Canberra product Moneke has set the college basketball scene alight this season and narrowly missed his 15th double-double with 20 points and nine rebounds.
But Kansas closed out the first half on a 29-7 run on their way to the third biggest win in its 145-game NCAA tournament history.
It brings an end to UC Davis' dream March Madness run, the NCAA Division I basketball championship that pits the 68 best college teams against each other in a single elimination tournament.
AT A GLANCE
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship: KANSAS 100 bt UC DAVIS 62 (Chima Moneke 20 points, 9 rebounds)
