March Madness, as its name would suggest, has traditionally been associated with inspiring anger in those who watch the event and in those who participate in the various bracket pools throughout the country.

The tournament is so volatile, that number one seeds making it to the Final Four are a rarity, and upsets are rampant (see: Florida Gulf Coast last year). Usually though, the best of the best do get ironed out by the Final Four which usually only has high seeds remaining.

If you look at this year’s bracket…almost none of the high seeds made it far.

2014 may have witnessed one of the maddest tournaments in recent memory, the reason being that this year, there were upsets in nearly every round of the tournament.

From the opening round, favored teams like Duke were upset. Their Hall of Fame Coach Krzyzewsk and freshman phenom Jabari Parker were ousted by little-known Mercer University.

Then there was the bracket-busting Dayton University, who coasted over Ohio State and three-seeded Syracuse on their way to the Elite Eight.

While the opening rounds were certainly upsetting to some fans, many favorites were still in the tournament in the Sweet 16.

Here, the upsets continued. In this round two number one seeds were eliminated (Wichita State and Virginia).

The field was so competitive that only half the teams to move on were one and two seeds. Also, Creighton, who had arguably the best player in the tournament in Doug McDermitt, were beaten by 30 points by Baylor in the previous round. Louisville, the defending champions, lost early to Kentucky.

By the Elite Eight, Duke, Kansas, Syracuse, Louisville, Wichita State, Virginia, Creighton and UCLA all lost. Each of these teams were heavily favored in many brackets.

Congratulations to the University of Connecticut. The seven-seeded Huskies continually impressed and surprised by consistently beating higher-seeded teams.

Their 2014 National Championship win was their fourth since 1996, the most by any team in such a span.