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WATCH: Hundreds of Ohio University students celebrate team's March Madness win against Virginia

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Ohio players celebrate after defeating Virginia in a first-round game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)
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ATHENS, Ohio — For the first time since 2012, Ohio University is headed to the round of 32.

Hundreds of students took to Court Street Saturday night to celebrate the upset against the reigning champs, the Virginia Cavaliers.

The Bobcats will go on to play the No. 5 Creighton Blue Jays on Monday in the second round of the tournament. The last time OU played in the tournament, they made it to the Sweet Sixteen.

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