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The science of why we love to root for?underdogs Updated by? HYPERLINK /authors/joseph-stromberg Joseph Stromberg?on March 20, 2015, 9:10 a.m. ET? HYPERLINK /josephstromberg @josephstromberg? HYPERLINK mailto:joseph@ \o joseph@ HYPERLINK /intent/tweet?text=The+science+of+why+we+love+to+root+for+underdogsurl=http%3A%2F%2F%2F2015%2F3%2F20%2F8260445%2Funderdogs-psychologyvia=josephstromberg TWEET? HYPERLINK /sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2F%2Fe%2F8024486 SHARE?+? + #14 Georgia State beat #3 Baylor on Friday, and it was glorious.(Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) DONT MISS STORIES.?FOLLOW VOX! ? HYPERLINK /voxdotcom Follow Every? HYPERLINK /2015/3/16/8214573/march-madness-2015-ncaa-bracket March Madness?features all sorts of thrilling upsets. No. 14 seeds knocking off No. 3 seeds. Overmatched teams beating dominant ones. These upsets are why so many sports fans watch and love the NCAA tournament. Unlike other sports playoffs, it pits underdog teams from small schools against powerhouse behemoths — and, with surprising frequency, the underdogs win. But it all raises a bigger question: why do we love these upsets in the first place? Why do we have such a strong urge to root for the underdog? Scientists have found our love for the underdog is quite real No. 14 UAB upsets No. 3 Iowa State. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images) A? HYPERLINK /article/science-shows-march-madness-fans-cannot-resist-underdog \t _blank few different psychology researchers?have looked into our love for the underdog, and theyve found that its pervasive. This phenomenon can cause people to switch their allegiances between teams in a single series — just based on whos up and whos done. In? HYPERLINK /acucustom/sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/9592.pdf one study, people who read descriptions of two fictional basketball teams playing each other in a seven-game series rooted for the team described as the underdog 88.1 percent of the time. But when these people were told that the favorite unexpectedly lost the first thre