Dozens of Little Caesars pizza restaurants around San Diego County will give away free lunches Monday as part of a national promotion thanks to a little-known college basketball team from the other side of the country.
TODAY'S GIVEAWAY DAY from 11:30am - 1pm (local time) while supplies last at your local #LittleCaesars. For OFFICIAL RULES: https://t.co/Z39XZCoXtq.
— Little Caesars (@littlecaesars) April 2, 2018
Patrons can pick up a free 4-slice deep dish pepperoni pizza and a 20 ounce Pepsi product between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday at Little Caesars restaurants when they mention the promotion, which is all thanks to one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history.
Before the NCAA Tournament began last month, the pizza chain promised the free lunch combo "if crazy happens." The crazy in that equation was something that had never been done before in more than 130 tries: A No. 16 seed beating a No. 1 seed in the March Madness tournament.
But what seemed like a safe bet for the pizza chain was upended when the 16th seeded Retrievers from the University of Maryland beat the University of Virginia Cavaliers 74-54, on March 16.
"You're welcome, America," tweeted UMBC's athletic department on Monday with a link to the free pizza offer.
The free lunch combo offer comes on the day that Michigan will play Villanova to decide the men's basketball national championship. Tip-off for the game in San Antonio, Texas, is set for 6:20 p.m. here in San Diego.
