In fairness to the Mason game, while they weren't super-highly ranked, we did come back from 17-down in the first half to beat them on a rare widely-distributed national TV (ESPN2) game. I'll never forget Bubba nailing a 3 from the BracketBusters logo on the floor. Talk about DEEEEEEEP.
As shabamon mentioned, the players motioning the fans out was the only reason this one isn't put in the "completely moronic" file. The general logic otherwise logic was "it was on TV and they were good 2 years before that", which isn't exactly saying much.
What it boiled down to was that we won a game (and it ended up comfortably) that we were supposed to win, and any time you do that (outside of winning a conference title), it looks stupid. But, the players wanted it, so they got it!