College basketball can be heartbreaking, as one young sports fan proved yesterday.

The NCAA Tournament game between Villanova and North Carolina State was a nail-biter until the end, with the underdog NC State pulling a late win by three points (71-68). The sudden victory was devastating for Villanova fans – especially one piccolo player in the school's spirit band, who was captured on-camera crying through her dutiful playing.

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The clip, which the Big Lead reporter Jason McIntyre dubbed "the saddest flutist in the world," has since become a viral sensation. Watch the footage that started it all: