Fairleigh Dickinson, Barely in the N.C.A.A. Tournament, Topples Purdue in a Shocker

NYT SPORT: Fairleigh Dickinson, Barely in the N.C.A.A. Tournament, Topples Purdue in a Shocker
By Noah Weiland
Section: Sports
Source: New York Times

The 16th-seeded Knights were heavy underdogs to Purdue. But in 40 minutes on the court, none of that mattered.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson, the shortest team in men’s college basketball, took down top-seeded Purdue and its magisterial 7-foot-4 big man Zach Edey on Friday, delivering a shocking N.C.A.A. tournament upset that epitomized the lore of the March Madness underdog.
The game set off scenes of euphoria and stupor in Nationwide Arena, the N.H.L. home of the Blue Jackets, where thousands of Purdue fans from bordering Indiana had crowded in expecting their Big Ten championship-winning team to begin a long march toward the Final Four.
Instead, when the final buzzer went off, Fairleigh Dickinson players raced to midcourt, yelling wildly and forming a scrum in front of their fans, who wielded cellphone cameras to record the most prominent win in the school’s athletic history. Coaches and employees of the team leaped into each other’s arms. Much of the crowd remained standing, gawking at the scene.
Published Date: March 17, 2023 at 02:00AM

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