NYT SPORT: What We Learned From Friday’s Madness: One Upset to Rule Them All
By The New York Times
Section: Sports
Source: New York Times
The win was just the second time a No. 16 seed had defeated a No. 1, after the University of Maryland, Baltimore County beat Virginia five years ago in a 20-point rout.
F.D.U., located in Teaneck, N.J., just across the Hudson River from Upper Manhattan, had never advanced to the second round of the tournament before Friday. It had to defeat Texas Southern on Wednesday in a play-in game just for the right to play Purdue, the Big Ten champion led by the 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey.
Purdue struggled in virtually every aspect of the game. It shot poorly, especially from 3-point range.
F.D.U. is one of the unlikeliest successes in college basketball. It is the shortest team in Division I — 363 out of 363 teams — averaging just 6-foot-1. Almost every Purdue player had a substantial height advantage, especially Edey, who regularly guarded a player a full foot shorter. — Noah Weiland
By The New York Times
Section: Sports
Source: New York Times
Fairleigh Dickinson stunned Purdue in only the second upset of a No. 1 seed by a No. 16 seed in men’s college basketball.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fairleigh Dickinson, a No. 16 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament, defeated top-seeded Purdue on Friday, 63-58, in the most shocking upset in men’s college basketball in half a decade.The win was just the second time a No. 16 seed had defeated a No. 1, after the University of Maryland, Baltimore County beat Virginia five years ago in a 20-point rout.
F.D.U., located in Teaneck, N.J., just across the Hudson River from Upper Manhattan, had never advanced to the second round of the tournament before Friday. It had to defeat Texas Southern on Wednesday in a play-in game just for the right to play Purdue, the Big Ten champion led by the 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey.
Purdue struggled in virtually every aspect of the game. It shot poorly, especially from 3-point range.
F.D.U. is one of the unlikeliest successes in college basketball. It is the shortest team in Division I — 363 out of 363 teams — averaging just 6-foot-1. Almost every Purdue player had a substantial height advantage, especially Edey, who regularly guarded a player a full foot shorter. — Noah Weiland
Published Date: March 17, 2023 at 02:00AM
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