It took just two days for all brackets to be busted.
For just the second time in NCAA men’s basketball tournament history, a No. 16 seed knocked off a No. 1 seed as Fairleigh Dickinson shocked Purdue with a 63-58 win on Friday.
Led by Sean Moore and his team-high 19 points, the Knights held off Toronto’s Zach Edey and the Boilermakers in an all-time March upset.
The stage was set for Farleigh Dickinson’s win when first-year head coach Tobin Anderson told his team “The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them,” in the locker room after the New Jersey school’s play-in round win on Wednesday.
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In any other year, the Knights wouldn’t have even made the tournament. The Northeast Conference tournament champion, Merrimack is in the process of transitioning to Division I and was therefore unable to compete in March Madness, meaning that the runner-up — Farleigh Dickinson — earned the conference bid.
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Once the final horn sounded, fans from across the sports world weighed in on the “David vs. Goliath” moment.
Here are some of the best reactions from across the Twitterverse:
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Source: News