The Saint Peter’s Peacocks men’s basketball team is for real, folks.
After a shocking opening weekend sweep of higher-seeded Bluegrass teams Kentucky and Murray State, few thought the 15-seeded Peacocks’ miraculous tournament run would go on with the Purdue Boilermakers on deck.
After all, the Boilermakers entered the game as 13-point favorites, had a massive size mismatch with the 7-foot-4 Zach Edey and 6-foot-10 Trevion Williams, and had arguably the best guard in the entire tournament in Jaden Ivey.
Despite all of this, the Peacocks managed to pull off another shocker, upsetting the 3-seeded Boilermakers 67-64 to become the first team seeded 13+ to make the Elite Eight.