The New York Times Sports department is revisiting the subjects of some compelling stories from the last year or so. In March, the men’s basketball team from St. Peter’s University in Jersey City, N.J., became the highest seed in the history of the N.C.A.A. tournament to advance to the round of 8, eliminating second-seeded Kentucky, No. 7 Murray State and No. 3 Purdue.
Like a shooting star that briefly lit up the sky, it was over.