It’s late March, which means perennial powerhouse St. Peter’s is doing its usual thing in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The Jersey City studs of college basketball surprised nobody en route to becoming the first 15-seed to qualify for the Elite 8.
Of course, only the intentionally unaware or woefully ignorant cannot grasp just how sarcastic that opening paragraph reads—for the Shaheen Holloway-led Peacocks shocked the world over the last two weeks, knocking off Kentucky, Murray State and Purdue.
Those three starry-eyed dreamers who selected St. Peter’s to get this far are either related to those directly invested or decided to lay down a bold claim.