Saint Peter’s deserves all of the plaudits that will come their way. They had an amazing tournament. You don’t get to the Elite Eight as a 15-seed without being special. They are undersized and managed to take out Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe and Purdue’s Zach Edey and Trevion Williams.
Perhaps by beating those teams in the first round and Sweet Sixteen, UNC was painfully aware of the threat the Peacocks posed to their march to New Orleans, and prepared accordingly. Armando Bacot is lighter than all of those players that Saint Peter’s handled. He’d have to be at his very best to make sure Carolina didn’t become another upset victim.