PHILADELPHIA — Saint Peter’s had been the ultimate underdog, an overlooked team of overlooked players representing a school of 2,134 mostly overlooked kids. In 10 days, they had captivated America, toppling Kentucky and Purdue, and exploding with joy along the way. They summited courtside tables and "trending" lists. They filled the Wells Fargo Center and New Jersey boulevards. They’d made history, as the first No. 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight, and “looked forward to making more.”
“Unfortunately for America,” though, as North Carolina’s Leaky Black said here Saturday, “Cinderella or not, they’re kinda in our way.