SACRAMENTO — To hear the Princeton Tigers tell it, they sensed an upset at least 20 minutes before the basketball world saw what was coming.
It was halftime, they trailed second-seeded Arizona by just 1, and, as junior guard Matt Allocco said, it was loud in the locker room.
“Everybody had something to say,” he said. “‘Stay with it.’ ‘We got this.’ ‘Stay in the moment.’ ‘We’re going to make big plays.’”
By the time the Tigers finished a stunning 59-55 win, sending Arizona home and Princeton on to a Saturday game against Missouri, the decibel level among the team and the fans had increased to thundering proportions.