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Saint Peter’s Roasts Jay Bilas for Sweet 16 Re-Seed Rankings

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Saint Peter’s shocked the world last weekend, defeating No. 2 Kentucky and No. 7 Murray State to become the third No. 15 seed to ever make the second weekend. However, those wins haven’t convinced all of America to bump the Peacocks up in their rankings.

Ahead of the Sweet Sixteen, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas ranked the team’s remaining in the men’s NCAA tournament. The three No. 1 seeds topped the list, while the remaining No. 15 seed came in last.

Saint Peter’s twitter account didn’t take too kindly to that ranking. The Peacocks responded to Bilas using one word:

“Coward”

Not only are the Peacocks the lowest seed remaining, the next closest teams in seeding are a pair of No.