#16 FDU Defeats #1 Purdue — March 17, 2023

Updates

March 18, 2023: #15 Princeton, who knocked off #2 Arizona in the first round, looks like it is about to knock off #8 Missouri in the second round. With three minutes to go, Princeton is up by 18 points, 69 - 51.

March 18, 2023: second round, #8 Arkansas beats #1 Kansas.

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#16 FDU defeats #1 Purdue. 

It's hard to say, but it seems the first round was a bit more unpredictable this year than last year's first round.

By the way, FDU had to "play in." FDU had to play among the "First Four" to even get into the first round, the Round of 64. As did Pitt who defeated Iowa in the First Round.

Later:

It took 33 years for a 16-seed to knock off a 1-seed: when UMBC beat Virginia in the 2018 NCAA tournament. It took only five years for a second 16-seed to do it, with Fairleigh Dickinson stunning the country by beating Purdue in the first round on Friday night 63-58.

While UMBC made history as the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed, Fairleigh Dickinson took it one step further: The Knights are the first 16-seed from the First Four to do it.

After beating Texas Southern in Wednesday's First Four matchup, coach Tobin Anderson made a pronouncement that set the stage for Friday's monumental upset.

"The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them," he told his team in the locker room.