Purdue Falls to No. 16 Seed Fairleigh Dickinson

[nycbos]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fairleigh Dickinson, a No. 16 seed in the N.C.A.A. tournament, defeated top-seeded Purdue on Friday, 63-58, in the most shocking upset in men’s college basketball in half a decade.

The win was just the second time a No. 16 seed had defeated a No. 1, after the University of Maryland, Baltimore County beat Virginia five years ago in a 20-point rout.

F.D.U., located in Teaneck, N.J., just across the Hudson River from Upper Manhattan, had never advanced to the second round of the tournament before Friday. It had to defeat Texas Southern on Wednesday in a play-in game just for the right to play Purdue, the Big Ten champion led by the 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey.


Purdue struggled in virtually every aspect of the game. It shot poorly, especially from 3-point range.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/march-madness-friday.html

History in the making

[Roland99]

1. One of the best games I've ever watched. Gut told me they'd win 1/2 way thru 1st half

[mobeau69]

2. FDU is the shortest team in Division 1.

Go FDU!

[oswaldactedalone]

3. FDU!! FDU!! FDU!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. It appears that no one has a bracket that is not busted?

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[nycbos]

6. Nope

ESPN just posted on Facebook that there are zero perfect brackets remaining out of more than 20 million submitted.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. I saw that also

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[jls4561]

5. Yes! Now let's hope Drake pulls it off.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. With This Many Big Upsets Already...

...it makes me question the seeding process.
A 15 beats a 2, a 16 beats a 1, a 12 beats a 5, and they're not half way through the first round.
Was FDU, really a 60 something team & was Purdue really one of the first 4.
A dartboard might have been a good option.

[exboyfil]

9. Purdue always underwhelms in the tournament

Today my alma mater exceeded even those expectations.