All that changes now if you’ve been watching the NCAA Men’s Championship. Saint Peter’s men’s basketball team made history by being the No. 15 seeded first to reach the Elite Eight, as they beat No. 3 seed Purdue Boilermakers 67-64 in Philadelphia Friday night.
Goalkeeper Doug Eddert said the fans had brought up the team.
“We had a big crowd today,” Edert said. “The whole environment, it was unreal. I don’t think any of us were really nervous or interested in how many people were watching us. We just went in there and did our best. We’ve been doing what we’ve been doing all season, which has been defending and playing at maximum what we can. And then sentiment at the end, again, we’re making history and looking to make more history. “
Peacock, the third seed No. 15 to advance to the Sweet 16 in history, will face North Carolina in the Elite Eight on Sunday after defeating the Tar Heels UCLA 73-66.
This is St. Peter’s fourth appearance in the NCAA overall.
After nearly a month between games from December 18 to January 14, due to the Covid-19 outbreak on campus, SPU 18-5 went on calendar year 2022 to win the MAAC title and advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program’s history.
Coach Shaheen Holloway said the break helped the team.
“It was all for us,” Holloway said. “We had a chance to have such a little camp. We haven’t played in 28 days so they had a chance to go out there. Things weren’t going well in the first half of the season. It made me a chance to really change some things, to come back and watch movies and come back. to the drawing board. The break was everything to us.”
The opportunity for 15 manufacturers to qualify began in 1986, when the national championship was first expanded to include 64 teams.
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