St. Peter’s just etched its name into NCAA lore.
A program most die-hard college basketball fans would struggle to identify just stunned one of the biggest brand names in the game on Thursday, sending No. 2 seed Kentucky packing on the first day of NCAA tournament play.
So who is St. Peter’s? Other than a No. 15 seed advancing to Round 2, that is.
It’s a query hero guard Daryl Banks III (27 points, 5-of-8 3 pointers on Thursday) broached after Thursday’s 85-79 upset.
“Probably a lot of people don’t even know who we are,” Banks said after the game.
St. Peter’s the school
For starters, St. Peter’s is a private Jesuit university founded in 1872 located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Its undergraduate enrollment sits at roughly 2,100, and it’s celebrating its 150th anniversary. What better way to mark the occasion than by toppling eight-time NCAA champion Kentucky and ousting John Calipari from the tournament? The student body responded appropriately on Thursday:
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