Insanity. History. Ridiculous. Amazing.
Insert any word you want here, it won’t capture how incredible the Peacocks’ run has been, nor will it encapsulate the atmosphere of the Wells Fargo arena on Friday night, where the 15th-seeded Saint Peter’s Peacocks took down third-seeded Purdue to become the first team seeded lower than 12 to advance to the Elite Eight.
“The whole environment, it was just unreal,” Doug Edert said. “I don’t think any of us were nervous or really cared about how many people were there watching us. We just went out there and did our thing. We’ve been doing what we’ve been doing all season, which was defending and playing as hard as we possibly can. And then the emotions at the end, again, we’re making history and we look forward to making more history.”
And it wasn’t without drama. Unlike last game against Murray State in which it never trailed, Saint Peter’s found itself trailing most of the second half. From the 13-minute mark in…
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