No. 16 FDU Knocks Out No. 1 Purdue
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ESPN - It took 33 years for a 16-seed to knock off a 1-seed: when UMBC beat Virginia in the 2018 NCAA tournament. And now it has only taken another five years for a second 16-seed to do it, with Fairleigh Dickinson having just stunned the country by beating Purdue in the first round on this week 63-58. After beating Texas Southern earlier in the week at the First Four matchup, coach Tobin Anderson made a pronouncement that set the stage for the monumental upset. "The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them," Anderson reportedly told his team in the locker room.
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