{"id":1401694,"date":"2022-03-26T10:59:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T14:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401694"},"modified":"2022-03-26T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T14:59:57","slug":"history-made-saint-peters-becomes-first-15-seed-to-reach-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-made-saint-peters-becomes-first-15-seed-to-reach-elite-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"History Made: Saint Peter\u2019s Becomes First 15-Seed To Reach Elite Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistory-made-saint-peters-becomes-first-15-seed-to-reach-elite-eight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1401694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1387754058.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>We all expected the miraculous run to come to an end. Well, maybe \u201cwe\u201d didn\u2019t, but I sure did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Most Cinderella stories in the NCAA tournament eventually come to their inevitable conclusion much earlier than the fans of college basketball would like. The sheer size of the blue blood programs, chock full with big-time recruits, always winds up being the downfall of the double-digit tournament seed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But not this time. Not this tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Friday night, tiny Saint Peter\u2019s of Jersey City, New Jersey, continued their improbable run, becoming the first 15-seed to advance to the Elite Eight after beating 3-seed Purdue 67-64.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jaden Ivey\u2019s three-point attempt came up short at the buzzer, setting off the celebration, and allowing small schools across the country to dream big.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE ST. PETER\u2019S PEACOCKS HAVE DONE IT<\/p>\n<p>FIRST EVER 15-SEED TO ADVANCE TO THE ELITE EIGHT \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H8FMQJPrr5\">pic.twitter.com\/H8FMQJPrr5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sports (@CBSSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSports\/status\/1507528825558642688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cI got a bunch of guys that just play basketball and have fun. That\u2019s all we do,\u201d Saint Peter\u2019s Coach Shaheen Holloway <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/25\/sports\/ncaabasketball\/march-madness-scores.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was the defense that got the job done for the Peacocks, forcing 15 Purdue turnovers and a 5 of 21 shooting night from beyond the arc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat they gonna say now? Anybody got something to say?\u201d Holloway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/2022\/03\/26\/shaheen-holloway-saint-peters-postgame-interview-purdue\">said<\/a> after the game. \u201cWe can\u2019t do this, we can\u2019t do that, cinderella, underdogs. Listen, I got guys that just play basketball. I got a bunch of guys that just play basketball and have fun, that\u2019s all we do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There wasn\u2019t an incredible offensive performance from one individual, or a scorching hot shooting night from the floor. Instead, it was solid defense and clutch free throws when they mattered the most.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Three Saint Peter\u2019s players scored in double figures, including 10 points from a new March Madness favorite in Doug Edert. On the night, Saint Peter\u2019s was 19-21 from the charity stripe, knocking down their final 11 attempts to secure their third massive upset of the tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re happy, but make no mistake, we\u2019re not satisfied at all,\u201d Edert <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/purdue\/basketball\/purdue-basketball-historic-ncaa-tournament-run-by-saint-peters-continues-with-win-over-purdue\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cWe\u2019re not finished, and we feel like we belong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cObviously we have a lot more fans now than we did a few weeks ago, but it doesn\u2019t change the way we play out on the floor,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe didn\u2019t play any different tonight than we would have even if there weren\u2019t any fans in the building.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Peacocks advance to the Elite Eight to take on another blue blood program in North Carolina, after the Tar Heels 73-66 win over UCLA on Friday night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Much like the Peacocks\u2019 first two NCAA opponents, the Boilermakers left the arena in a state of shock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m honestly still in shock,\u201d senior forward Trevion Williams <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/purdue\/basketball\/march-madness-purdue-sasha-stefanovic-trevion-williams-eric-hunter-jr-saint-peters-ncaa-tournament-sweet-16\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t feel real. I just wish we could have played a little bit better, like Coach said. Man, you\u2019ve got to give them their respect. That\u2019s a real team. If you don\u2019t respect them, you\u2019ll be outplayed kind of like we did today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI mean, honestly like my mind is blank right now,\u201d senior guard Sasha Stefanovic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/purdue\/basketball\/march-madness-purdue-sasha-stefanovic-trevion-williams-eric-hunter-jr-saint-peters-ncaa-tournament-sweet-16\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the game. \u201cI can\u2019t recall exactly what happened. They made plays down the stretch, and we made some fouls, unnecessarily fouls, and it cost us. Credit to them, they made their free throws and executed down the stretch and played good defense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the other Sweet 16 matchups, one-seed Kansas knocked off four-seed Providence 66-61, and 10-seed Miami ended Iowa State\u2019s incredible bounce-back season in a 70-56 victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Enter for the chance to hang out with Gina Carano at the premiere of her new Daily Wire movie, Terror on the Prairie! Two lucky Daily Wire members will be given the complete red carpet treatment \u2013 free airfare, hotel, premiere car service, and exclusive merch. Daily Wire members can click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/redcarpet\">here<\/a>\u00a0to enter for a chance to win. If you\u2019re not a Daily Wire member yet, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\">here<\/a>\u00a0to join us so you can win this once-in-a-lifetime experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all expected the miraculous run to come to an end. Well, maybe \u201cwe\u201d didn\u2019t, but I sure did.\u00a0Most Cinderella stories in the NCAA tournament eventually come to their inevitable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}