COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fairleigh Dickinson, a No. 16 seed in the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament, on Friday night outclassed Purdue, a mighty No. 1 seed that boasted arguably the top player in college basketball, delivering the most shocking upset in the sport in half a decade.
“I can’t even explain it. I’m shocked right now,” Sean Moore, a junior forward who led Fairleigh Dickinson with 19 points, said after the game went final, his team on top, 63-58. “I can’t believe it.”
The win was just the second time a men’s No. 16 seed had defeated a No. 1 in the single-elimination tournament, after the University of Maryland, Baltimore County beat Virginia in 2018 in a 20-point rout. On the women’s side, No. 16 seed Harvard beat No. 1 Stanford in the 1998 tournament.
Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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Highlights: F.D.U. Shocks Purdue
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