{"id":421751,"date":"2022-03-26T08:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ncaa-tournament-belongs-to-saint-peters\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T08:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:05:01","slug":"ncaa-tournament-belongs-to-saint-peters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ncaa-tournament-belongs-to-saint-peters\/","title":{"rendered":"#NCAA Tournament belongs to Saint Peter&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ec407fb65\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ec407fb65\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ncaa-tournament-belongs-to-saint-peters\/#%E2%80%9CNCAA_Tournament_belongs_to_Saint_Peters%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NCAA Tournament belongs to Saint Peter&#8217;s&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNCAA_Tournament_belongs_to_Saint_Peters%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NCAA Tournament belongs to Saint Peter&#8217;s&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mike Vaccaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There was one final prayer for Purdue Boilermakers but, let\u2019s be honest: the invaders from the Big Ten weren\u2019t about to receive any celestial intervention. Not this night. Not this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. Not against the Saint Peter\u2019s Peacocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not on National Peacock Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>(Is that really a thing? On this night, anyway, it was really a thing.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No. Jaden Ivey\u2019s shot from about 10 feet beyond the top of the key might\u2019ve looked good on TV. It might\u2019ve looked good to certain segments of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, especially since it wasn\u2019t just Saint Peter\u2019s diehards who were on their feet, trying to shout the ball wide, or short, but also the folks in the building wearing UCLA and North Carolina gear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>(And it wasn\u2019t just because all shades of blue stick together.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It never had a shot. It bounded harmlessly away. The buzzer groaned and the roar inside Wells Fargo Center rose. It was over. It was done. The magical mystery tour for Saint Peters\u2019 would last at least another two days. The evidence overhead, frozen on the scoreboard, will stand forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Saint Peter\u2019s 67, Purdue 64.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peacocks 67, Boilermakers 64.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>(H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APP<\/a>Y NATIONAL PEACOCK DAY!)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy,\u201d Saint Peter\u2019s guard Doug Edert said, \u201cbut we\u2019re not satisfied.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re as good as any team in the country,\u201d guard Matthew Lee said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Are you going to tell them they\u2019re wrong, that they\u2019re delusional, that they\u2019re detached from reality? After what they\u2019ve done since March 17? After what they\u2019ve done going back to the MAAC tournament, or going back to Feb. 20, when they lost at Siena, 84-71, dropping their record to 12-11?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well, they\u2019re 10-0 since. They stunned Kentucky and ruined probably 50 percent of the brackets in existence. They dominated Murray State, which was supposed to be the gold standard of mid-majors this year. And Friday night it was Purdue, which spent some time this year as the No. 1 team in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Shaheen Holloway (right) speaks with Matthew Lee during Saint Peter's win over Purdue. \" class=\"wp-image-21668115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Shaheen Holloway (right) speaks with Matthew Lee during Saint Peter\u2019s win over Purdue. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>(A reign that ended when New Jersey\u2019s OTHER team, Rutgers, beat the Boilermakers back in December. Some people hate New Jersey for kicks; Purdue\u2019s angry fans have some legit stuff to grumble about.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat,\u201d a gleeful Shaheen Holloway said, \u201care they gonna say next?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holloway, the Peacocks\u2019 coach, said this with a wink. He knows 95 percent of the building was on his side Friday night, as was 95 percent of America. He knows people love the underdog in March, so it isn\u2019t as if anyone is lined up against the Peacocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he also knows that much of the emotion tied up in his team is because they are the cute story, the little-engine-that-could story, the first team from the MAAC to advance as far as the Elite Eight, the first No. 15 seed to advance that far. People love to root for a team like Saint Peter\u2019s, but it\u2019s something else to <em>believe<\/em> in a team like the Peacocks. Much as you might want to.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Doug Edert celebrates with fans. \" class=\"wp-image-21668121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/St.-Peters-vs-Purdue-032522-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Doug Edert celebrates with fans. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Holloway knows that without belief, the Peacocks probably wouldn\u2019t have made it past Quinnipiac in the MAAC semifinals, let alone through the gauntlet they\u2019ve already negotiated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe trust each other,\u201d the coach said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s beautiful to see.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is. It really is. And the thing is, the way these games have gone? More and more people are truly starting to believe in the Peacocks, and not simply to be charmed by them. They haven\u2019t won on any crazy last-second trick shots. They had to beat Kentucky in overtime. Murray State never came close to rattling them. Purdue led them after the game\u2019s final TV timeout Friday. It didn\u2019t matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe keep getting in these situations,\u201d Lee said, \u201cand we keep prevailing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel like we belong,\u201d Edert said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Belong? It\u2019s their tournament now. It\u2019s their season. Wells Fargo will be their home court Sunday, a Pennsylvania annex of Jersey City\u2019s Run Baby Run Arena. They aren\u2019t a cute story. They aren\u2019t Cinderella, not after three wins in the tournament, and 10 straight going back to February. Belong? Please. They should rename the whole bracket the Saint Peter\u2019s Invitational at this point. Would you mind? Would anybody?\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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