FDU! FDU! FDU!
Big Blue Nation couldn’t help but cheer for No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson as it pulled off the upset over No. 1 seed Purdue. The fans’ beloved Wildcats were still in a rock fight vs. No. 11 seed Providence in Greensboro, but it was impossible to ignore the history unfolding on the jumbotron during the regular live look-ins. 63-58 final, Boilermakers were Purdone.
The moment was symbolic in a sense. All eyes on another embarrassing upset, exactly one year to the day following Kentucky‘s loss to No. 15 seed St.