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Backed by purple power, Northwestern compiles complete performance in Round of 64

As fans trotted from a Northwestern Alumni pre-game party at nearby restaurant Punch Bowl Social down David Stern Walk into Sacramento’s Golden1 Center, natives of the city must have felt at peace. After all, Sactown’s downtown had been streaked with a deep purple, which typically occurs when the second-place Kings play at home.

On this Thursday afternoon, however, it was Wildcat proponents who had made the trek out west to support their beloved team — a moment six years in the making.

Ironically enough, hordes of Arizona Wildcat fans flooded for the exits from the arena subsequent to U of A’s upset to No.