Purdue has taken the first step.
The top-seeded Boilermakers didn't lose to No. 16 seed Grambling State on Friday. The 78-50 win over the Tigers would normally stand as an unremarkable NCAA tournament outcome on a busy day of basketball. But this is no ordinary No. 1 seed.
The Boilermakers are coming off one of the biggest upsets in U.S. sports history last season, a 63-58 defeat to No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In doing so, they became just the second team in the history of the tournament to lose as a No.