Mount St. Mary’s, the Northeast Conference champions, is coming off a nail-biting 67-66 win over New Orleans in the First Four Tuesday. As a reward, they will match up against Villanova, this year’s number one overall seed. Despite the odds of a No. 16 seed never beating a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the players seem to have the “why not us” mentality to make history.
“I mean, records are meant to be broken,” said guard Junior Robinson, who scored the go ahead basket with 1:23 left against New Orleans. “We have the confidence going into this game that if we take care of things the way we’re supposed to handle ourselves in the manner that we can, why not?