Saint Peter’s (PeacocksMBB) is still alive while Kentucky, Baylor and Tennessee have been eliminated It doesn’t feel possible, and yet somehow here we are, writes CBB_Central
“I got guys from New Jersey and New York City. You think we’re scared of anything? You think we’re worried about guys trying to muscle us and tough us out? We do that. That’s who we are,” Holloway said. “We are a very physical team. Our bodies probably don't look like it, but these guys play very hard and very physical.”to make the Sweet 16.
“Everybody keeps saying we can’t do that, we can’t do that, we don’t have this and we don’t have that,” Holloway said. “We got heart. That’s what matters.” The two other teams confirmed to be in Philadelphia with the Peacocks next week: North Carolina and UCLA. There’s no other major sport in the U.S. that even pits teams with such a wide gap in resources against each other to play for the same trophy. But even as the financial gap between the haves and have-nots of the sport grows, the upsets don’t stop. If anything, they’ve intensified, with No.
What do 2018 UMBC, ’21 Oral Roberts and ’22 Saint Peter’s have in common? They all didn’t even win their respective conference regular seasons before making their unforgettable mark on March Madness. But they won three straight games when they had to in order to get into college basketball’s biggest party and showed off their dancing shoes once they got there.
They also should remind everyone of one key fact: No matter how much money you spend or chartered planes you fly or new facilities you build, anything can happen when the ball is tipped and there are five players on each side.More March Madness Coverage:
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