A yr in the past, No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson received a mere complete of 4 video games. On Friday, a yr later, FDU delivered a surprising upset to No. 1 seed Purdue in a season that just about noticed this system not play within the males’s NCAA event in any respect.
FDU performs within the Northeast Convention. Nonetheless, the Knights didn't win the NEC event, as a substitute shedding to Merrimack by one level within the title recreation.
Merrimack, nevertheless, couldn't compete on this yr’s Huge Dance due to an NCAA rule that bans this system from the postseason whereas it completes its four-year transition from Division II. Because of this, Fairleigh Dickinson–which completed because the runner-up within the convention event–obtained the convention’s computerized bid.
The Knights, additionally the shortest group within the event, took benefit of the NCAA’s rule and secured a monumental win to punch their tickets to the spherical of 32. Below head coach Tobin Anderson, Sean Moore led the best way with an enormous 19-point efficiency on Friday night time in opposition to the Boilermakers.
FDU (21–15) will play the winner of the Memphis and Florida Atlantic matchup on Sunday.
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