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Fairleigh Dickinson delivered an incredible, unbelievable moment against 1 seed Purdue. We break it down, plus detail everything else from Friday's NCAA Tournament games
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1. These Knights earned THE shining moment
They are going to make a 30 for 30 out of this.
Tobin Anderson called his shot. After Fairleigh Dickinson knocked off Texas Southern in the play-in game in Dayton on Wednesday night, the TruTV cameras caught the first-year Division I coach telling his team in the locker room, "the more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them."
“I want Purdue to see this. The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them”
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— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68)
1:00 AM • Mar 16, 2023
Then what did his team do?
The Knights beat No. 1-seed Purdue, 63-58. He took his team, led by a 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-9 backcourt, by a couple of kids that came with him from STAC, a Division II program in Westchester County, and beat the 7-foot-4 National Player of the Year.