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Breaking down the historic upset of No. 16 FDU over No. 1 Purdue
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35884053/breaking-historic-upset-no-16-fdu-no-1-purdue-march-madness-2023

Fairleigh Dickinson University
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It took 33 years for a 16-seed to knock off a 1-seed: when UMBC beat Virginia in the 2018 NCAA tournament. It only took five years for a second 16-seed to do it, with Fairleigh Dickinson stunning the country by beating Purdue in the first round on Friday night, 63-58.

While UMBC made history as the first 16-seed to beat a 1-seed, Fairleigh Dickinson took it one step further: The Knights are the first 16-seed from the First Four to do it.

After beating Texas Southern in Wednesday's First Four matchup, head coach Tobin Anderson made a pronouncement that set the stage for Friday's monumental upset.

"The more I watch Purdue, the more I think we can beat them," he told his team in the locker room.

So how did the Knights do it? And where does this game rank in history? ESPN's men's college basketball experts Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway, Joe Lunardi and Myron Medcalf break all of it down. -- Jeff Borzello