Saint Peter's does it again: Peacocks win stunner over Purdue to become 1st 15-seed ever to make Elite Eight of NCAA tournament

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(NEW YORK) — The Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA tournament is set and will feature some of the biggest and storied programs in college basketball history — Duke, North Carolina, Villanova and Kansas.

But there’s a tiny Jersey City, New Jersey, university that also punched its ticket to the next round of eight you probably never heard of until they knocked off No. 2 Kentucky and No. 7 Murray State.

The Cinderella magic continued for the Saint Peter’s University Peacocks on Friday night, stunning third-seeded Purdue 67-64 in front of a packed crowd at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

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