The Fairleigh Dickinson University Knights weren't supposed to be in the NCAA tournament. After making it to the NEC tournament championship under first-year FDU head men's basketball coach Tobin Anderson, the Knights fell to Merrimack. But Merrimack just made the jump to D-I, per NCAA rules the team was ineligible to play in the tournament, so FDU got the automatic bid with their win in the semifinal of the NEC tournament.

Given a second chance as a 16-seed, the team came out swinging against 1-seed Purdue.

"To be honest, from the jump ball," junior guard Joe Munden Jr. said. "From the jump ball I think we came in there with a belief and with a mindset that no matter what happens, the ebbs and flows of the game, we were going to stay with it and make sure that we competed."

The Knights played a full-court press the entire game, and double-to-triple teamed Purdue junior center Zach Edey, forcing the Boilermakers into running an uncomfortable offense. It resulted in 16 turnovers.

In the last nine minutes of the game, FDU allowed just nine points.

The Knights were led by junior guard Sean Moore, who just moved up from D-II this year, with 19 points. With just over a minute remaining, Moore hit a three-pointer that proved to be the dagger in an upset for the ages.

For just the second time in NCAA Tournament history, a 16-seed beat a 1-seed.

"Survive and advance, man," Munden Jr. said. "We're just here to compete, keep getting better, keep working, and keep shocking the world."