St. Peter's Peacocks Fall To North Carolina In Elite 8

Hoboken NJ

27 March, 2022

7:11 PM

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JERSEY CITY, NJ — The #15-seeded St. Peter's University men's basketball team fell 69-49 to North Carolina Sunday night, but inspired fans across America with their underdog NCAA championship run. "There's a strong case Saint Peter's is already the greatest Cinderella [story] ever," opined a writer on the NCAA website Saturday. Their winning streak came to an end in Philadelphia against the #8-seeded Tar Heels. Throughout the season, fans cheered for the proud Peacocks as they beat Kentucky, Murray State University, then Purdue to strut into the Elite 8, the first time a #15-seeded team had done so. The star players at their Jersey City-based Catholic school on Kennedy Blvd. became folk heroes as well. Sports publications have noted that St. Peter's has a $1.6 million basketball budget, one of the lowest in Division I programs — and a lower amount than some of the opposing teams' coaches' salaries. Learn more about the team and the school here. See prior reporting: Jersey City Gets Called A 'Suburb,' NJ Twitter Reacts The Final Four NCAA games will be played next weekend in New Orleans. Get FREE breaking news alerts in Jersey City or your own NJ town, or a daily 6 a.m. newsletter with local news. Sign up with your zip code here and you'll get an email asking for your preferences. Get a free 6 a.m. newsletter with news in your NJ town: https://patch.com/subscribe