On a night that will be remembered for years to come, 16th-ranked Fairleigh Dickinson pulled off an unlikely upset of No. 1 Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Knights held their own in the second half, outplaying Purdue and sealing the deal with a 3-point shot from Sean Moore with 1:03 to go. Moore then blocked a layup attempt with 30 seconds left to seal the victory.

This is only the second time a No. 16 seed has beaten a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, with the first instance occurring in 2018 with the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. In fact, FDU's upset may be even bigger than UMBC's, as they were a 23.5-point underdog against Purdue.

Head Coach Matt Painter now joins Lute Olson and Tony Bennett as the only coaches to lose three times to a team seeded 13th or