0 left: March Madness upsets end chase for perfect bracket
Arizona players sit on the bench in the final seconds of a first-round college basketball game against Princeton in the men's NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. Princeton won 59-55. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Randall Benton]
The chase for the perfect March Madness bracket will have to wait another year. In a men’s tournament that saw a 2 and a 4 seed lose on Day 1, only a relative handful of brackets were still intact in the biggest contests when 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson took the floor against Purdue. The Knights stunned the top-seeded Boilermakers. That sent the remaining perfect brackets into trash cans everywhere. Victories by double-digit seeds Princeton, Penn State and Furman had done early damage in the quest for the perfect bracket. FDU finished all hopes.
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Furman guard Mike Bothwell, right, gets emotional after their win against Virginia in a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. Furman beat Virginia 68-67. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Fairleigh Dickinson guard Joe Munden Jr. (1) celebrates beating Purdue 63-58 after a first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament Friday, March 17, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Princeton guard Matt Allocco (14) celebrates following the Tigers victory over Arizona in the first-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)
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