Saint Peter’s has grow to be the darling of this 12 months’s NCAA Tournament after two gorgeous upsets to advance to its first Sweet 16.
Former Giants quarterback Eli Manning stated he’s been on the Peacocks bandwagon for years, although.
Manning took to Twitter on Thursday to share a photograph of himself repping a navy blue Saint Peter’s T-shirt. He was pictured standing in entrance of a toy basketball hoop, holding a basketball in his proper hand.
“What? I have been cheering for Saint Peter’s for years,” Manning tweeted. “They are my local New Jersey basketball team. Go Peacocks!!”
The two-time Super Bowl champion spent his whole 16-season NFL profession with the Giants, having performed dwelling video games at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey — which is about seven miles away from Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City.
The underdog Peacocks have grow to be the Cinderella story of March Madness.
Saint Peter’s, a No. 15 seed, had the largest upset of this 12 months’s match when it beat No. 2 seed Kentucky, 85-79, in the first spherical. Then the Peacocks knocked off No. 7 seed Murray State, 70-60, to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program historical past. Next up is No. 3 seed Purdue on Friday night time.
All eyes have additionally been on Peacocks coach Shaheen Holloway, a Queens native and former Seton Hall star, whose motto all through the match has been that his crew fears nobody.
“I’ve got guys from New Jersey and New York City,” Holloway stated after Saint Peter’s topped Murray State final Saturday. “You think we’re scared of anything?”
