He hasn’t watched a replay of the game. It’s there for the naked eye in the box score — 16 turnovers, 19 percent shooting from the arc — a “recipe for disaster,’’ as Painter labels it. That’s what we need.’’ Hindsight, of course, is not doing Painter — or Boilermakers fans, whose dreams of Final Four travels never left Columbus, …
The Cinderellas certainly had their moments in this March Madness. FDU lost the Northeast Conference Tournament title game 67-66 but still received the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA bracket because champion Merrimack remains ineligible for postseason play after moving up from Division II to Division I. PRINCETON, TOO Smart kids made it all the way to the Sweet 16 …
Fairleigh Dickinson guard Grant Singleton celebrates after a basket during a 63-58 win over top-seeded Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday. Thursday, March 16 marked the fifth anniversary of what used to be the only victory by a men’s 16 seed in a non-play-in NCAA tournament game. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson cemented its place in March …