PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saint Peter’s is riding guard Doug Edert’s stellar play to the Sweet 16. Edert has become a star for the tiny school in Jersey City, New Jersey. Edert has reached an endorsement deal with a chicken wing restaurant. He’s also launched his own T-shirt and sweatshirt line. Saint Peter’s students wear fake mustaches in honor of the wispy one he’s grown. The Peacocks are just the third No. 15 seed to reach the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. They will play Purdue on Friday in the East Region.
UNDATED (AP) — North Carolina and Creighton have added a bit of unpredictability to the NCAA Tournament’s Greensboro Region. The fifth-seeded Tar Heels and 10th-seeded Bluejays have reached the Sweet 16 by beating higher-seeded teams on the road. They don’t see any reason they can’t keep it going now that they have joined No. 1 overall tournament seed South Carolina and No. 3 regional seed Iowa State in Greensboro. The other three region sites all had three of their top four seeds reach the regional semifinals. UNC will face South Carolina while Iowa State will play Creighton on Friday. This marks the Tar Heels’ first Sweet 16 trip since 2015 and the Bluejays’ first in program history.
