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SPORTS WRAP<\/strong> By William Hathaway, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCAA tournament is underway, and has lived up to the nickname \u201cMarch Madness.\u201d One of the biggest upsets in the first round came from a New Jersey based Cinderella team, the St. Peter\u2019s University Peacocks out of Jersey City. The #15 seed stunned the basketball world by taking down one of the sport\u2019s blue blood schools in an 85-79 overtime win over #2 Kentucky. After that shocker, the Peacocks then took down the #7 Murray State Shockers 70-60.  St. Pete\u2019s will now take on high powered #3 Purdue in the East Regional Semifinals, known as the Sweet Sixteen, in Philadelphia on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every win in the big dance is \u201cthe first ever\u201d for the 21-11 Peacocks are coached by none other than St. Patrick\u2019s High and Seton Hall legend Shaheen Holloway, who could wind up as the Pirates new head coach after Kevin Willard took the Maryland job. SHU could use him, as Willard\u2019s last game was a 69-42 loss to TCU in the first round of this year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Peter\u2019s is the only local team left alive, not considering Villanova. Connecticut lost to New Mexico State 70-63 in the first round, while Rutgers had already lost 89-87 to Notre Dame in one of the play-in games. #12 Richmond defeated #5 Iowa 67-63, and Coach K\u2019s last season is still alive, as Duke has advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the women\u2019s tournament, Steph Curry level shooter Caitlin Clark and the #2 Iowa Hawkeyes were stunned by #10 Creighton 64-62. All the #1 ranked squads have advanced – including in the men\u2019s draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, in NFL news, the Cleveland Browns stunned everyone by trading three first round picks for controversial quarterback Deshaun Watson, and then giving him a 5-year, $230 million contract – with ALL of the money guaranteed. Watson, who is facing over 20 civil suits for alleged behavior with massage therapists, now has the most guaranteed money in league history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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