Demetre Roberts scored 20 points and Sean Moore had 14 for FDU, which didn’t even win the Northeast Conference tournament before becoming an NCAA team that won’t soon be forgotten.

Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2023/03/nowells-huge-2nd-half-leads-kansas-state-past-kentucky/

FDU had 10 steals to three for Purdue.

Source: https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2023/3/17/23645806/fairleigh-dickinson-beat-purdue-march-madness-upset-history

In the wake of the shocking upset, a quote from the FDU head coach Anderson went viral.

Source: https://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/fairleigh-dickinson-coach-tobin-anderson-old-quote/612767

Joe Munden Jr., one of many returning starters on final 12 months’s four-game successful FDU staff, thanked Roberts and Anderson, who sat on both aspect of him, through the postgame press convention.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/fairleigh-dickinsons-march-madness-loss-is-a-bittersweet-moment-for-the-two-seniors-bt-news

Once FDU began to buckle, FAU broke them.

Source: https://basquiatstrings.co.uk/florida-atlantics-clutch-second-half-shutout-downs-fairleigh-dickinson-to-advance-to-the-sweet-16-bt-news