Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball over Purdue in the NCAA tournament, 2023

Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball over Purdue in the NCAA tournament, 2023

By a whole wide range of metrics, the loss the No. 1 seed Boilermakers took to the No. 16 Knights in 2023’s March Madness was the worst in college hoops history. The Knights weren’t just a 16-seed—they were a 16-seed that only made it into the tournament on a technicality (the best team in their conference wasn’t eligible for postseason play). They were also the smallest team in Division I, and yet they managed to beat one of the tallest, led by Purdue’s towering 7’4” center Zach Edey. We may never see an upset of this magnitude again.