Excitement is building in Jersey City, where the Saint Peter's Peacocks are getting ready to continue their Cinderella story at the NCAA tournament. OlivingstonTV reports.
has brought the big, bright lights to the small school.
"I don't know if I ever dreamed of this. This is something that kids dream about when they're young, so just living this opportunity is amazing," forward KC Ndefo said. It was appropriate that the entire squad took the unique approach of taking the podium as a team to address the media Tuesday afternoon, because that's exactly how this group accomplished the impossible: As a complete, cohesive unit.
"Everybody's like, 'How are you going to compete? How are you going to compete with certain guys' physicality?' When you've got kids from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut - the Tri-State Area - this is what these kids are built for. I'm built for that. We ain't gonna be intimidated by anybody," said coach Shaheen Holloway. And when the coach speaks, this team listens.
"That's why I find it so not shocking, that 'cause he's been through this. And we all knew that he was a good player. He had a good resume. So the job we're doing is really not surprising to me, because if your coach was a legend, so you're going to follow it after," said guard Marty Silvera. "We're a 15 seed. We did some things that nobody would think, so it becomes a Cinderella story. Me, personally? I believed in us the entire time. I feel like we can play with anybody, and our guys are proving it right now," Holloway said.
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