Excitement building for Saint Peter's Cinderella story
Excitement is building in New Jersey, where Saint Peter's Peacocks are getting ready to continue the Cinderella story in the NCAA Tournament; CBS2's Otis Livingston reports.
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Excitement is building in New Jersey, where Saint Peter's Peacocks are getting ready to continue the Cinderella story in the NCAA Tournament; CBS2's Otis Livingston reports.
The success of the Saint Peter's University men's basketball team has been the biggest story to come out of March Madness this year. The Peacocks, the No. 15 seed in the East Region, pulled off three major upsets to advance to the Elite Eight.
The Peacocks' success has been the biggest story to come out of the NCAA tournament so far this year.
Saint Peter's upset No. 2 Kentucky in overtime and never trailed No. 7 Murray State to become just the third 15 seed to advance to a regional semifinal.
15th-seeded Peacocks to face perennial Big Ten power Purdue on Friday in Philadelphia.
The 15th-seeded Peacocks will play in the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 on Friday night in Philadelphia.
The university is planning a welcome home party on campus when the team returns on Sunday. CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
Saint Peter's storybook run will have at least one more chapter.
The Cinderella story continues for Saint Peter's University with another huge NCAA win for the boys from Jersey City; CBS2's Kiran Dhillon reports.
The Cinderella story for a local college looks to continue Saturday night.
Saint Peter's University is advancing to the Sweet 16 after defeating Murray State.
Students and fans in Jersey City celebrated the team's first NCAA Tournament win like it was the National Championship.
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Saint Peter's beat Kentucky in a stunning victory Thursday, breaking brackets all over the country; CBS2's Steve Overmyer reports.
Saint Peter's will face Murray State on Saturday in the second round in the East Region.
"This is the time that, us as players, we live for. We dreamed about it all our lives," Saint Peter's KC Ndefo said.
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A very similar setup to Wednesday will be underway, with highs in the mid to upper 30s under mostly sunny skies.
A very similar setup to Wednesday will be underway, with highs in the mid to upper 30s under mostly sunny skies.
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NYC is facing the coldest weather in a while, and New York and New Jersey could be in for a White Christmas with snow on the way.
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A very similar setup to Wednesday will be underway, with highs in the mid to upper 30s under mostly sunny skies.
The National Weather Service says snow depth in Central Park was 1 inch at 7 a.m. Christmas morning. That's the minimum amount of snow needed to make it officially a White Christmas.
With congestion pricing set to start on Jan. 5, the MTA now says it has the right to hike the prices even more on gridlock alert days.
A very similar setup to Wednesday will be underway, with highs in the mid to upper 30s under mostly sunny skies.
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