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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the final minute ticked off the clock, the Princeton fans started chanting “Sweet 16! Sweet 16!” and coach Mitch Henderson cleared the bench with the victory easily in hand. This upset was no small-school fluke against a more heralded team. It was a thoroughly dominating performance that sent Princeton to a place it hadn’t been in more than a half-century.
The Tigers are only the second Ivy League school to make the Sweet 16 in the past 43 tournaments.
For the third year in a row, a 15 seed has reached the Sweet 16. This time, it's the Princeton Tigers, who upset No. 7 Missouri on Saturday.
Eric Musselman and his players rushed across the court at the final buzzer to celebrate with their joyfully delirious friends from Arkansas.
Blake Peters made five 3-pointers in the second half and Princeton shocked another power conference team to reach the NCAA Tournament regional semifinals for the first time in 56 years by beating Missouri 78-63 on Saturday.