Morning Coffee: Peacocks pull off biggest March Madness upset in 37 years

Anyone who bet on upsets through the first nine games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament was probably wondering around mid-afternoon on Thursday when the “March Madness” would actually begin.

As it turns out, it was only the calm before the storm.

After a 9-0 run by the favourites, including the First Four games, the underdogs barked back in a big way on Thursday evening.

First, No. 12 Richmond beat No. 5 Iowa 67-63 as a +400 money line underdog – they were +10 on the point spread.

After that, No. 12 Next Mexico State took down No. 5 UCONN with a 70-63 win as a +240 money line dog.

Even with the first two upsets in the books, few were prepared for what would happen next, as we braced for the biggest NCAA men’s tournament upset in almost four decades.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Friday March 18, 2022.

Saint Peter’s shocks Kentucky

No. 15 Saint Peter’s stunned No. 2 Kentucky with an 85-79 win in overtime as an 18.5-point underdog.

It matched the fourth-largest NCAA tournament upset since the field was expanded to 64 team in 1985.

The Peacocks were 18.5-point underdogs