Cinderella was on the prowl at the Bon Secours Center in Greenville, S.C. on Thursday. However, the day was far from a fairy tale for the two Triangle teams in attendance.
Siena and VCU got to try on the glass slipper and go to the ball, while the blue bloods fought for their tournament lives. Only one survived.
Saints go March-ing in
Duke narrowly missed suffering what would have been the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history, escaping with a 71-65 win over Siena. 16-seeds have beaten 1-seeds before, but never has the tournament’s top-ranked team suffered an opening-round loss to a 16. Duke became the first 1-seed to trail by double digits at the half when the Saints hit the locker room up 43-25. The lead grew to as large as 13 in the second half, which was the largest deficit the Blue Devils faced at any point this season…