FDU has Cinderella moment but falls to 2-seed Iowa in women's NCAA Tournament
No. 15 seed Fairleigh Dickinson University (30-4, 18-0 NEC) opened the women's NCAA Tournament against No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes (26-6, 15-3 Big Ten).
On the college court that Caitlin Clark called home, the FDU women's basketball team shot 10 three-pointers and put a massive scare into Iowa and the rest of the NCAA tournament Saturday. The Knights, seeded No. 15 in the Sacramento region, were resilient and did not back down from No.
2 Iowa on their home floor but lost 58-48 in the first round of the tournament. MORE: FDU women's basketball gets second chance at March Madness magic The Knights were seeking to be the first No. 15 seed in women's tournament history to reach the second round.
No. 2 seeds had won the first 126 matchups with No. 15 seeds since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1994.
In fact, teams seeded in the top three of their regional had been all but invincible historically. The only time that a team seeded No. 14 through 16 won a first round game came in 1998, when Harvard defeated No.