Forget the "Drake Curse" - Saint Peter's may have to worry about a potential New York Jets curse ending its Cinderella run.
Ahead of No. 15 Saint Peter's Sweet 16 matchup against No. 3 Purdue on Friday, the Jets took to Twitter to wish the Jersey City, New Jersey-based school good luck.
LET'S GO @PeacocksMBB pic.twitter.com/YwaeHn7Li8
— New York Jets (@nyjets) March 25, 2022
The Jets' message didn't go over well with some fans, who accused the team of cursing the Peacocks.
Any chance they had at winning is now gone https://t.co/pRRfKkhrPO
— Nick Parco (@nick_parco) March 25, 2022
Congrats to Purdue on reaching the Elite 8. https://t.co/bG5SiOeqlQ
— sweet 16 ben 🇺🇦 (@VT_Ben) March 25, 2022
You just cursed them
— 🥔 PG 🍟 (@PotatoGobbler) March 25, 2022
Everyone bet on Purdue https://t.co/TpxwUufamD
— Max Sacco (@Max_Sacco23) March 25, 2022
Yall doomed them https://t.co/dUT0JMHZzV
— S00NERFAN - #FreeLance (@S0ONERFAN) March 25, 2022
Saint Peter's stunned No. 2 Kentucky in the first round of the men's NCAA basketball tournament and went on to defeat No. 7 Murray State, becoming just the third No. 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16.
New York is coming off a 2021 campaign that saw the team finish with an AFC East-worst record of 4-13 and miss out on the playoffs for the 11th consecutive season.
