Tiger kings: Princeton topple Arizona in historic NCAA tournament shocker

Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school’s first NCAA tournament win in 25 years, topping No 2 seed Arizona 59-55 on Thursday.

The 15th-seeded Tigers (22-9) scored the final nine points to finish the upset, holding the Pac-12 tournament champion scoreless over the final 4:21.

Evbuomwan scored 15 points in Princeton’s first tournament victory since beating UNLV in 1998 when current coach Mitch Henderson was a player for the Tigers.

Princeton advanced to play seventh-seeded Missouri in the second round of the South Region. The Tigers beat Utah State 76-65.

Azuolas Tubelis scored 21 points for the Wildcats (28-7), who haven’t won a tournament game in consecutive years since 2014-15.

The shocking result left punters’ brackets nationwide in tatters, none more noteworthy than US president Joe Biden, who picked Arizona to win the tournament.

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