Three core members of the St. Peter’s Cinderella Championship are leaving the NCAA men’s basketball program.
junior guards Doug EdertAnd the Daryl Banks 3 And the Matthieu Lee They all entered the transfer gate on Tuesday morning.
The decisions come a week after coach Shaheen Holloway left St Peter’s School to become head coach of Seton Hall.
Banks and Lee have been key players for the Peacocks this season, and Eddert came off the bench but was the rising star of the NCAA Championships.
Banks was the team’s leading scorer last season, averaging 11.3 points. He scored 27 points, including five three-pointers, in the upset victory over 2-seeded Kentucky in the first round.
Lee has started 25 games this season averaging 6.8 points. His best NCAA championship game came against Murray State, when he scored nine points and cleared the ball for four assists.
Edert was the face – and mustache – of the Peacock’s run to the Elite Eight. He had 20 points in the MAAC Championship game against Monmouth, then followed that up with another 20-point performance in the win over Kentucky. He averaged 14.3 points in the first three matches of the tournament, setting double-digit numbers in all three matches. Edert averaged 9.5 points per season.
He turned his stardom in March into a name, an image and an example with Buffalo Wild Wings.
Saint Peter’s was arguably the biggest story in the NCAA Tournament, becoming the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight. The Peacocks beat Kentucky, Murray State and Purdue all the way before falling to North Carolina, one step away from the Final Four.
