Mike Avaltroni didn’t pack much more than a toothbrush for his March Madness road trip. He saw what everyone else who follows college basketball saw with the matchup between No. 1 Purdue and underdog Fairleigh Dickinson. He saw an epic mismatch.
“It looked like a Marvel movie,” FDU’s interim president said. FDU was Ant-Man, the undersized hero of this story, while Purdue ... well, look, it would be unfair to call the Boilermakers a villain. But, in this tale, they certainly represented everything that FDU is not. They are a well-funded, resource-rich powerhouse from a major conference.