‘People just sent money in’: What happened after St Peter’s basketball fairytale?

The tiny New Jersey university shocked some of the biggest teams at this year's NCAA tournament. The effects are still being felt a month later

Take it from the president at Saint Peter's himself: Life has not quite returned to normal at the tiny Jersey City university, whose basketball team stunned the sports world in March by becoming the first No 15 seed in history to reach the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight.

This may sound crazy," Eugene J Cornacchia tells the Guardian, referring to the student body, but they seem to be walking with more confidence, more spring in their step."