Lehigh Welcomes Mercer To Everyone's Favorite NCAA Tournament Club

The 'We Beat Duke' Club Has A New Member
A lone Duke fan, surrounded by Mercer fans, reacts to a foul being called on Duke in the second half of play. Duke University Blue Devils played the Mercer Bears in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 21, 2014. Mercer won the game 78-71. (Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images)
A lone Duke fan, surrounded by Mercer fans, reacts to a foul being called on Duke in the second half of play. Duke University Blue Devils played the Mercer Bears in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, March 21, 2014. Mercer won the game 78-71. (Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty Images)

One of the most beloved and exclusive clubs in college basketball has a new member: The Mercer Bears.

Mercer, making just its third NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, became the latest underdog to add to the madness of March by upsetting a favored Duke squad. Moments after the final buzzer sounded on the No. 14 Bears' 78-71 win over the No. 3 Blue Devils in a second-round game on Friday, the previous team to accomplish the bracket-busting feat chimed in with a congratulatory tweet.

Mercer joins Lehigh and Virginia Commonwealth University as double-digit seeds that have stunned Duke in an opening game of the NCAA Tournament since 2007.

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