Hoboken And Jersey City Kids Included in Parade Lineup For St. Peter's Basketball Team

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has announced the lineup for the parade to celebrate the St. Peter's University Peacocks and their NCAA championship run.

The lineup will include school teams and bands from Jersey City, Hoboken, and Bayonne.

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"We wanted it to be about the SPU Basketball Team but also about what they mean to younger people as an inspiration to what is possible," Fulop said. "That’s why we have included many local
schools into the parade and will highlight some of the local county championship teams as well."

Here is the tentative lineup:

"The parade will start at the Statue of Abraham Lincoln [near Lincoln Park] and proceed down JFK Boulevard," he had noted in a previous post. "The parade will end in front of Saint Peter’s University. Hope to see you there."

The St. Peter's University men's basketball team ended its underdog run in the NCAA championships Sunday night.

After the #15-seeded Peacocks lost their "Elite 8" matchup against the #8 North Carolina Tar Heels, Mayor Steven Fulop wrote on Facebook, "Today's game changes very little for us. we couldn't be prouder + we'll 100 percent do a parade/keys to the city for this team to say THANK YOU properly from all of us in #JerseyCity + NJ. You showed the best of our city to the world."

St. Peter's alums and sports fans responded to the mayor's pronouncement by saying the team made them proud. "I'm so happy to hear, these young men and their coach deserve to be honored and celebrated they contribution to Saint Peter’s University," said one woman. "This makes them legend for me and I'm a proud student of Saint Peter’s University."

"The team comes out of nowhere and captures the heart of the nation," a man remarked. "This was like Rocky and Rudy on steroids."

Meanwhile, among other news in the wake of Sunday's game, St. Peter's basketball coach Shaheen Holloway is set to become the next head basketball coach at Seton Hall. Ryan Whalen might move up to fill his shoes at St. Peter's.

Learn more about the team and the school here.

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