The NCAA Tournament in Tweets: Saturday and Sunday
Posted by Nick Fasulo on March 25th, 2013
Tyrone Garland, one of the best sixth men in the country, is from Southwest Philadelphia. If you didn’t already know that, then you most certainly made the connection following his postgame interview after Garland lifted La Salle past Ole Miss into the Sweet Sixteen. The basked, he called it, was his possibly patented #SouthwestPhillyFloater, which quickly became a usable hashtag and will certainly get some run leading up to the Explorers’ upcoming match-up against Wichita State. This is something I can get on board with, unlike #layupgang.
Florida Gulf Coast, A #15 Seed, Is In The Sweet 16
So far, this is the best story of the 2013 NCAA Tournament. And unless the national championship game ends in a buzzer-beater, it is unlikely it will be topped. Representing the Atlantic Sun Conference, Florida Gulf Coast is the first #15 seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen. To add a bit more weight to this story, it is a school that was founded in the 1990s and only been eligible to play in this grand tournament in 2009. You cannot make this stuff up, but you can get FGCU trending on Twitter through the weekend.
@jimrome “Come out the Florida Gulf Coast, we’ll get together, have a few dunks.”
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 25, 2013
STOP RUNNING UP THE SCORE FLORIDA GULF COAST SHOW SOME MERCY
— Mike Prada (@MikePradaSBN) March 25, 2013
I need to borrow adjectives.Please send some.
— Dana O’Neil (@ESPNDanaOneil) March 25, 2013
#FGCU‘s website is slow or down due to people looking up school. You know someone is panicking- has to get on for homework due tomorrow.
— Kevin Nogle (@thephinsider) March 25, 2013
Heading in to the work week, it will be very interesting to track the media coverage the school gets. Will the jokes about this being an online university continue? Will we focus on the actual talent Andy Enfield has assembled? Will we just drool over his wife Amanda?
what athletics bring to higher ed: U. Of Phoenix spends $100 M on ads for nat’l exposure. FGCU did the same thing for prob less than $100k
— Jordan Bell (@jmichaelbell) March 23, 2013
jim delany isn’t going to miss out on the next florida gulf coast so expect a formal offer to devry university on tuesday
— Martin Rickman (@martinrickman) March 25, 2013
Verdict still out on Strayer and Everest RT @jmoney_1914: We now know that ICDC, Phoenix, Argosy, and FGCU are not in the same conference.
— Django 2Chained (@_TR3Y_) March 25, 2013
Following the win, the most competitive pissing match was to see who could come up with the most retweeted play on words. A collection of the ones I could bear to read…
@mattnorlander So they’ve officially signed the Dunklaration of Independence?
— Chase from GYERO (@Chase_TCP) March 25, 2013
H/T on “Florida GIF Coast” to about 17 people on twitter. That’s outstanding DANCING: is.gd/1O7u6A DUNKING: is.gd/xYH5Vz
— Jason McIntyre (@TheBigLead) March 25, 2013
The FGCU website server actually lobs the information to your computer.
— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 25, 2013
It’s like FGCU is shooting the ball into the ocean. From its dorms.
— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 25, 2013
FGCU crowd chanting “Dunk City.” So surreal. Now “Sweet 16”
— Pete Thamel(@SIPeteThamel) March 25, 2013
Oh… and… Tunechi. He got involved too.
How kome Florida Gulf Coast didn’t have any plays on Sportscenter top ten plays?!!1 of those lobs should’ve made it!
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) March 23, 2013
Marquette Draws America’s Ire
Forget Duke. Somehow the Marquette Golden Eagles have become the team America loves to hate, after squeaking past two non-power conference teams America has grown to love over the past five years. Buzz Williams’ team advanced to its third straight Sweet Sixteen over the weekend, but it took a bit of luck and last second heroics to get past both Davidson and Butler, and nobody is forgetting that.
Seriously, stop Marquette. -America
— Shane Ryan (@ShaneRyanHere) March 24, 2013
DIE MARQUETTE DIE
— TheUConnBlog (@theuconnblog) March 24, 2013
Marquette is like a cat. Always seem to land on their feet. Nine lives.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 24, 2013
A chick dumped Josh Smith to date Davante Gardner because he’s low maintenance. #Probably
— Run the Floor (@RunTheFloor) March 24, 2013
The Golden Eagles are the epitome of “survive and advance.” Two wins, a three-point total margin of victory, and one sloppy play after another in the game’s final minutes (save Vander Blue’s smooth left handed lay-in with seconds remaining to down the Wildcats).
This. RT @ericlilly7 No one in college can 1) Inbounds the ball and 2) get off a quality final shot
— Brian Otskey (@botskey) March 24, 2013
Why did they have to have Verbal Kent shoot the final shot?
— Ben Swain (@thedevilwolf) March 24, 2013
Do you like late-game execution? Too bad!
— SB Nation (@sbnation) March 24, 2013
Aaron Craft Goes Iso, Defeats ISU
After Aaron Craft went dagger on Iowa State, all of the following tweets were published within seven seconds of each other. I counted.
Aaron Craft can’t shoot. LOL.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) March 24, 2013
Killa Craft.
— Evan Silva (@evansilva) March 24, 2013
lol
— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/raphiellej/status/315893271698239490
Nevermind
— Mike Rutherford (@CardChronicle) March 24, 2013
Austin Rivers nods in approval.
— Nick Fasulo (@nickfasuloSBN) March 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/DaveKrupinski/status/315893308482256897
CRAFT. ONIONS.
— Adam Rowe (@DukeHoopBlog) March 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/Peter_R_Casey/status/315893413436338176
https://twitter.com/eamonnbrennan/status/315893423695597568
ALSDJFL;ADJFL;AJFL;ADSJFL;ADSFJ
— Shane Ryan (@ShaneRyanHere) March 24, 2013
AARON CRAFT!!!! #GoBucks
— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/315893542419591168
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