College Basketball by the Tweets: #WraggeBombs, South Florida Jersey Fail & More…
Posted by Nick Fasulo on January 28th, 2014Nick Fasulo is an RTC correspondent who writes the column College Basketball By the Tweets, a look at the world of college hoops through the prism of everyone’s favorite social media platform. You can find him on Twitter @nickfasuloSBN.
Welcome back to College Basketball by the Tweets. We promise that we’re in tune with the latest social media trends and best practices, and are happy to share such sage advice to the Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball announcers, who are still in the beginning stages of understanding hashtags.
Pretty sure that’s too many hashtags… #GBR @KentPavelka! "RT @KentPavelka: 68-62!!! ###########Huskers######## pic.twitter.com/oqfMKom4L3"
— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) January 21, 2014
White Kid With A Flat Top Alert
This is Utah State’s Sean Harris. He’s living proof that the flat top, which has made a profound comeback since it was popular back in the 1980s, can transcend both hair and skin color.
The best hair in college hoops belongs to Utah State's Sean Harris: http://t.co/I21VjaZzse Pic via @sportsnation pic.twitter.com/z3o0hwe8LW
— SB Nation (@sbnation) January 28, 2014
Our only wish right now is that we could go back and time and tell former Wisconsin forward Mike Bruesewitz to pioneer this movement.
Ethan Wragge Shoots, Does Not Dribble
It was a night were you could say with complete certainty that Creighton would have defeated any college basketball team in America, and perhaps even the Milwaukee Bucks. Against the unbeaten and then No. 4 ranked Villanova Wildcats, the Bluejays nailed 21 three pointers, nine coming from forward Ethan Wragge, who needed only six minutes to knock down his first seven.
Wragge an inspiration to annoying chuckers at the Ys everywhere. Steer clear of pickup games for the next week.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 21, 2014
Even more eye-popping was Wragge’s made-three-pointers-to-dribbles ratio, which isn’t even remotely close to a real statistic but something that was easy to track for the reasons noted below.
From Deadspin: "Wragge leads the country in effective FG %, b/c he does not give a single shit about shooting anything other than a 3 ball."
— Tim Hall (@timhall1985) January 21, 2014
Ethan Wragge at the half: 24 points, 0 dribbles
— Jordan Sperber (@hoopvision68) January 21, 2014
Wragge totally took a dribble on that one. #Creighton
— Jeff Werkheiser (@j_werky) January 21, 2014
Like we said, shooting > dribbling for Wragge. He takes the phrase “spot-up shooter” to a whole new meaning.
Wragge took a dribble on his 9th three. Disappointing
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) January 21, 2014
Dammit! Wragge had to take a dribble
— Kirk Meyer (@kirkusmaximus) January 21, 2014
He is also is own favorite player. This came following his incredible performance.
— Ethan Wragge (@Wragge34) January 21, 2014
But in all fairness, Wragge is a cult-like player whom anyone can get behind. Unlike Marshall Henderson’s ascension to popularity last season, Wragge is a consistently dangerous offensive player who doesn’t seem to ever play outside his skill set… or irritate fans and the media.
Pat Forde Didn’t Enjoy the Purdue – Northwestern Overtime Thriller
It did feel like a (poorly played) game that wouldn’t end, but Yahoo!’s Pat Forde – who is usually quite reserved on Twitter – felt personally offended as the Boilermakers and Wildcats played into double overtime last Tuesday.
Purdue-Northwestern going into overtime is like the flu lingering for one more day.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) January 22, 2014
Purdue-Northwestern going into double OT is like the lingering flu leading to hospitalization.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) January 22, 2014
In all seriousness: NU on an overachieving roll, congrats there. Purdue jobbed on no-call end of OT. Thoughts w Purdue students after today.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) January 22, 2014
South Florida Wore Some Sneaky Ugly Uniforms
Because it wasn’t readily available to the country, not everyone was exposed and able to chime on on South Florida’s “alternate” uniforms they donned while being drubbed by Louisville. For context, this is what they wore. What broke out what was Twitter commentary that of a movie awards pre-show.
USF's uniforms are hideous
— Jada Jackson (@JadaRJackson) January 23, 2014
USF basketball uniforms are the worst think I have ever seen. They look like they should be on Semi-Pro. Who designed those?
— Derrick Wynn (@CoachDWynn) January 23, 2014
USF is wearing the ugliest basketball uniforms of all time
— Chet Castille (@chetcastille) January 23, 2014
Did I mention people thought these unis were unattractive?
USF game is as ugly as there uniforms
— Christian the Lion (@PsilentAssassin) January 23, 2014
USF's uniforms are unfortunate. they look like a high school team… or like someone's mom made them.
— Kasia Michele Antle (@kasia_michele) January 23, 2014
USF uniforms look like they have a huge stain on their pants
— Jake Lampton (@jake_lamp) January 23, 2014
And then for the real shot to the ribs…
Usf's uniforms look like they are provided by BP
— Tyler Kratt (@TylerKratt) January 23, 2014
Michigan State’s Best Spike Albrecht Chant is to Call Him Justin Bieber
Come on, Sparty, you can do better than this.
Last thing I'm gonna say about tonight's game..The J Biebs chant was kinda funny lol
— spike albrecht (@SpikeAlbrecht) January 26, 2014
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