What’s Trending: Pre-Exams Week
Posted by Matt Eisenberg on December 11th, 2017What’s Trending is a column examining the week that was in college basketball social media. Matthew Eisenberg (@matteise) is your weekly host.
Ball State’s Taylor Persons started his week with a game-winner against the Irish…
A SHOCKER IN SOUTH BEND!@BallStateMBB takes down No. 9 Notre Dame on this game-winner by @TaylerPersons8! #MACtion pic.twitter.com/wE5fSRUN44
— #MACtion (@MACSports) December 6, 2017
…and then went on to end his week by doing it again, this time to beat Valparaiso.
Notre Dame ✅
Valparaiso ✅Tayler Persons takes down another in-state foe in dramatic fashion! (via @MACSports) pic.twitter.com/vqxnoWykH5
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) December 9, 2017
Marvin Bagley, DeAndre Ayton and Collin Sexton have led the discussion of freshman talents thus far this season, but this dunk by Texas‘ Mo Bamba definitely brings a big “WOW!”
Mo Bamba: Not fair #HookEm pic.twitter.com/ZLnvYxZ352
— Ezra Siegel (@SiegelEzra) December 6, 2017
“I’m here to tell you that he has just earned a scholarship to Auburn University.” Watching Bruce Pearl put walk-on Patrick Keim on scholarship is ssomething that gets you every single time…
And on top of a win, @PatrickKeim just received a scholarship! #WarEagle pic.twitter.com/KhvOhgxAJa
— Auburn Basketball (@AuburnMBB) December 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/AuburnMBB/status/938605296569716741
Southern Conference Player of the Month; matching a career-high in points; and beating an ACC team — not a bad night for Wofford’s Fletcher Magee…
❄️ MAGEE WITH ICE IN HIS VEINS❄️
Wofford defeats Georgia Tech, 63-60.(Via @WoffordTerriers)pic.twitter.com/Tw3iJA11vM
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) December 7, 2017
Down goes #1! While there are two schools of thought when it comes to whether court rushing should be done, we can all agree that turning the lights down during a rushed court makes no sense at all. Boston College, why is this a thing?
Boston College fans storm the court after knocking off No. 1 Duke. pic.twitter.com/KxykqMdkH7
— Sporting News (@sportingnews) December 9, 2017
Tom Izzo… Judge Mathis… enough said…
Here’s Tom Izzo on Judge Mathis. This was just posted to YouTube this morning by the show’s official channel. Surreal, hilarious. https://t.co/JXvtJYkzeL pic.twitter.com/voBD2dcCUE
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) December 5, 2017
