What’s Trending: Thinking of Andrew Jones
Posted by Matt Eisenberg on January 15th, 2018What’s Trending is a column examining the week that was in college basketball social media. Matthew Eisenberg (@matteise) is your weekly host.
This week the world of college basketball was dealt a blow when the Texas released a statement saying sophomore guard Andrew Jones had been diagnosed with leukemia.
Statement from the family of @UTAustin sophomore G Andrew Jones: "After undergoing a number of tests & evaluations over the past week, Andrew has been diagnosed with leukemia. He has begun treatments, and we hope everyone will keep him in your thoughts & prayers. …. (cont)
— Texas Basketball (@TexasMBB) January 10, 2018
Just a few hours after releasing that statement, Texas then had to take the court against a highly-ranked TCU team. The game came down to the final play in double-overtime.
This is how TCU lost to Texas in 2OT tonight. Brutal. pic.twitter.com/4g1J6S2olD
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) January 11, 2018
The emotion on the face of Shaka Smart and everyone on the Texas basketball team was evident at the end of the game.
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/951328162050326528
The outpouring of support for Jones extends well beyond the Longhorns’ basketball program. Oklahoma State showed its support for the young man prior to hosting Texas in Stillwater.
This is the ball that @OSUMBB captains presented to @TexasMBB before tip today, to support Andrew Jones, fighting leukemia. All class from a program that has dealt with adversity before. @ESPN @Big12Conference pic.twitter.com/FI0hWavKof
— Brett Dolan (@Brettdolan24) January 14, 2018
Kansas vs. Kansas State last week came down to the final possession, a possession in which Kansas State appeared to have no idea what they were doing…
Do they teach clock-reading at Kansas State?
— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) January 13, 2018
Sweet last possession there Kansas State. Everyone knows 15 seconds isn’t enough time to develop a play
— BarstoolReags (@BarstoolReags) January 13, 2018
Brutal final possession for Kansas State … as Kansas gets the win in Lawrence.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) January 13, 2018
While Memphis appeared to be going nowhere on its final possession while down two points against Temple, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good…
Game. Over. pic.twitter.com/swV4pRj0oM
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 13, 2018
Texas Tech’s “upset” of West Virginia took a back seat to the postgame court-rushing where a West Virginia player threw a punch at a Texas Tech fan…
West Virginia players appear to throw punches at Texas Tech fans who rushed the court on Saturday. https://t.co/Fp4G2mNkAR
— CBS Sports CBB (@CBSSportsCBB) January 14, 2018
This has happened before and it’ll happen again. At the risk of sounding like the #FunPolice, it’s kinda crazy that we let hundreds of people just run straight onto a playing surface and get inches away from players immediately after a hotly contested game concludes. https://t.co/9ELqWunwa1
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) January 14, 2018
After beating Arizona last week, Colorado’s Tad Boyle expressed the added joy he gets in beating the likes of Arizona and USC after both programs were caught in the FBI scandal. USC’s Andy Enfield was not too thrilled with Boyle’s comments…
USC plays Colorado tomorrow, and Andy Enfield wasn’t thrilled with Tad Boyle’s recent post-game rant: https://t.co/Fm4XuBerTn pic.twitter.com/lV3T9jfDg8
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) January 10, 2018
On Andy Enfield's vengeful timeout and the lingering tension between him and Colorado coach Tad Boyle: https://t.co/FmaPfq2WS4
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) January 11, 2018
