What’s Trending: Send It In, Jerome!
Posted by Matt Eisenberg on January 29th, 2018What’s Trending is a column examining the week that was in college basketball social media. Matthew Eisenberg (@matteise) is your weekly host.
I did not expect to highlight a Campbell box score when the week began, but then the Camels went out and did this…
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) January 24, 2018
The Butler program experienced tremendous heartache when Andrew Smith passed away a couple years ago. His legacy, however, lives on, and Matt Norlander of CBSSports.com wrote a brilliant piece on Project 44, change borne out of the tragedy of Smith’s passing.
A story of a man named Andrew, his friend Chase, and a 2-year-old boy named Deegan who was saved by both of them. This is Project 44. https://t.co/ucpsc7HA1F
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 23, 2018
As the years pass, the historic call of “Send it in, Jerome!” lives on forever. Here is a look back at an iconic moment in college basketball history…
Jerome Lane sent it in and destroyed a backboard 30 years ago today. I spoke with Sean Miller and Bill Raftery about why the dunk still captures our imagination the way it does all these years laterhttps://t.co/GTbf4msy73
— Craig Meyer (@CraigMeyerPG) January 25, 2018
it was a different Jerome that had Bill Raftery screaming this time around, as Virginia’s Ty Jerome nailed a three to ice the Cavaliers’ road victory at Duke…
.@UVAMensHoops' Ty Jerome with ICE in his veins! ❄️ #MustSeeACC pic.twitter.com/tQWL3ag0Nx
— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) January 27, 2018
I expected Bill Raftery to say, “Send it in, Jerome!” on Ty Jerome’s huge three. Instead, “Onions!” Triple order.
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) January 27, 2018
The best defense for this Brady Manek three came about 30 rows up from the court. If you can’t see the ball go in the basket, did it really go in?
Couldn't see that Brady Manek clutch three-pointer because of this Oklahoma fan blocking the cam with his three-point finger motion pic.twitter.com/kvG2f72M12
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 24, 2018
After Udoka Azubuike of Kansas went 1-of-7 from the foul line in that loss at Oklahoma, a Kansas fan tried to take coaching the young player up into his own hands…
Kansas fan had the cops called on him because he repeatedly showed up to the team’s dorm to try to teach players how to shoot free-throws https://t.co/hFpqdlRynW pic.twitter.com/UHwuITuI7j
— College Basketball (@br_CBB) January 25, 2018
Best finish off the season so far? Ohio State and Penn State went back and forth with a pair of huge shots in the final five seconds of their Big Ten match-up…
https://twitter.com/BigTenNetwork/status/956726018823221248
Was going through his legs with this alley-oop pass from UCLA’s Jaylen Hands necessary? While Steve Alford might have a thing or two to say to him about it at some later point, it certainly made for a great highlight…
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/957493732609110016
If Auburn’s Jared Harper decides to transfer after this season, I think we will know the reason why…
Whoops. pic.twitter.com/a8WnvETuFC
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 28, 2018
