What’s Trending is a column examining the week that was in college basketball social media. Matthew Eisenberg (@matteise) is your weekly host.

Saturday was an utterly wild day around the world of college basketball. With Duke and Kansas losing in the early afternoon (to St. John’s and Oklahoma State, respectively), Kentucky dropping a game to Missouri a little later than that, the nightcap featured an Arizona team trying to avoid joining the group of illustrious programs with a loss on the day. After tying things up late, it all came down to this…

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/960025983825801216

A few days prior to calling the Michigan State/Indiana game, ESPN analyst Dan Dakich took to Twitter to claim that Miles Bridges “has no game.” Dakich would then go on to say that his comment meant Bridges’ game might not translate well to the next level. It raises the question, though, why can we not appreciate college players for being great college players?

Averaging 18 and 7.2. Not sure I would call that "no game."

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) January 28, 2018

Miles Bridges' last three games:

72% (28 of 39)
25.7 ppg
6 rpg
1.3 bpg
11-11 FT pic.twitter.com/RoriHNKqr3

— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) January 28, 2018

This week in monster dunks…

What a way to end it for @WakeMBB! #MustSeeACC pic.twitter.com/1RHfvzaacL

— ACC Digital Network (@theACCDN) February 1, 2018

Miles Bridges nearly bringing the ball to his back on this dunk pic.twitter.com/ti92V30qGg

— Fundamentally Sound (@FundamentallySD) February 1, 2018

Chimezie Metu with the POWERFUL alley-oop. pic.twitter.com/UQhy0SO5zd

— Max Meyer (@TheMaxMeyer) February 4, 2018

From being at gunpoint as a toddler in Sierra Leone to becoming a key contributor on the Quinnipiac basketball team. The story of Abdulai Bundu is definitely worth reading more about…

A Muslim immigrant from Sierre Leone, Abdulai Bundu is a human nexus of political hot-button issues. He’s also a forward at Quinnipiac (by @thedangreene) https://t.co/iqG54islTw pic.twitter.com/wsjZagyegF

— SI College Hoops (@si_ncaabb) January 31, 2018

After UCLA won a close game against crosstown rival USC, Bruins’ legend Reggie Miller had some words for the team…

Thank you Coach Steve Alford for letting me address the troops after that HUGE win versus that other team cross town. Glad MiniMe got to see up close why it's special to be a BRUIN. All he kept talking about on the way home, "Dat locker room was so cool Daddie".. #HeartAndDetermination #ShareTheBasketball.. @uclaathletics @uclambb

A post shared by Reggie Miller (@reggiemillertnt) on Feb 3, 2018 at 8:06pm PST

Jay Williams with some perfect words during his pick segment on College GameDay in advance of Oklahoma vs. Texas…

This @RealJayWilliams pick was about more than the game. pic.twitter.com/Rv4z1HUKhB

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) February 3, 2018

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