Arkansas upset win ruffles some feathers on Twitter
The NCAA males’s basketball tournament continues to provide upsets; this time it was the No. 8 seed Arkansas Razorbacks beating the No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks.Editor’s Picks
2 Related Kansas is the 2nd 1-seed to be ousted from the tournament, joining the Purdue Boilermakers, who lost to the No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Friday night. The Jayhawks are the 3rd ruling national champion to lose in the round of 32 after earning a No. 1 seed (the 2022 Baylor Bears and the 2017 Villanova Wildcats are the others).
Kansas had the edge heading into halftime with a 35-27 lead, however Arkansas outscored the Jayhawks 45-36 the rest of the way. Arkansas guard Davonte Davis scored 25 indicate go along with 8 rebounds and an assist to lead his group to a 72-71 victory.Saturday’s win is the Razorbacks’third successive triumph in the round of 32, the very first time they have achieved the feat considering that they won 4 directly from 1993 to 1996. They will await the winner of the Saint Mary’s Gaels-UConn Huskies matchup for their Sweet 16 opponent.Arkansas’upset triggered a lot of responses from stars throughout social media.Arkansas commemorates huge upset Former President Costs Clinton, who was born in Hope, Arkansas, could not contain his excitement after seeing
his team protect the win. Woo Pig Sooie! #MarchMadness– Bill Clinton( @BillClinton)March 18, 2023 Arkansas’Twitter account also signed up with the event with a fitting image and a prompt troll.WOOO FREAKING PIG!!! pic.twitter.com/VywjLZtYNj!.?.!— Arkansas Razorbacks(@ArkRazorbacks) March 18, 2023
IT’S NOTICABLE KANSAW pic.twitter.com/iTga280Dy2!.?.!— Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball (@RazorbackMBB )March 18, 2023 Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis, who bet the
Razorbacks from 2013 to 2015, made certain to shout out his
alma mater after the victory.Let’s Goooooooo!!! #WPS– Bobby BP Portis (@BPortistime)March 18, 2023 Male that was an excellent resurgence win!! Pleased to be a hog!! The Muss Bus is rollin!! #WPS– Bobby BPPortis(@BPortistime)March 18, 2023 Wrong winner, busted brackets Lots of people chosen Kansas as
the championship choice in the ESPN men’s Competition Difficulty– 2,015,300 to be precise. Now that Kansas runs out the tourney,
even more brackets have been busted. Atlanta Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery asked about the status of
others’brackets after the Razorbacks took down the Jayhawks.Oh young boy, any brackets still have a possibility? #MarchMadness– Renee Montgomery(@ReneeMontgomery)March 18, 2023 Sports world
reacts to Arkansas’upset success
New york city Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was among those who chimed in on the Arkansas-Kansas thriller.This tournament is wild– Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1)March 18, 2023 kansas– Queen(@QueenEgbo_ )March 18, 2023 ARKANSAS IS PROCEEDING TO THE SWEET 16 pic.twitter.com/Il9RlZ62kP!.?.!— SportsCenter(@SportsCenter) March 18, 2023 Say the line! @RazorbackMBB #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/fTV6heHfhB!.?.!— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB)March 19, 2023