Move over Crying Jordan and welcome Michigan State Crying Magic Johnson. #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/n5ZLlUGlNK
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) March 18, 2016
On Friday, Middle Tennessee State shocked the college basketball world by beating the No. 2 seeded Michigan State Spartans 90-81.
It is a result that almost nobody could have predicted. Per Mike Rutherford of SB Nation:
A total of 13.02 million brackets were entered this year on ESPN.com, and 22.3 percent of them had Michigan State winning it all. The only team to receive more love from the American public was No. 1 overall seed Kansas, which got the top nod 25.0 percent of the time.
As is the case whenever something this unexpected and magical happens in the world of sports, Twitter quickly churned out enough memes to satisfy even the hardest of social media addicts. Here are some of the takes that were as hot as they were glorious.
ok so i’m dead now RT @alsoconnor: late but when I cry mj I cry mj with the utmost quality pic.twitter.com/ZJ0tzNtmkG
— Phillip Barnett (@regularbarnett) March 18, 2016
— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) March 18, 2016
Current NCAA bracket situation pic.twitter.com/waS2xRdMKf
— Shoe City (@ShoeCity) March 18, 2016
We cut live to ESPN's @jemelehill for her take on Michigan State's opening round exit pic.twitter.com/ciu6GPwegb
— Lastsonofkrypton (@GodofKrypton) March 18, 2016
Because Jordan too good for Michigan State and this foolishness pic.twitter.com/Sx26pM1TWs
— SuperBowl50Cates (@bluestdeuce) March 18, 2016
Welp… pic.twitter.com/DvlNskXeUF
— Neeta Sreekanth (@NeetaSreekanth) March 18, 2016
This pretty much sums up No. 15 MSTU over No. 2 Michigan State. #MarchMadness https://t.co/DwYhg2SEsO
— Fake SportsCenter (@FakeSportsCentr) March 18, 2016
And while this one is not a meme, but Michigan State basketball alum Draymond Green certainly expressed how most MSU fans must feel at this moment.
Well there goes my bracket… Well more importantly my sanity…. Ahhhhhhhh somebody wake me up from this nightmare I'm living Right now!!
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) March 18, 2016
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