Daxter Miles Jr. was persona non-grata for West Virginia after figuratively tugging on Superman’s cape, leading Kentucky to play angry and blow out the Mountaineers 78-39 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.
In case you missed it, Miles Jr., who is a freshman for West Virginia, was so confident about his team that he predicted they would win and make undefeated Kentucky 36-1.
The comments angered some Kentucky players, who clearly came out to prove a point as they raced out to an 18-2 lead. Things didn’t get much better from there as the Wildcats led 44-18 at the half and doubled the Mountaineers’ total output.
No surprise, everyone was making fun of Miles for how badly his prediction worked out. Fans had access to Miles via his Twitter account and spent the night peppering his mentions making him look foolish.
Take a look at the action below:
@dmilesjr4 thanks for motivatin my team to the elite 8
— Zack Tiger French (@Fr3nchMontana) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 @Espngreeny u meant score would be 36-1, right? 44-16 @ 1st half was bad enough. Win first, then speak. #freshmanadvice
— WPBSailor89 (@scarriere0128) March 27, 2015
Man @dmilesjr4 you gotta delete your Twitter bruh
— Raw Dawg Reggie (@ColumbusGaBoi1) March 27, 2015
Talk is cheap my man… @dmilesjr4
— Taylor Hearn (@Taylor__Hearn) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 it's not April Fools day yet, you should've waited to tweet that joke about beating UK
— Devon Mills (@Millz_21) March 27, 2015
RT “@LegendaryJC: How @dmilesjr4 teammates going to look at him in the locker room pic.twitter.com/VNzLVrtQJR”
— c e e ☮ (@loveecee23) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 pic.twitter.com/CNGpmfeJp6
— PHiL MeRRiAM (@PhilMerriam3) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 pic.twitter.com/oR0MJjken6
— mike (@damoneyyyy) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 Talk trash get smashed. #BBN
— Dylan Smith (@2dyll) March 27, 2015
I bet @dmilesjr4 will keep his mouth shut next time they ask for his opinion on an outcome of a game. lol #KentuckyvsWVU
— K.Brown5 (@KeVaughn_93) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 Today we are 37 – 0…u? #BBN #UKWildcats #MarchMadness #Elite8 pic.twitter.com/Wq8CY550ih
— Jessica Cochran (@lovemyjr2007) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 run, run, run, run, run your mouth now loser, WV does not even belong in the stands when KY plays
— thomas way (@scoobyway53) March 27, 2015
When you realize that Kentucky was handing out 40 piece specials for free @dmilesjr4 pic.twitter.com/Qja9jbPnBK
— ahadi_13 (@blacknational1) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 Crow for dinner
— J. E. Beirne (@teamsters707) March 27, 2015
Before and after @dmilesjr4 pic.twitter.com/3IPNe1Zqm3
— Zach Earls (@Earls23) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 @dmilesjr4 what happened to 36-1? I thought cbs only showed g rated material but this beat down looks rated r.
#uk
#cats
— Simon (@sabrazinski10) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 lmao good call bud
— Jordan Rasner (@BIGS_23) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 have you scored yet bro ?
— Ruben Ramirez (@rub3ben_) March 27, 2015
@dmilesjr4 just delete all social media accounts at this point.
— Tyler Boyle (@TBoyle1026) March 27, 2015
I played zero minutes and my stat line is better than yours @dmilesjr4
— Jamie Henry (@The2nd_JEH) March 27, 2015
If I were Miles, I might avoid checking my Twitter mentions … for about the next five years. Yikes.
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