The play of 16 seed UMBC during its NCAA Tournament game against 1 seed Virginia on Friday was certainly special. What’s incredible is that UMBC’s Twitter account may have put together an even more impressive performance.
UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) made history by becoming the first 16 seed to defeat a 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That’s only half the story; they beat the No. 1 overall seed in the entire tournament, and they beat them badly.
During the win, the UMBC Athletics Twitter account was on fire with its tweets. Take a look at some of these gems:
It's v v loud in here, either cuz they just restocked the hot dogs or because we are up 45-29 with 11:39 to go
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
Virginia going on a run here like every said, we call time out to regroup and see if we can cut into their insurmountable 12 point lead that we have
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
C'MON GUYS, you crashed our dang website, our IT people wanna watch the game too, please form an orderly line
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
We're up 17 with 3:29 to go thanks to a Lamar three, BUT the media dining is out of cookies and this is the worst day ever
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
PUT SOME RESPECK ON IT! WE HAVE DEFEATED NO.1 OVERALL SEED VIRGINIA 74-54
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
A well known MLB reporter asked who UMBC is. This was their response:
University of Maryland Baltimore County, who are you? https://t.co/XGp9MacmGb
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 17, 2018
UMBC. On fire.
The rest of the internet had a great time with the upset win too. Take a look at some of the tweets.
There was a lot of acronym fun:
University of Murdering Brackets Completely
— Rowan Kavner (@RowanKavner) March 17, 2018
U nreal
B asketball
M oment
C oming— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) March 17, 2018
University of My Bracket’s Crushed
— Dave Pasch (@DavePasch) March 17, 2018
Virginia’s offense pic.twitter.com/vuJBzZ1Gi7
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 17, 2018
Comparison to the “Miracle on Ice”:
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) March 17, 2018
Some were all about the UMBC nickname, which is the retrievers.
These UMBC highlights are INCREDIBLE. pic.twitter.com/a0ZXKTu4SE
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 17, 2018
IS THIS HAPPENING?!?! RETRIEVERS!!! pic.twitter.com/SbvjnGWAX0
— Covers (@Covers) March 17, 2018
They're getting closer. pic.twitter.com/JlscePNCrx
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 17, 2018
They got a shoutout from the Ravens:
We see you, @UMBCAthletics!
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) March 17, 2018
And the Orioles:
Grit and greatness. We see you, @UMBC_MBB / @UMBCAthletics!! #Retrievers #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/iQA6YjnRYw
— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) March 17, 2018
UMBC – the greatest school you hadn’t heard of before, but do now.
