Julia Louis-Dreyfus can’t believe Northwestern won (Video)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus reacts to Northwestern’s first-ever NCAA tournament victory.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus was on hand Thursday to cheer on her alma mater, Northwestern, in their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. Her son Charlie Hall is also a walk-on for the Northwestern basketball team, making her rooting interests even more personal. The Veep star was sitting courtside for one of the best games of the tournament we’ve had this Thursday.

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Louis-Dreyfus and all the rest of Northwestern fans were treated to a real nail-biter in the Wildcats first-ever NCAA tournament game. After pulling out to a double-digit lead in the second half, Northwestern gave ground as Vanderbilt started to hit on a bunch of their threes. After trading leads a few times in the closing minutes, Vanderbilt handed the game to Northwestern with a head-scratching blunder.

Matthew Fisher-Davis, a guard for Vanderbilt, fouled Bryant McIntosh with 14 seconds left while his team was leading. Apparently not realizing his team was ahead, and in the bonus, the junior put McIntosh on the line for two free throws. After he buried both of them, Vanderbilt missed a desperation three and Northwestern ran out the clock.

You can see Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s reaction to the whole sequence here.

She’ll have a chance to see Northwestern advance even further when the Wildcats take on the 1-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs for the second round game. It will be a tougher matchup for Northwestern, as Gonzaga has been among the best teams in the country the entire year. But they struggled a bit in the first half against South Dakota State before eventually putting them away.

The door is open for Northwestern to extend its magical tournament run just a bit further. For Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the rest of the Northwestern fans, though, the incredible ending of today’s game will be a memory to savor for years.