UNC basketball: College basketball fans trolling Duke for lopsided scoreline
When UNC basketball jumped out to a 42-26 halftime lead over Duke, college basketball fans had fun joking about the NIT and more.
Neither Duke nor UNC basketball is having a particularly good season, so there wasn’t much hype for the latest matchup between the two historical college basketball powerhouses.
Even so, few could have seen a halftime score of 42-26 coming.
The Tar Heels dominated the Blue Devils to take absolute control of the game. Meanwhile, Twitter gave their own beating to Duke.
College basketball Twitter enjoyed Duke’s first half slip
The shock was real.
https://twitter.com/theScore/status/1368351425940557828?s=20
The simplest way may be best to describe Duke right now.
Duke isn’t good. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
— JHop (@Jamiehop27) March 7, 2021
Fans from other teams sure ate it up.
https://twitter.com/HeatherTincher/status/1368351830061760512?s=20
The NIT jokes wrote themselves.
Duke need to head to the Cowboy Western store. They will be dancing. Square Dancing in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for thr 2021 National Invitational Tournament. pic.twitter.com/Ks1dwbPsCx
— New York Jets fan since 2004 (@YanksGalaxy28) March 7, 2021
Enjoy the NIT #Duke
— Dereck Effect (@Sypher316) March 6, 2021
Even Duke’s official Twitter account couldn’t hide from the embarrassment.
not ideal pic.twitter.com/Cj4G4qebCK
— Duke Men’s Basketball (@DukeMBB) March 6, 2021
And it was all looking so good for the Blue Devils.
Big wins vs UVA & Syracuse. Looking good for the NCAAT.
— Duke Update (@UpdateDuke) March 7, 2021
And then pic.twitter.com/sSPCig3DuW
Some people blamed the uniforms.
Duke should have gone back to the traditional uniforms at the half. Could make a difference.
— Mark Yarbro (@MarkYarbro) March 7, 2021
Others looked a little deeper.
I feel really badly for Coach K and this Duke team. He has no depth and no star power. I mean, how is he supposed to be an elite ACC team with only (checks notes) 4 McDonald’s All-Americans?
— John A. Kane III (@BigDaddyKane66) March 7, 2021
Bless his heart.
The funny thing is UNC fans weren’t even enjoying the scoreline that much. Too many of them were anxious about the idea of a second-half comeback.
Does Duke Twitter get as nervous with leads as UNC Twitter? I have to imagine they do but man it’s another LEVEL with us
— Adam Jordan (@adamjjordan) March 7, 2021
UNC fans are as nervous as you can possibly be with a 16 point lead.
— Brian Barbour (@briancbarbour) March 7, 2021
Duke is 11-10 with a 9-8 record in the ACC. Saturday’s matchup held importance on a couple of levels. A win for UNC would give them a series sweep. A loss for the Blue Devils could take them out of the NCAA Tournament, ending a 24-year streak of appearances. That makes it all the more embarrassing.
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