March Madness: College basketball fans tear up brackets after North Texas upsets Purdue
No. 13 seed North Texas delivered an overtime upset of No. 4 seed Purdue to bust brackets across the nation on Day 1 of March Madness.
They don’t call it March Madness for nothing.
The first day of Round of 64 play in the NCAA Tournament delivered more damage to bracket predictions when North Texas downed Purdue, 78-69, in overtime.
The Mean Green had control for much of the game, but the Boilermakers came back in the second half and tied the game with 24 seconds left to force overtime.
That sigh of relief you may have heard from people who had picked Purdue to advance was a tease.
my bracket when purdue tied this game pic.twitter.com/6BZqN3oVYX
— Colton Daniel (@coltondaniel) March 20, 2021
North Texas’ victory over Purdue hit the Big Ten hard
The brackets were broken when North Texas dominated overtime, hitting a triple on their first possession and scoring the first 11 points of the extra period.
Welp had Purdue in my Final 4
— Tobias Jenifer (@Coach_Tobias) March 20, 2021
1st day & my bracket is already busted! pic.twitter.com/q0nyxk4fo4
Purdue is going down. No I didn't call this upset in my bracket pic.twitter.com/7V6fjTwqxU
— TJ and Bart's Dad! (@ApplePasta) March 20, 2021
North Texas about to bust my bracket and I love it (I have Purdue making it all the way to the Elite Eight)
— Alex Dailey (@RippyFAL) March 20, 2021
Purdue bracket pic.twitter.com/0hUKP9CPFA
— Turby 🏎 🇩🇴 (Last-Place) (@ScuderiaTurby) March 20, 2021
I put too much faith in the Big 10. Thank you Ohio St and Purdue for ruining my bracket
— Jon Snow (@ChrisE1203) March 20, 2021
I had ohio state losing round 2 so it didnt hurt that bad, but purdue losing is a gut shot to my bracket
— Ryan Cline (@Rcline24) March 20, 2021
Of course, the fun part of the tournament is tearing up your bracket and enjoying an upset anyways.
https://twitter.com/logiebear127/status/1373086598812819456?s=20
Tbh, I have Purdue on my bracket, but part of me wants North Texas to win because they've fought such a good fight
— Stevie Adele (@trippie) March 20, 2021
March Madness is when you learn the hard way about chaos.
Purdue just couldn’t hit a basket when it mattered.
Big Cat was mourning the late death of his parlay bet. So close.
Can’t Lose Parlay about to start. Let’s Go #BarstoolSportsbook pic.twitter.com/sPnx22lBX9
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) March 19, 2021
Just when I was starting to kind of sort of get along with Purdue fans.
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) March 20, 2021
Guard Javion Hamlet led the Mean Green with 24 points, 12 rebounds, and five assists in a performance worthy of March Madness.
Purdue couldn’t match the output with forward Trevion Williams shut down for much of the first half. He ultimately finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds, and five assists, but it was too-little, too-late. Guard Jaden Ivey led all scorers with 26 points, including four three-pointers.
North Texas now awaits the winner of Villanova against Winthrop.
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