Down Goes Sparty. No. 15 Middle Tennessee State took out No. 2 Michigan State, 90-81, in the first round on Friday, sending the Internet into overdrive.
Down Goes Sparty.
No. 15 Middle Tennessee State took out No. 2 Michigan State, 90-81, in the first round on Friday, sending the Internet into overdrive.
Michigan State was a trendy pick to reach the Final Four and possibly win the NCAA Tournament.
.@MSU_Basketball https://t.co/mmqsE05x9D
– Ben Fidelman (@bfidelman) March 18, 2016
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Immediately, the Internet exploded with Jeremy Woo of SI Tweeting a crying Magic Johnson picture with the tag “be gone, ye crying jordan” to supplant the crying MJ meme.
be gone, ye crying jordan pic.twitter.com/2jGt95oabu
– Jeremy Woo (@Jeremy_Woo) March 18, 2016
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@AdamZagoria pic.twitter.com/sElSIpYarl
– Dan Downing (@TDOWNINGS) March 18, 2016
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Middle Tennessee State became the eighth No. 15 to take out a No. 2 and the first since Florida Gulf Coast knocked out Georgetown in 2013.
A No. 1 seed has still never lost to a 16.
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