Duke is the college basketball team that everyone loves to hate, so naturally, there were a lot of happy people after South Carolina stunned the Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament’s second round.
Those people probably became a lot more happy after reading South Carolina’s Twitter account.
Shortly after the Gamecocks’ shocking 88-81 win Sunday night, the university’s official Twitter feed — not the athletics department; the school’s official account — started throwing haymakers in Duke’s direction.
.@UofSC Answer key: 💯
— University of South Carolina (@UofSC) March 20, 2017
Very important website: 👉 https://t.co/0PLrXOyGsn
— University of South Carolina (@UofSC) March 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/HoopsStatistics/status/843859976057737216
.@HoopsStatistics accurate.
— University of South Carolina (@UofSC) March 20, 2017
As of Monday morning, the pinned tweet on South Carolina’s feed was a snarky response to a USA TODAY Sports article that didn’t pan out too well.
Duke’s path to the Final Four looks ridiculously clear with Villanova’s loss. https://t.co/T7ivac3qV4
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) March 19, 2017
Oops. 🙃 #Gamecocks #MarchMadness https://t.co/CExekUJ1Ii
— University of South Carolina (@UofSC) March 20, 2017
To the victors go the spoils, though, and South Carolina has every right to celebrate after advancing to its first Sweet 16 in program history.
Alas, the celebration wasn’t enough to cancel classes in Columbia, S.C., the school’s president announced.
Sorry to disappoint. Classes are on tomorrow. But so are the Garnet lights on our Achievement Tower! pic.twitter.com/IknHAweZpS
— Harris Pastides (@HarrisPastides) March 20, 2017
Thumbnail photo via Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports Images
