On Friday afternoon, the Middle Tennessee men’s basketball program pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent NCAA Tournament history when they knocked off the Michigan State Spartans.
Middle Tennessee upsets Michigan State!
Blue Raiders become the eighth 15 seed to defeat a 2 seed pic.twitter.com/stVKYBTMDB
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) March 18, 2016
The win by Middle Tennessee was much to the chagrin of more than 60 percent of people who picked Michigan State to reach the Final Four in the ESPN Bracket Challenge.
While people were mourning their 2016 brackets, Middle Tennessee was letting the hype man take over its Twitter account.
As you’d expect, they were pumped about the big win.
We just broke every bracket in the world. RAIDERS WIN! RAIDERS WIN! RAIDERS WIN! Final Score: MT 90, MSU 81
— MT Basketball (@MT_MBB) March 18, 2016
Highest ranked opponent the Blue Raiders have ever defeated. WE JUST SHOCKED THE WORLD. Let the Madness begin.
— MT Basketball (@MT_MBB) March 18, 2016
Live it up, Blue Raiders. You deserve.
We will have to see if Middle Tennessee can keep their magic rolling in the second round of the tournament.
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*Featured Photo (above) credit to USA TODAY Sports
