USC basketball played bracket buster on Friday afternoon, upsetting the SMU Mustangs and sending Twitter into ecstasy.
For the 13th time this season and the second-game in a row, USC basketball pulled off a stunning double-digit comeback to stay alive in the NCAA Tournament.
The Trojans were down by as many as 12 points against SMU on Friday afternoon, but they put their heads down in the second half and surged into the lead in the final minutes of the game, winning 66-65.
As could be expected, USC Twitter exploded with elation over the victory, with former basketball and football players, coaches and media all saying their piece.
Here’s the best of the social media reaction to USC’s win:
How y'all brackets lookin??
— Bennie Boatwright (@benniebuckets__) March 17, 2017
B U S T E D https://t.co/g54ZgQ1Qdw
— Chimezie Metu™ (@Chimezie_Metu) March 17, 2017
What a win!!! @USC_Hoops @USC_Athletics On to the second round!!! #ItTakesATeam #marchmadness #FightOn ✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?
— Nikola Jovanovic (@Nik_Jovanovic) March 17, 2017
Let's Goooooooooooo!!!!!!!
— julian (@Jujubilence) March 17, 2017
Another great come back!!! On the next round!!! @USC_Hoops #ItTakesATeam #MarchMadness
— Nikola Vucevic (@NikolaVucevic) March 17, 2017
Yeeeaaa boyyysssss✌?@Lou_weezy_ana with the ice❄️❄️❄️❄️
— Jordan Usher (@Callmeush) March 17, 2017
@Lou_weezy_ana ??? !!!!!!
— Nikola Jovanovic (@Nik_Jovanovic) March 17, 2017
Hell yes!!!!!! ✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌? USC BABY
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) March 17, 2017
.@USC_Hoops MOOD... pic.twitter.com/2x3hn2gD0s
— Adoree' Jackson (@AdoreeKnows) March 17, 2017
.@USC_Hoops ✌? pic.twitter.com/3R0WTQ1GbH
— JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) March 17, 2017
SMU dude came up to the line talking about box out, he wasn't ready.. @USC_Hoops on to the next!! ✌️?#marchmadness
— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) March 17, 2017
YESSIR!!!!! #FightOn @USC_Hoops #ItTakesATeam Way to battle back!!!!
— Keary Colbert (@kearycolbert) March 17, 2017
S/O to @USC_Hoops on the W!! Way to #FightOn until the end. ✌?
— Chad Wheeler (@ChadWheeler72) March 17, 2017
I meant it when I said I got y'all going all the way this year. WHAT A WIN! #FightOn https://t.co/U3cyKrPKlC
— Zach Banner (@ZBNFL) March 17, 2017
S/o to @USC_Hoops for the win today! That's big time
— Kenny Bigelow (@_mcmxcv__) March 17, 2017
Trojan Mentality: no matter what, always #FightOn! #ItTakesATeam #MarchMadness
— Clay Helton (@USCCoachHelton) March 17, 2017
USC Hoops !! #marchmadness
— Jahleel Pinner (@YesItsMe_JP) March 17, 2017
Fight on!✌?@USC_Hoops
— Keyshawn Johnson (@keyshawn) March 17, 2017
✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?✌?#fightingon ! @USC_Athletics
— Steve Smith II (@SteveSmithII) March 17, 2017
2 for 2 today!!! Go Trojans!!! ✌?
— Damian Williams (@DwillOne7) March 17, 2017
✌?✌?✌?✌?✌? what a game @USC_Hoops on to the next one!!! #fighton #marchmadness
— Marc Tyler (@M_Tyler26) March 17, 2017
QUIT PLAYIN WIT US BOY USC HOOPS BALLIN boy #fighton✌?✌?
— Jalen Mckenzie ? (@pcBjaypeez_) March 17, 2017
Sensational!!! @USC_Hoops
— Chris Hawkins (@CHawk_4) March 17, 2017
Fight On @USC_Hoops !!!! Wow what a win!
— Matt Barkley (@MattBarkley) March 17, 2017
Lookn at them brackets who had those Trojans "one and done"! #FightOn #MenofTroy pic.twitter.com/gDiAcJB4QJ
— Coach Ron Bradford (@LockDown) March 17, 2017
Hell yeah!! Good job Trojans!! ✌ (is hell a bad word?) ???
— Rey Maualuga (@maualuga58) March 17, 2017
Yeahhhhhhhhh boyssssss good shid !!!!
— Steven Mitchell Jr (@smj_vii) March 17, 2017
Me on the bench If @USC_Hoops had put me on the squad pic.twitter.com/UlQzrwfAbS
— Adoree' Jackson (@AdoreeKnows) March 17, 2017
Jordan McLaughlin: "There's never a point in the game where we feel like we're gonna lose."
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) March 17, 2017
*plays Conquest on infinite loop* #MarchMadness #BackThePac pic.twitter.com/FOgIBIctVd
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 17, 2017
Andy Enfield has proven over the last few days that Dunk City was no fluke. Has made impeccable in-game adjustments against both PC and SMU.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 17, 2017
Elijah Stewart told me last week about his rapport with Enfield: "I go through slumps, but I step up for him when I need to." Evident today.
— Jacob Freedman (@Jacob_Freedman) March 17, 2017
#USC has now come back from a double-digit deficit THIRTEEN times this season.
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) March 17, 2017
Half their 26 wins, the Trojans have been down 10+.
USC has won two NCAA games before UCLA has played one. That's hard to do!
— Chris Dufresne (@DufRankman) March 17, 2017
#USC won the rebounding battle 34-30 and improved to 16-1 when outrebounding their opponent.
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) March 17, 2017
The white board in USC's locker room: pic.twitter.com/nuSEFpWaKh
— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) March 17, 2017
USC’s 2017 NCAA Tournament will continue on Sunday against No. 3 seed Baylor.