Villanova vs. Oklahoma: Twitter Reacts to Wildcats' 44-Point Win over Sooners
The Villanova Wildcats earned a trip to the national championship game for the first time since 1985 on Saturday, and they did so in the most convincing fashion in Final Four history.
Villanova defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 95-51 on Saturday night at NRG Stadium in Houston, with the 44-point win representing the largest margin of victory in the history of the Final Four.
Twitter was abuzz afterward, and Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde used the proper word to describe the game:
Villanova's win smashed the previous highest margin of victory in a Final Four game, per ESPN Stats & Info:
Then there was this nugget, per SI College Hoops:
CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein hadn't seen anything like it since watching a famous film:
It didn't take long for Barstool Sports to dish out the Crying Jordan meme:
Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News held off on analysis until the caution tape was taken away:
Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com showed his sense of humor in this instance:
WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer and Oklahoma native Jim Ross was proud of his alma mater:
ESPN.com's Tim MacMahon thought the Sooners' fate was the same as it was in football this year:
Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports had the perfect plan for Oklahoma:
"This might just be me, but if I played for Oklahoma I’d have started a fight 10 minutes ago.
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) April 3, 2016"
Brad Evans of Yahoo Sports also went into the GIF jar and grabbed this masterpiece:
Lindsay Schnell of Sports Illustrated asked a burning question when the game ended:
Notable Oklahoma alums Blake Griffin and Gerald McCoy were proud of the team for making it this far:
But some were not so forgiving. CJ Fogler of The Cauldron summed the game up in one epic Vine:
"My Nova - Oklahoma game review https://t.co/bXoINoq1rI
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) April 3, 2016"
And to top it off, Piccolo Girl returned, via NBC Sports (h/t WPVI in Philadelphia):
Villanova dominated the game from start to finish and held star Buddy Hield to nine points. Whoever wins the second semifinal between North Carolina and Syracuse will be in for a tough test in the national title game Monday.
