The finish last night between No. 1 North Carolina and No. 2 Kentucky was one of the greatest and most exhilarating endings to a basketball that we’ve seen in the NCAA tournament.
It was capped by Luke Maye answering Malik Monk’s jumper with a jumper of his own, sending the Tar Heels to the Final Four for the second straight season.
That’s a roller coaster of emotions to go through in 10 seconds, and perhaps no one embodies that more than the dude in the No. 11 jersey here:
The final seconds of the Kentucky-North Carolina game was an emotional roller coaster for Big Blue fans. #marchmadness #WKYT pic.twitter.com/4AZEFQ8Avi
— Lee K. Howard ☀️ (@HowardWKYT) March 27, 2017
(Does anyone know him? Can we confirm he’s OK?)
Anyway, that emotion was nothing compared to what the Kentucky team went through. De’Aaron Fox and Bam Adebayo were inconsolable in the locker room after the game:
Lots of emotions for Kentucky after a tough loss (via @joe_mussatto) pic.twitter.com/a5qBBbcuFR
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 27, 2017
North Carolina fans, however, were just a little bit happier: