Shocker! Social media goes wild as No. 1 Kentucky basketball falls to Evansville
The month of November is already a rollercoaster for Kentucky basketball. The Wildcats started the 2019-20 campaign with a win over No. 1 Michigan State, which boosted UK to the new No. 1. The Cats won’t be staying there long, however, as Evansville came into Rupp Arena and won 67-64 on Tuesday night.
Here’s a video showing how Kentucky’s shocking loss ended:
#1 Kentucky goes down.
This. Is. NOVEMBER.
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) November 13, 2019
What an absolute stunner. That's the worst loss of John Calipari's Kentucky career — at least regular-season, for sure. Not even close in that category.
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) November 13, 2019
As you can imagine, the outcome has everybody talking. With it coming on the same night of the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, there were a lot of jokes about John Calipari’s squad not making the Playoff. A Kentucky loss naturally gets the attention of observers of other SEC basketball programs, too. Here’s a small sample of what’s being said on social media right now:
LMFAO @BarstoolUK REALLY LOST TO EVANSVILLE????????????????????
— Barstool Rocky Top (@BarstoolTenn) November 13, 2019
*ahem*
Things could always be worse pic.twitter.com/mBEcKecPyB— Rowdy Reptiles (@MBKRowdies) November 13, 2019
I caught it in stunning 240p. Thanks ESPN+!! https://t.co/7uFU3qSseC
— Trey Biddy (@TreyBiddy) November 13, 2019
THE SHOT IS SHORT AND THE PURPLE ACES HAVE UPSET #1 KENTUCKY IN LEXINGTON!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/AKy5iskSdZ
— Go Irish!☘ (7-2) #BeatNavy (@ESPNFootball19) November 13, 2019
LEADERBOARD UPDATE
MORE LIKE BIG BRUTALITY NATION AM I RIGHT FOLKS #BBN https://t.co/ggZq7Ln3qD https://t.co/p31XBR0S3R
— Chris Schutte (@ChrisSchutte3) November 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/1194436675700588546
Kentucky goes down. Crazy
— David Waters – Gators Breakdown (@GatorDave_SEC) November 13, 2019
*finger to ear
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm being informed we have a GRADE 1 OUTBREAK OF #SECBASKETBALLFEVER https://t.co/hI5rH94wp6
— PodKATT (@valleyshook) November 13, 2019
University of Evansville has 2,500 students.
They should all be excused from obligations tomorrow. Add Nov. 12 to the university holiday calendar forevermore— Dayne Young (@dayneyoung) November 13, 2019
Rupp Arena playing country music after Kentucky falls to Evansville is salt in the wound
“Tear down my hometown”? That’s what we’re going with right now?
— Maggie Davis (@MaggieDavisKSR) November 13, 2019
Evansville was Kenpom 169 coming into tonight's game.
— Brian Evans (@KSRBEvans) November 13, 2019
Has a team ever beaten No. 1, become No. 1 and lost to a 24.5-point dog at home in the span of a week?
— Kyle Tucker (@KyleTucker_ATH) November 13, 2019
So this means Evansville is another Indiana school John Calipari will only play on a neutral floor from here on out, right?
— Ben Portnoy (@bportnoy15) November 13, 2019
PUT EVANSVILLE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS YOU COWARDS
— Tom Eble (@Tom_Eble) November 13, 2019
Remember last Tuesday night? When everybody was having fun? Anybody wanna talk about that?
— Maggie Davis (@MaggieDavisKSR) November 13, 2019
Hilarious that college sports teams have no choice but to tweet sad loss graphics because they’ve already sold the inventory to Fayette Heating & Air pic.twitter.com/pRuLTdyXRl
— Connor Tapp (@ConnorTapp247) November 13, 2019
Good news!
Now Kentucky has the quality loss an SEC team needs to crack the top four in the playoff rankings
— MATT BROWN (@MattSBN) November 13, 2019