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The five best March Madness celebrations | The five best March Madness celebrations |
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NDSU's Saul Phillips flips the Bison Horns | NDSU's Saul Phillips flips the Bison Horns |
After No. 13 North Dakota State University defeated No. 5 Oklahoma State in a 95-90 overtime thriller, NDSU head coach Saul Phillips showed the crowd, his players and sports fans across America his Bison Horns. | |
Why this works: See, he's the older authority figure but yet, look at this, he's doing something you'd normally expect one of his young players to do, not an older authority figure! How boundary pushing! | Why this works: See, he's the older authority figure but yet, look at this, he's doing something you'd normally expect one of his young players to do, not an older authority figure! How boundary pushing! |
Dayton president Dan Curran crowd surfs after Syracuse upset | Dayton president Dan Curran crowd surfs after Syracuse upset |
That was fun, but Dayton ended up outdoing them on Saturday when university president Dan Curran actually joined in on the on-campus festivities. At one point cameras caught him briefly crowd-surfing among the revelry, complete with "Dr. Dan" chants, after the No. 11 Dayton Flyers upset No. 3 Syracuse 55-52 in the Round of 32 to reach the sweet 16. | That was fun, but Dayton ended up outdoing them on Saturday when university president Dan Curran actually joined in on the on-campus festivities. At one point cameras caught him briefly crowd-surfing among the revelry, complete with "Dr. Dan" chants, after the No. 11 Dayton Flyers upset No. 3 Syracuse 55-52 in the Round of 32 to reach the sweet 16. |
Not that we should ignore the Dayton Flyers players themselves. They deserve at least an honorable mention here as long as we're talking post-game victory celebrations. After they knocked out sixth-seeded longtime rival Ohio State 60-59 in the first game of the Round of 64, they promptly celebrated by dancing around in what looked like to be an off-the-hook pizza and soda locker room party. | |
Why this works: For all of the reasons that Saul Phillips flipping the horns signs works, plus it adds partying students, alcohol and crowd surfing into the mix. | Why this works: For all of the reasons that Saul Phillips flipping the horns signs works, plus it adds partying students, alcohol and crowd surfing into the mix. |
Iowa State breaks down North Carolina, Fred Hoiberg just breaks down | Iowa State breaks down North Carolina, Fred Hoiberg just breaks down |
No. 3 Iowa State beat out No. 6 North Carolina 85-83 on Sunday night, something which gave Iowa State plenty to celebrate despite the game's somewhat anticlimactic ending (no truly entertaining game should end with a conference between officials and a clock operator). Following the victory, Cyclones head coach Fred "The Mayor" Hoiberg took out his smart down and attempted dance-like motions in front of his players. Then he promptly apologized to his daughter. | No. 3 Iowa State beat out No. 6 North Carolina 85-83 on Sunday night, something which gave Iowa State plenty to celebrate despite the game's somewhat anticlimactic ending (no truly entertaining game should end with a conference between officials and a clock operator). Following the victory, Cyclones head coach Fred "The Mayor" Hoiberg took out his smart down and attempted dance-like motions in front of his players. Then he promptly apologized to his daughter. |
And yes there are remixes available. | And yes there are remixes available. |
Why this works: It's so aggressively and uncompromisingly dorky that it's kind of badass, honestly. | Why this works: It's so aggressively and uncompromisingly dorky that it's kind of badass, honestly. |
Mercer brings out the Nae Nae Dance | Mercer brings out the Nae Nae Dance |
Following their first round upset over No. 3 Duke, the 14th-seeded Mercer Bears did the Nae Nae. There is literally no wrong way to celebrate your team putting together a 78-71 victory to knock the Blue Devils out of the tournament in the first found, but this might be the "most right" way. | |
Why this works: Because it forced Deadspin to bring out an Explainer-type blog post to inform its readers what the Nae Nae is. | Why this works: Because it forced Deadspin to bring out an Explainer-type blog post to inform its readers what the Nae Nae is. |
STANFORD COWBELL GUY | STANFORD COWBELL GUY |
DUDE. SERIOUSLY. | DUDE. SERIOUSLY. |
Why this works: STANFORD COWBELL GUY! | Why this works: STANFORD COWBELL GUY! |
And of course: Deadspin has the inevitable mashup. | And of course: Deadspin has the inevitable mashup. |
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