Watch Charles Barkley's great reaction to Auburn almost blowing opener against NMSU
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Oops!Something went wrong.Please try again later.
- Charles BarkleyAmerican basketball player
- Bruce PearlAmerican college basketball coach
Auburn provided the first real scare of the 2019 NCAA men’s tournament Thursday afternoon, surviving with the aid of bizarre decisions by New Mexico State down the stretch.
Twitter, as it does, had some intense reactions to the end of what could have been this year’s 5-12 upset.
Proud alum Charles Barkley, who revealed his bracket earlier in the day, dominated the immediate aftermath with his reaction. He has Auburn advancing to the Sweet 16.
Put this Charles Barkley GIF in the Hall of Fame 😂pic.twitter.com/CchDeFepIH
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 21, 2019
Charles Barkley after Auburn's foul vs. Charles Barkley after Auburn won pic.twitter.com/FUSORdRmUk
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 21, 2019
Which, of course, led into a calming message from head coach Bruce Pearl.
Bruce Pearl's got a message for Chuck 😂#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/s9ec4nQVBL
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 21, 2019
“Charles, relax,” Pearl said during the post-game interview. “We got this. We got this. I need ya brother. I need ya to be healthy. I don’t need that heart palpitating. Charles was sweating in the studio more than I’m sweating.”
We don’t know about that, coach.
Auburn is imploding and Bruce Pearl is not taking it very wellpic.twitter.com/05c3JloRDo
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 21, 2019
It was a rough Thursday afternoon.
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 21, 2019
Charles Barkley screams “we want Kansas”
Yes we do after we buy defibrillators 💙🧡#WarEagle https://t.co/iucxrgqE66— Susan Bushnell 💙🏀🧡 (@sunshine1229) March 21, 2019
Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough to be an Auburn fan
— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) March 21, 2019
Auburn sports are literally bad for the heart
— Darius Slayton (@Young_Slay2) March 21, 2019
Auburn in the final minute of that game pic.twitter.com/bBNKdAiw6M
— 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚛 (@WesleySinor) March 21, 2019
This kid is all of us watching New Mexico State-Auburn. pic.twitter.com/x4IucC628i
— Kyle Boone (@Kyle__Boone) March 21, 2019
Fellow No. 5 Wisconsin knew what was up.
Wisconsin’s locker room reacting to the end of Auburn & New Mexico State. pic.twitter.com/gO14eXcXKM
— Zach Heilprin (@ZachHeilprin) March 21, 2019
More from Yahoo Sports:
