'Top that Super Bowl': Twitter is abuzz after No. 1 Purdue loses to Northwestern
Turns out this is the game of the week, which doesn't work for Purdue. Northwestern posts a win over a No. 1-ranked team for the first time in program history.
Northwestern rallies in the closing minutes under a barrage of Purdue turnovers, and the Wildcats beat the No. 1 Boilermakers 64-58. Purdue maintains a 2 1/2-game lead in the Big Ten standings, but Northwestern and Indiana are tied for second.
Here's the reaction from around the nation.
Big rally:Northwestern comes back to upset No. 1 Purdue
COURT STORM IN EVANSTON!!! @NUMensBball 😱 pic.twitter.com/OhKZizSODN
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) February 12, 2023
Northwestern. Sharpie.
Top that Super Bowl.— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 12, 2023
I believe Northwestern just punched its ticket on Feb. 12, which is only slightly harder to believe than aliens being shot down every day.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) February 12, 2023
Turnovers are now an ongoing problem. They may have 20 against Maryland’s press. https://t.co/e82kq9faO6
— Jerry Palm (@jppalmCBS) February 12, 2023
Northwestern just upset No. 1 Purdue.
Chris Collins was squarely on the Hot Seat this season, he lost his top two big men to Duke and UNC, and now the Wildcats are 18-7 and 9-5 in the Big Ten.— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 12, 2023
Not really the fact that Purdue lost (Northwestern is OK) but how they lost (capsizing in the final three minutes, second half sloppiness overall) that stings.
— Derek Schultz (@Schultz975) February 12, 2023
Just like the old days* at Northwestern
*literally never— Brian Hamilton (@_Brian_Hamilton) February 12, 2023
Northwestern with a HIGH-LEVEL floor-storm in Evanston.
Program's first win over No. 1 in history.
In the midst of a hot-seat season, Chris Collins is on the verge of taking Northwestern to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) February 12, 2023
Northwestern takes down No. 1 Purdue, and we’ve got a court storm in Evanston!
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) February 12, 2023
Chicago’s Big Ten Basketball Team just knocked of off the No. 1 team in the country for the first time in program history.
Insanity.
I think Purdue just turned it over again.— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) February 12, 2023
BREAKING: The US military has just shot down Purdue's number 1 ranking over Lake Michigan.
— Ivan Bologna's Countdown to 325 (@PV_GIA) February 12, 2023
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