OMG. I am officially #BracketBusted. 78-71 was the final score of this game which started off not-so-well for the Duke Blue Devils who were ranked #3 in this region (Midwest); the Mercer Bears were the #14 seed. Now we know just how badly it ended for Duke! So #bracketology and bragging rights ends for those of us who undauntedly picked coach Krzyzewski's team to beat Mercer in this 'round of 64'. As has always occurred in prior years with this NCAA basketball-journey (which has long been dubbed March Madness), a lower seed always, always beats a higher seed, but no one saw this outcome at all. Surely many of us basketball fanatics thought that Duke would be a shoe-in for the 'round of 32' and maybe even the 'sweet sixteen'; getting past Mercer would merely be a hick-up at best. Oh, but were we ever-so wrong!
I stopped picking Duke in my personal bracket, though, before the 'elite eight'. I did not believe that Duke was good enough this season to make it into that 'elite' group much less the 'final four'. I must say; however, that I was left in shock as I saw (via CBS) Mercer take the victory right out of the hands of the stunned and disappointed Duke team.
The nation along with Blue Devil Nation stood in silence...wondering: 'did that really just happen?!!' However, when many of us stopped being shocked, and we remembered to close our jaws which this game made drop open, we were simply down-right elated for Mercer; maybe not Duke or Duke supporters, but those of us who love this game and really had nothing to lose with this outcome. Many of us were okay with busted brackets and just elated over this 'Cinderella team' which made its presence known really early, really quick, really fast, and in stunning fashion!
Mercer Bears, for now...continue doing the 'Nae, Nae!'
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