Twitter Reacts To Upset Win by NJIT Over No. 17 Michigan

When a team that very few people outside of the mid-major college basketball media have heard of, goes and beats one of the all-time great basketball programs, there is going to be a major reaction in the Twitterverse.

The most obvious reaction is confusion, as in what is an NJIT?

"@TEAMdiesel70: "@SportsNation: Does anyone have any idea what an N.J.I.T. is? pic.twitter.com/aZ2tOgDddS"" NJIT REPPIN

— Johnnie Cochran (@jon_parrish_) December 6, 2014

Or pointing out how ridiculously lopsided this matchup is in the first place:

Comparison of NJIT and Michigan basketball facilities pic.twitter.com/vDrSlkmwSp

— B. Bonser (@boof_bonser) December 6, 2014

And then there is the Schadenfreude:

First Appalachian State and now NJIT? I love you Michigan, never change.

— DerDrache (@derdrache) December 6, 2014

NJIT beat Michigan in basketball. Lol.

— Luke (@LukeGeorge27) December 6, 2014

1st Appalachian State. Now NJIT. This is the only explanation left... pic.twitter.com/2u7uOFQqaT

— LostLettermen.com (@LostLettermen) December 6, 2014

oh michigan pic.twitter.com/kViqPLR8x5

— IllinoisLoyalty (@IllinoisLoyalty) December 6, 2014

Michigan fans haven't had a good year, so of course, you knew this was coming:

So is #BradyHoke now coaching the #Michigan Basketball team? #NJIT #NJITvsMICH

— Aaron Moore (@dj_aaron311) December 6, 2014

And more pain:

Worst pains in the world: 1. Stubbing your pinky toe 2. Losing to Napoleon 3. Peeing with cold hands 4. Jaw cramps 5. Losing to NJIT

— Mando (@Mandoughh) December 6, 2014

Bravo for this one:

tried to change my kenpom password to "michigan defense" but it said it was too weak

— ULhothot (@ULhothot) December 6, 2014

And the rationalization is of course there. Maybe this isn't so bad, because if I just change this one cherry picked stat, then maybe our team could be better than we think:

@UMSteel @UofMDieHards NJIT's 3pt % was a huge statistical outlier. Had they shot their normal 3 pt %, UM wins by double digits.

— Jared Turner (@J_Turn14) December 6, 2014

Or students look to take advantage of the situation as best they can. I mean, why not try to get finals canceled:

@NJIT cancel finals we just accomplished the greatest feat in NJIT history......

— fresh_queso (@sebigrande) December 6, 2014

Hey, maybe my team isn't so bad after all:

Well that makes Duquesne's loss to NJIT a bit more palatable.

— Kevin Lewis (@kmlewis20) December 6, 2014

But at least uconn didn't lose to NJIT

— Tim Bright (@Timmayy_Bright) December 6, 2014

The fans love it though. I hope this makes Sportscenter:

@SportsCenter Even though we may be engineers, we still got game.NJIT Men's Basketball Upsetting Michigan University. pic.twitter.com/msE4kFelHw

— Kirko (@_itskirko) December 6, 2014

Seth Davis is getting ready for NCAA Tournament season:

NJIT. Sharpie.

— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) December 6, 2014

And the obligatory Jon Rothstein:

College basketball. Where the unexpected becomes the ordinary.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) December 6, 2014

And the burning question we all want to know:

Will America East let NJIT into their conference now?

— John Templon (@nybuckets) December 6, 2014