Best social media trolls of the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments

March Madness 2022 is already pretty wild. Brackets, Cinderellas, a little trolling? The men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments have it all, and we’re just a few days into the fun.

The conference tournaments and the Big Dance have already elicited numerous reactions from celebrities, school alumni and more. With them have come a healthy dose of trolling, jokes and heckling.

Here are some exceptional instances of social media trolling during the men’s and women’s hoops tourneys:

First round

Saint Peter’s Peacocks

Strut on, Peacocks. No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s outlasted No. 2 seed Kentucky in overtime to take down the Wildcats 85-79. Daryl Banks III and Doug Edert led the way with 27 and 20 points, respectively. According to ESPN Stats & Information, it’s the 10th 15-2 upset since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

HAPPY SAINT PETER’S DAY!!#StrutUp🦚 pic.twitter.com/xoemdAKv6w

— Saint Peter’s Men’s Basketball (@PeacocksMBB) March 18, 2022

S̶a̶i̶n̶t̶ ̶P̶a̶t̶r̶i̶c̶k̶’̶s̶ ̶D̶a̶y̶ Saint Peter’s Day 🙃#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/gejdKqGZis

— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 18, 2022

New Mexico State Aggies

A 12-5 upset came courtesy of New Mexico State. Junior guard Teddy Allen scored 37 points, the most by any player in an NCAA tourney game in NMSU history, per ESPN Stats & Information. He was the only Aggie to hit double figures in that department and his sensational night helped defeat UConn 70-63.

Unlike the Huskies’, the Aggies’ dreams of dancing to a championship are still alive.

We can still dance.

UConn’t.#AggieUp | #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/V7eWkkLeOZ

— NM State MBB (@NMStateMBB) March 18, 2022

Richmond Spiders

Iowa was fresh off a Big Ten tournament championship and entered the tournament as a No. 5 seed. None of that mattered to No. 12 seed Richmond, however.

The Spiders pulled off the famous 12-5 upset, defeating the Hawkeyes 67-63. Per ESPN Stats & Information, 85.6% of ESPN brackets had Iowa…