Tar Heel Nation had about enough of the critical backlash from corners of the basketball media, opponents social media, and the podium of the governor of West Virginia. So when the UNC basketball program gave San Diego State the beating of a lifetime, it was time for those slanders to be rebuked.
Here's a collection of some of the best social media responses after North Carolina's annihalation of the Aztecs.
UNC fans on twitter after everyone was making fun of them for being the last team in
— Mark Titus Show (@MarkTitusShow) March 19, 2025
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With the Tar Heels up 40, UNC fans started chanting “Rothstein” while looking over at Jon Rothstein in the media section. They continued to heckle him shortly after about UNC’s spot in the tournament.
— InsideCarolina (@InsideCarolina) March 19, 2025
“We’re up 40!” one shouted.
— Taylor Vippolis (@tvippolis) March 19, 2025
— Andrew Stilwell (@stilwell) March 19, 2025
Feel bad for San Diego State, they’re a young talented team that had to pay the piper for the best bulletin material ever put together by the college basketball mainstream media
— Tate Frazier (@tatefrazier) March 19, 2025
To everyone who said North Carolina didn't belong in the First Four:
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) March 19, 2025
Hey, you were right!
Hey #CarolinaFamily!
— IG: BDahtTV (@BDAHT) March 19, 2025
We put #BTA! Belt To Aztecs! #WeStillDancin! #GoHeels pic.twitter.com/PhBMI0rbGd
San Diego State hasn’t allowed 90 points in 19 years. UNC had 95 tonight
— Jay (@JayHardy252) March 19, 2025
— Brice Johnson (@bjohnson_23) March 19, 2025
I think I'm more mad about San Diego State getting in now. This team is horrible.
— Gold And Blue Zone (@GoldAndBlueZone) March 19, 2025
UNC after an entire country told them they have no business playing in the NCAA Tournament
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 19, 2025
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Everyone: How did UNC get in?
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) March 19, 2025
UNC: pic.twitter.com/vtI8MYh4XF
@JonRothstein 😭 pic.twitter.com/dolhX18G2W
— Brandon Robinson (@BRob_4) March 19, 2025
A picture worth 1,000 words. pic.twitter.com/BzeRIhOKdZ
— UNC Barstool (@UNCBarstool) March 19, 2025
Hopefully some pundits will stop, take a breath, and think before they go spouting off about North Carolina not belonging in the NCAA Tournament. Will the Tar Heels win the national championship? Probably not. Is Ole Miss shaking in their boots after watching UNC burn San Diego State's house down? Absolutely.
For Hubert Davis and the boys, it's on to Milwaukee. You can bet that Tar Heel Nation will have more memes and putback dunks in the holster for the next win.