Baylor star demolishes dumb question after March Madness loss to Yale
After five-seed Baylor dropped the first major upset of March Madness in losing to Yale on Thursday afternoon, dejected Bears forward Taurean Prince was faced with a particularly lame question from an unnamed reporter.
But Prince's response was pure gold.
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Yale out-rebounded Baylor by four in the game, 36-32. This came as a surprise and was a major key-emoji to the upset. Now you have the context for the following exchange.
Reporter: You said you got out-rebounded -- you did, 36-32. How does Yale out-rebound Baylor?
Prince: You go up and grab the ball off the rim when it comes off, and then you grab it with two hands, then you come down with it, and that's considered a rebound. So they got more of those than we did.
You know what they say: Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer. Except in this case, the stupid answer is amazing for its deadpan sarcasm.
Here's a full transcript of the exchange.
And here's video.
Well played, Mr. Prince. Well played.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
