Yale vs. Duke: Thankfully, someone has to lose
Amid a major controversy, Yale pulled off a big upset by beating five-seed Baylor in March Madness opening day action Thursday. That win sets up a matchup Saturday with the West Region's number-four seed.
Which is ... Duke. Yep, Yale vs. Duke is happening in March Madness, pitting two universities that in much of the popular imagination represent privilege and snobbery. (They actually already played this season, an 80-61 home win for Duke in November, but no one paid much attention then.)
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Good times! Anyway, let's hit the tweets, take the pulse of the people, see what they're thinking about Saturday's big matchup.
Conclusion: More people will watch this game out of sheer jealously and antipathy for both sides than any game in college basketball history.
But there's one silver lining. Someone has to lose.
No, nevermind. Someone has to lose, but the winner goes to the Sweet 16.
Everything is awful.
Or is it really that simple? Watch this video from the Yale locker room after the game. It shows a bunch of college students celebrating an upset win in their school's first March Madness appearance since 1952.
That's actually pretty cool. March, see? Such a complicated, emotional month.
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.
