Charlotte 49ers basketball: Twitter reaction after Richmond’s A-10 tourney meltdown

Here’s how Twitter reacted after the finish to the Charlotte 49ers/Richmond Spiders game in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament. Needless to say, the game has been making waves around the social media sphere, with everyone, including college basketball fans in general as well as the national media, pitching in on a finish that will be talked about for years to come. In fact, we heard that Spiders coach Chris Mooney himself was trending after the game–and we believe it.

See which tweets caught our eye–it’s obviously not the complete list, and there’s plenty more floating around out there.

Ryan Fagan and The Sporting News chimed in:

So, Richmond has been given three technical fouls in in the last 1.9 of game clock. From up 3 with 4.7 left to down 3 with 2.8 left. Unreal.

— Ryan Fagan (@ryan_fagan) March 14, 2013

Charlotte trailed 63-60 against Richmond with 4.7 seconds. They won 68-63. And no, Reggie Miller wasn’t involved.

— Sporting News (@sportingnews) March 14, 2013

Here’s Scout.com’s Brian Snow’s thoughts, which I feel a lot of fans are thinking now:

Richmond looks like it has an invented a way to lose that I never thought I would EVER see in my life

— Brian Snow (@BSnowScout) March 14, 2013

Friend of the blog, Ryan Benson, put his two cents in:

Richmond just got charlotted

— Ryan Benson (@littlebenson) March 14, 2013

I’m sending a thank you card to Chris Mooney’s house.

— Ryan Benson (@littlebenson) March 14, 2013

And some other assorted comments from the Twitterverse:

Seems like everyone but the Charlotte fans thinks Richmond got hosed. But hey, it is what it is. Move on

— Josh Carpenter (@JoshCarpenter89) March 14, 2013

For a guy who played at Princeton, Richmond coach Chris Mooney doesn’t seem so bright.

— Colin Dunlap (@colin_dunlap) March 14, 2013

Seriously I’m stunned. Craziest ending to a game I’ve ever seen. #Charlotte49ers

— Drue W Garrison (@DrueWGarrison) March 14, 2013

Man, I used to go to Richmond Spiders basketball camp. They left out the technical foul session of the camp those years

— Tyler Greever (@Greevz52) March 14, 2013

Oh. My. Gosh what a game #GoNiners LOVE MY SCHOOL

— Ian Petrere (@IPetrere10) March 14, 2013

I mean, I don’t understand

— Justin Houston (@houstonniner) March 14, 2013

Finally, the last word goes to Mike Cranston:

Pierria Henry has just been summoned from the locker room to shoot two more free throws for Charlotte.

— Mike Cranston (@mikecranston1) March 14, 2013

Charlotte takes on Saint Louis tomorrow afternoon at noon with a trip to the A-10 semifinals on the line. We have a feeling it won’t be as crazy as this one. But if today was any indication, it should be a fun tournament.