Twitter Was Flooded With Adorable Photos Of Golden Retrievers After UMBC Upset Virginia

The UMBC Retrievers are the talk of the college basketball world right now after the fight they put up against Virginia on Friday night produced one of the most surprising upsets in basketball history.

The Retrievers’ win sent hoops fans into a frenzy, but also a chance to show off some very good dogs on social media as the upset bid went from potential history to reality. As Virginia continued to fade and the Retrievers lead grew to as much as 20, social media was flooded with photos of golden retrievers.

Now, UMBC’s mascot is technically a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, specifically, but those are not nearly as prevalent as their golden brethren and no one should complain about pictures of good dogs anyways. As Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post pointed out, it was started by the very feisty UMBC Athletics Twitter account, which was a lot of fun on Friday night.

https://twitter.com/UMBCAthletics/status/973369342707601416

But that was days before the game even got underway. As the game started and UMBC held tough, people started to get excited. And in the second half, as they pulled away, it was raining retrievers on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/amandahess/status/974852235602644993

There were also a few eaten brackets.

Of course not all of these are really dog owners watching the game, but retrievers definitely took notice. Seriously, look at these good boys watching the upset.

This dog even has the receipts to prove they believed history would be made.

https://twitter.com/alcohawk/status/974852846612041728

Even Bill Simmons got in on the act.

There were also some very good dog GIFs out there, too.

https://twitter.com/rubieeliz/status/974848889676328960

The Dog Rates account was wise to what was happening in the hoops world, too.

Ice in their veins, those Retrievers.

https://twitter.com/thecajunboy/status/974851890264641536

But not all of them kept their game faces on. Look at the happy doggos!

https://twitter.com/Bahler/status/974849750477557760

The point is that more teams need to be named after dog breeds. Twitter is just a happier place when dog teams win.