The NCAA tournament’s preeminent Cinderella is winning both online and on the court. The night UMBC became the first 16th seed to win a round-of-64 game, the Retrievers’ Twitter following grew exponentially as it fired off funny/snarky tweet after funny/snarky tweet.
33 of the best dog pics people sent to the UMBC Retrievers before an NCAA tournament game
The Retrievers are making themselves America’s team.
Before the school’s second-round game against Kansas State on Sunday (tip time: 7:40 p.m. ET on truTV), the Retrievers figured they had time to kill. So, they put out an important call:
More than a thousand people responded in the first hour after UMBC’s request. What follows is a collection of some of the best UMBC tournament dogs out there. These pictures aren’t sorted in any particular order, because all of the dogs included are excellent:
Literal retrievers! These are great, even though UMBC’s retriever mascot is not a golden retriever, but a Chesapeake Bay retriever, the state dog of Maryland.
(My heart has melted. I no longer have a heart, for it is now soup.)
If coach Ryan Odom needs any rebounding help, that last pup might be an option.
