College Basketball World Reacts to Utah State Cheerleader Shown Crying on TV—Twice

A crying fan or cheerleader during March Madness? It’s a tradition unlike any other.

In an exciting 7-10 matchup in the early window of Thursday’s men’s NCAA tournament action, No. 7 Missouri pulled away from No. 10 Utah State late in a hard-fought game in Sacramento, Calif.

The Tigers were paced offensively by senior guard D’Moi Hodge, who finished with a game-high 23 points. Kobe Brown added 19 points and a game-high eight rebounds for Mizzou, which shot 50.9% from the floor in the contest. 

As time waned with the game in hand for Missouri, TNT cameras panned to the Utah State cheerleading section, where one of the cheerleaders was tearing up as the season came to an end.

TNT showed the cheerleader, then showed Missouri shooting free throws, and then panned back to the cheerleader crying, which was met with plenty of reaction on social media.

Here’s the feed from TNT.

This Utah State cheerleader was going through it 😅 pic.twitter.com/Rqhpz3zBaZ

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 16, 2023

Here are some of the best reactions to TNT’s showing the crying cheerleader as the Aggies’ season came to an end.

That poor Utah State cheerleader is about to be a meme

— Connor Meltdowney (@Connormuldowney) March 16, 2023

The crying Utah State cheerleader is about to join the NCAA Tourney meme ranks with Villanova flute girl and Northwestern kid.

— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) March 16, 2023

We got our first sad fan of March and it's a Utah State cheerleader

— Brenden Schaeffer🎳 (@bschaeffer12) March 16, 2023

Utah State cheerleader about to get some NIL deals after today

— Irv Roland (@irv_roland) March 16, 2023