Penn State’s NCAA Tournament drought came to an end on Sunday when the Nittany Lions were handed an at-large bid to this year’s tournament. The Nittany Lions, shortly after coming up two points shy in the Big Ten championship game against Purdue, were given a No. 10 seed in the Midwest Region and they will face Texas A&M on Thursday.
While most of the college basketball world was targeting a possible Texas A&M-Texas matchup in the second round, Penn State fans are once again embracing the underdog role in an attempt to spoil the storyline most seem to be running with already.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the NCAA Tournament announcement when Penn State returned to the Big Dance for the first time since 2011.