Basketball is fun, but have you ever thrown a tortilla?
The national championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia took place on Monday night, and though the players hustled, the real star of the night was a floppy tortilla that was thrown onto the court.
A fan just tossed a tortilla on the court.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) April 9, 2019
After the tortilla soared through the air and landed at the feet of some of the players, refs took it upon themselves to pause the very important game and retrieve the flatbread frisbee. It was quite the ordeal.
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During the tortilla retrieval, several fans watching the game grew increasingly confused by the holdup. It turns out that additional tortillas had been recovered in the stands.
Ushers appears to be confiscating tortillas from the Texas Tech student section now.
Or making tacos.
Or both.
— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) April 9, 2019
Not 100% positive because I didn’t taste it, but I’m pretty sure from color and trajectory that the stoppage tortilla was yellow corn thrown by a righty (who got a nice arc on it). Tech kids definitely armed with flour, too.
— Oskar Garcia (@oskargarcia) April 9, 2019
Just so we’re clear: the tortilla that eventually went onto the court had been makin its way around the Tech student section for the entirety of TT’s run. Now, tortillas are being confiscated — this is why we can’t have nice things
— Chase Michaelson (@Chasemarino13) April 9, 2019
How did a Virginia player not take a bite of the tortilla. Ultimate boss move. Can’t show weakness.
— Ted Flint (@TedFlintKansas) April 9, 2019
According to Viva The Matadors, the act of tossing tortillas onto courts and fields is actually a Texas Tech tradition, so many Texas Tech fans were not the least bit surprised.
normal person twitter: SOMEONE THREW A TORTILLA ON THE COURT?!?!?!?!
college football twitter: … did you think Texas Tech fans weren’t going to throw tortillas on the court— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) April 9, 2019
Right now the nation outside of the Big 12 footprint is trying to figure out this tortilla thing.
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) April 9, 2019
Tech threw a tortilla on the floor during the biggest game in school history. Damn it, I think I love them.
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) April 9, 2019
Thankfully, we can rest easy knowing the throwing tortillas are usually of the flour variety, because wasting a corn tortilla like that would be an unconscionable act.
It’s fine to throw a flour tortilla. Wasting a corn tortilla is a crime
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) April 9, 2019
Long live quirky, non-threatening sports traditions.
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