It’s a joyous day for Cougar Nation.
BYU basketball has won its first NCAA Tournament game since 2012, knocking off VCU in 80-71 fashion Thursday afternoon in Denver.
Social media was buzzing following the historic victory. Here are some of the most notable reactions.
ROUND ONE DUB ☑️ pic.twitter.com/vWG96ecNdl
— BYU Men's Basketball (@BYUMBB) March 20, 2025
THE COUGARS KEEP DANCING 🕺
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 20, 2025
(6) BYU gets the win over (11) VCU to advance to the second round 🙌#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/DxpNlwHOG4
BYU TAKES DOWN VCU AND IS MOVING ON 🏀
— ESPN (@espn) March 20, 2025
Jimmer Fredette was in the house to cheer on his squad 🙌 pic.twitter.com/XP7LrkEVvJ
🚨 BYU MARCHES ON 🚨@BYUMBB takes down VCU! 👀🔥 pic.twitter.com/0mTvNinDdl
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) March 20, 2025
BYU takes down VCU in the Round of 64 💪 pic.twitter.com/ljZ2zW1QMa
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 20, 2025
Welcome back to the Round of 32, Cougars 👋#Big12MBB | @MarchMadnessMBB pic.twitter.com/V3ahzSKlzh
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) March 20, 2025
BYU takes down VCU and is moving on to the round of 32!! pic.twitter.com/NvAlLGm76D
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) March 20, 2025
Go Cougs! 🤙🏼🤙🏼 #MarchMadness https://t.co/VqchWpMstf
— Chris Burgess (@chrisburgess34) March 20, 2025
Great defensive effort from our guys today! On to the next! #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/DvaGZa6Jum
— Will Voigt (@CoachWillVoigt) March 20, 2025
W! Cougs looked good doing it. Wrestled control late first half and never let go! Congratulations @BYUMBB
— Tim LaComb (@tlacomb) March 20, 2025
BYU has its first NCAA tournament win since 2012 and is advancing to the Round of 32 for the first time since 2011 - Cougars kept VCU at an arm's length for most of the second half in nine-point win. Handled VCU's pressure and got the looks they wanted. Egor Demin hit big shots.
— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) March 20, 2025
BYU. Sharpie.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) March 20, 2025
VCU came out waayyyy too flat today
— Matthew Rowley (@MatchewRolex) March 20, 2025
BYU wanted it more
BYU wins an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 2012 in the First Four against Iona.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 20, 2025
Cougars beat an excellent VCU team in Denver to advance and play Wisconsin on Saturday in Denver.
BYU has looked so good, they’ve done so well picking apart a strong VCU defense, especially inside.
— Ryan Hammer🔨 (@ryanhammer09) March 20, 2025
Round of 32 vs Wisconsin with a potential Bama matchup in the sweet 16 will be great
STILL DANCING. pic.twitter.com/mXkQVtFUNE
— BYU Men's Basketball (@BYUMBB) March 20, 2025
I thought BYU out coached, out physicaled & out executed VCU today. The better team won.
— Sang Kim (@5lbtrout) March 20, 2025
Let’s hope this team can keep dancing
Final: BYU 80, VCU 71
— Evan Miyakawa (@EvanMiya) March 20, 2025
The Cougars completely handled VCU today. I thought this would be a closer game, but BYU showed why they are a serious Sweet 16 threat, if not further.
Their matchup against Wisconsin will be awesome.
Just want to give a quick shout out to all of the 13 year old BYU fans watching your team win an NCAA round of 64 game for the first time.
— McKay Murphy (@Bigmacmurph) March 20, 2025
Let’s gooooooooo!!! BYU hoops is BACK!!!!!!
— Kyle Collinsworth (@collinsworth55) March 20, 2025
Wisconsin vs BYU in the Round of 32 pic.twitter.com/J4t1dp5fMa
— T3 Bracketology™️🏀 (@T3Bracketology) March 20, 2025
IT’S TATER TOT TIME!!!!! pic.twitter.com/O2vsPWftSh
— BYU Men's Basketball (@BYUMBB) March 20, 2025
If Demin shoots the 3 well this tournament, BYU will go very far.
— Cougs in the Pros 🤙🏼 (@BYUpros) March 20, 2025
BYU WON A TOURNAMENT GAME pic.twitter.com/18GzIg6KD4
— Hayden (@oldmaxhall) March 20, 2025
VCU had 15 threes in the loss.
— Sporty (@SportyMcSports) March 20, 2025
They had to… this man was in the paint. pic.twitter.com/5eLP6Juk1m
MOVING ON pic.twitter.com/ajsscsr2cO
— The ROC (@byuROC) March 20, 2025