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Best Twitter reactions to Lamont Butler buzzer beater for San Diego State win

ByTerrence Jordan|
HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 01: Lamont Butler #5 of the San Diego State Aztecs makes a basket as the clock expires to defeat the Florida Atlantic Owls 72-71 during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game at NRG Stadium on April 01, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TEXAS - APRIL 01: Lamont Butler #5 of the San Diego State Aztecs makes a basket as the clock expires to defeat the Florida Atlantic Owls 72-71 during the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game at NRG Stadium on April 01, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Lamont Butler sent the San Diego State Aztecs to the national title game in dramatic fashion on an incredible buzzer-beater. Twitter reacted accordingly!

The Final Four is off to an incredible start, as San Diego State came back from a 14-point second-half deficit to tear Florida Atlantic’s heart out on a Lamont Butler buzzer-beater that conjured up memories of Jalen Suggs and Kris Jenkins. It was a cumulation of many things that went in their favor in the final minute. Twitter, of course, was the place to be for the best reactions to this legendary ending.

See below for some of our favorites.

For those that couldn’t make the trip to Houston from San Diego, being with thousands of like-minded fans may have been the next best thing.

There wouldn’t be the joy of victory without the agony of defeat, and Owl fans predictably took this one really hard.

Incredible that in the entire history of the tournament, Butler is the first to hit a buzzer beater with his team trailing. Interestingly, the biggest near-miss buzzer beater while trailing also belonged to a Butler, except this was Butler University, when Gordon Hayward’s halfcourt heave to beat Duke in 2010 missed by an inch.

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1642325399282544642

What else can you say? This is what it’s all about.

When the team that’s playing next can’t believe what just happened, you know you just made history.

Amazing, no notes.

https://twitter.com/MarchMadnessMBB/status/1642327268637786112

Hope this guy bought a lottery ticket.

https://twitter.com/dperry_319/status/1642326384449294337

Sometimes it just means more.

Did San Diego State save any magic for Monday night? This tournament has taught us that anything is possible. They take on the winner of Miami and UConn on Monday. With players like Lamont Butler around, the Aztecs will have a shot at pulling off the victory and a national championship.

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