Students, parents, faculty and staff gathered in Wildcat Stadium Saturday night to cheer on the Wildcat men’s basketball team during its matchup against the University of Texas Longhorns. Fraternities and sororities hosted a tailgate in the south end zone concourse before the watch party. Throughout the last minutes of the game, students stormed the field and gathered near the scoreboard in the north end zone to watch closely as the Wildcats defeated the Longhorns in the last second of the game.
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- The crowd of Wildcat fans throws up a student in celebration. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Wildcats leap in the air after junior forward Joe Pleasant’s game-winning free throw. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Alex Nguyen, sophomore psychology major from Mart, holds up a Wildcat sign. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- A student celebrates a foul called on UT. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Fans cheer on the Wildcats from home as they face the University of Texas Longhorns in Indianapolis during the first round of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Lane Bloomer, freshman Bible and Ministry major from Lubbock, jumps in the air after a Wildcat layup. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Wildcats watch a tense moment unfold. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Josh Ward, sophomore music teaching major from Abilene, cheers on the Wildcats. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Tyler Kastner, senior biology major from Temple, watches the men’s basketball game at Wildcat Stadium. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Friends play nine square at the basketball watch party. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Students hold up their dog for the camera. (Photo by David Mitchell)
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- Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams celebrates the Wildcats’ performance in the Southland Conference Tournament and honors the men’s basketball team before the watch party. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Sophomore graphic design major from Keller Colton McCaleb celebrates a Wildcat three-point shot with a taunting sign. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Students attending the watch party storm toward the scoreboard to watch closely as the game nears its end. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Two students throw bean bags during the tailgate before the watch party. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- A student submits a guess of the final score to a contest. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Phoebe Voss, senior graphic design major from North Richland Hills, holds a sign taunting the Longhorns. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Members of Gamma Sigma Phi cheer after a Wildcat layup. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Freshman political science major from Little Elm Kofi Forson hypes up the front of the crowd as the Wildcats close the game with a one-point lead. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- A student shouts with anticipation in the last minute of the game. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Brett Garcia, junior nursing major from Keller, jumps in front of a crowd of his friends to celebrate a Wildcat free throw. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- A student jumps and shouts after the Wildcat win. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Students raise their arms and cheer excitedly as the Wildcats make their last free throw and pull ahead of the Longhorns. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Wildcat fans hold the “WC” in the air in silent anticipation of the last ten seconds of the game. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- A student shouts emotionally after the Wildcat win. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Sophomore Kauy Ostilen watches the last ten seconds of the game intently. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Three students throw their shirts in the air as the Wildcats defeat the Longhorns. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Senior convergence journalism major from Waco Tyler Henderson leaps off the ground as he celebrates the Wildcats’ win. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- A group of students makes hand signals against the Longhorns as they celebrate the Wildcats’ win. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
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- Three students climb onto the football goal post and shake it in celebration of the Wildcats’ historic defeat of the Longhorns in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
