Video: Re-live the celebration after the Texas Tech basketball win over OU

One of the greatest moments a college student can experience is the pure unadulterated joy of storming a basketball court or football field following a huge victory for the school. Wednesday night, thousands of Texas Tech students flocked to the center of the United Supermarkets Arena court to celebrate Texas Tech basketball’s upset of No. 3 Oklahoma.

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Thankfully, in today’s age of cell phone videos and social media, Texas Tech fans that were not able to be at the game in person can experience what the aftermath of the win was like on the court.

The first video comes from Texas Tech women’s soccer coach, Tom Stone who wisely avoided the melee but recorded the party from his seat. Stone posted the video to his Twitter account @TomStone9.

Texas Tech Associate Director of Communications Matt Dowdy also posted a great view of the celebration on his twitter account: @MattDowdy.

One of the best vantages of the game’s final sequence comes from a video posted by @bkisfromtx. The baseline view of the winning moment is crystal clear but once the court storming takes place it looks like video of an earthquake. What is striking is how quick the court is overrun by fanatical students.

Another great vantage point comes from Fox 34’s Phil Terringo who was seated courtside at press row. The best part of this video is seeing Texas Tech head coach Tubby Smith walk by and take a moment to soak in the chaos before realizing that he needed to get out of danger. Notice his the quick move he makes at the end of the video as he appears to snap back to reality when his flight instinct kicked in.

One of the more daring revelers was caught on camera sitting on top of the basket in this vine posted by BTownBanners

Looking as natural as a bear in a tree makes one think that this student has a history of climbing structures he is not supposed to.

Next we come to the student who won the post game celebration and in doing so has become an overnight Internet sensation. This vine posted by KJStewart will not soon be forgotten.

There are so many questions this video leaves unanswered, which makes it even more fascinating. First, how did this student get beer (let’s assume that this was not his only libation to be enjoyed during the game) into the game?

Second, did this guy save his final cold one (or more likely lukewarm or room temperature one depending on where the beverage had been hidden for the previous three hours) for just this moment? Did he expect Texas Tech to pull off the upset thus saving a special can with which to mark the occasion?

Finally, did he actually get enough of the beverage in his mouth to even count this as a true beer shotgunning or did he pull a move from the playbook of former professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin and spill more of the beer than he actually drank?

Finally, there is my personal favorite video from the night. Texas Tech basketball posted this video to its official twitter account @TexasTechMBB showing what the team’s locker room celebration was like.

Aside from seeing the jubilation from the players, the best part of this video is seeing Texas Tech head football coach Kliff Kingsbury waiting to embrace and congratulate the Texas Tech basketball players outside the locker room in a show of support for another of the university’s athletic teams. I doubt there is any video of Alabama’s Nick Saban celebrating a Crimson Tide basketball win the hoops team in Tuscaloosa.

Finally, what Tubby Smith told his team after the game is poignant. The Hall of Fame coach tells them that he does not believe that they are over-achieving. Rather, beating the No. 3 team in the nation is something he has expected this group to accomplish all year.

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Now the rest of America is starting to believe as well and more importantly the rest of American knows that Texas Tech basketball has returned from the dead.