Some schools do better at recognizing NBA champion alums than others
Twitter was abuzz Sunday night and into Monday morning after the Cleveland Cavaliers won a thrilling Game 7 to capture the NBA championship, and the winning team's players received plenty of congrats from their alma maters.
Nine different colleges were represented on the Cavs' roster, and here's what they had to say - or tweet - beginning with Duke honoring Kyrie Irving:
Here is a photo to enlarge and hang somewhere around our office 💦🔥📸🏆#TheBrotherhood #DukeintheNBA #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/4TV9bLtpjs
— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) June 20, 2016
Duke totally forgot to congratulate Dahntay Jones, by the way.
Congrats to @UALetterwinners, and now NBA Champions, @Channing_Frye, Richard Jefferson & Bret Brielmaier! #BearDown pic.twitter.com/FlbDYTU00K
— Arizona Athletics (@AZATHLETICS) June 20, 2016
Nice touch from Arizona.
Advantage Love. Congrats Champ!#BruinsInTheNBA #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/u7GqSAh0VZ
— UCLA Athletics (@UCLAAthletics) June 20, 2016
Well played, UCLA.
CONGRATS to #Longhorn4Life & @NBA CHAMPION @RealTristan13 from your #TexasFamily !!! #StarInYourRole pic.twitter.com/idVOo9PfJz
— Texas Basketball (@TexasMBB) June 20, 2016
The multi-picture tweet from Texas. OK, OK.
Congratulations to @matthewdelly!! 2016 NBA Champion! #ALLin216 pic.twitter.com/mcp7Gel1EE
— Saint Mary's Hoops (@saintmaryshoops) June 20, 2016
Boy, Saint Mary's really went all out for Matthew Dellavedova ...
#NBAFinals Champion: #VFL @JordyMac52 🍊🏀https://t.co/Pfy3fBbj52 pic.twitter.com/ECQCMQPs4P
— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) June 20, 2016
When you get more rings than minutes.
Congratulations to former @AlabamaMBB great @mowilliams and the @cavs on winning the 2016 #NBAFinals!! #RollTide #BuiltByBama
— Alabama M Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) June 20, 2016
Alabama realized Mo Williams was still in the NBA too late to get a photo.
Congrats @imanshumpert! #NBAFinals CHAMPION! #ProJackets https://t.co/rHNgUYao6O
— GT Men's Basketball (@GTMBB) June 20, 2016
Georgia Tech probably just didn't want Iman Shumpert's ridiculous hair on its timeline.
Congratulations to ProCane James Jones and the Cleveland Cavaliers pic.twitter.com/TZoFhFIRWp
— Canes Hoops (@CanesHoops) June 20, 2016
And finally, the legend and three-time NBA champion from Miami known to the masses as James Jones!