Basketball is Cute Devilfun, but have you ever thrown a tortilla?
The national championship game between Texas Tech and Virginia took place on Monday night, and though the players hustled, the real star of the night was a floppy tortilla that was thrown onto the court.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
After the tortilla soared through the air and landed at the feet of some of the players, refs took it upon themselves to pause the very important game and retrieve the flatbread frisbee. It was quite the ordeal.
During the tortilla retrieval, several fans watching the game grew increasingly confused by the holdup. It turns out that additional tortillas had been recovered in the stands.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
According to Viva The Matadors, the act of tossing tortillas onto courts and fields is actually a Texas Tech tradition, so many Texas Tech fans were not the least bit surprised.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Thankfully, we can rest easy knowing the throwing tortillas are usually of the flour variety, because wasting a corn tortilla like that would be an unconscionable act.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Long live quirky, non-threatening sports traditions.
Featured Video For You
Barack Obama and the NBA are bringing a pro basketball league to Africa
