{"id":617314,"date":"2026-02-22T07:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617314\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T07:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:28:19","slug":"social-media-reacts-to-byus-huge-upset-win-over-no-6-iowa-state-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617314\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media reacts to BYU&#8217;s huge upset win over No. 6 Iowa State \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BYU just notched its biggest win of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 23rd-ranked Cougars made magic happen Saturday night at the Marriott Center, upsetting No. 6 Iowa State in 79-69 fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Social media was buzzing following BYU\u2019s triumph. Here are some of the most notable reactions.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL: No. 23 BYU 79, No. 6 Iowa State 67<\/p>\n<p>In a season of high-level AJ Dybantsa performances, this one is in the conversation as one of the best: 29 PTS, 10 REBS, 9 AST, 10-17 FG, 40 MINS. Efficient, unselfish, tough.<\/p>\n<p>Much-needed marquee win for BYU.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QUhntKdtgd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QUhntKdtgd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffborzello\/status\/2025447420578943083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huge win. A signature win over an Iowa State team the committee named a 1 seed today. <\/p>\n<p>Bigger picture is that committee shouldn\u2019t rate BYU different without Richie. BYU\u2019s best win of the season is without him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby McCombs (@rtmccombs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rtmccombs\/status\/2025447551957385258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"art\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2705\u2705\u2705\u274c\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u2705\u274c\u2705\u274c\u274c\u274c\u274c\u2705\u2705\u274c\u2705<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Young (@JustinDYoung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinDYoung\/status\/2025449041052795384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am allllllll the way back in on BYU. This felt like a team that just needed to see one go in. Now that one did? This team can make a run.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Wheat (@joewheat27) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joewheat27\/status\/2025461878600990964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BYU just notched its biggest win of the year. The 23rd-ranked Cougars made magic happen Saturday night at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7,217,231,772,1544,1111],"class_list":{"0":"post-617314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-college-basketball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-basketball","12":"tag-ncaab","13":"tag-news-feed-local"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116113106804831372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}