After hitting game-winning shot, UNC's Luke Maye was back in his 8 a.m. class


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After hitting game-winning shot, UNC's Luke Maye is back in class

Sunday night, Luke Maye hit a game-winning shot to send the University of North Carolina to the final four in Memphis, Tennessee.

Malik Monk (@AhmadMonk) buries the three to tie the game for Kentucky...and Luke Maye (@luke_maye) comes back to win the game for UNC! pic.twitter.com/vcptdTsBtz — Chat Sports NCAA (@ChatNCAA) March 26, 2017

And by Monday, Maye was back in his 8 a.m. class in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

> Where was Luke Maye the morning after his game-winning shot? > > In class. (via [@JackSewell\_](https://twitter.com/JackSewell_)) [pic.twitter.com/6hFHBLzfwj](https://t.co/6hFHBLzfwj) > > — NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) [March 27, 2017](https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/846363843882352640)

It wasn't completely a normal day for Maye, though. Getting a standing ovation from your classmates has to be pretty unusual.

Blast from the past

Ryan Newman and Kyle Larson have won the last two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup races. While the two stand together in the sport's results right now, it's not the first time that's happened.

You see, here's a photo of a much younger Newman and Larson:

> [@siriusxmnascar](https://twitter.com/SiriusXMNASCAR) Here's a pic of todays top 2 race finishers: [pic.twitter.com/3hKO03t36E](https://t.co/3hKO03t36E) > > — Ten Pin Ken 🤘 (@ADudeNamedKen) [](https://twitter.com/ADudeNamedKen/status/843611609536876544)

Shattering backboards

Usually, it takes a behemoth like Shaquille O'Neal to break a backboard. But these two high school basketball players at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles got a surprise when they were practicing their dunks:

> Well this happened today [@famouslos32](https://twitter.com/famouslos32) [@houseofhighligh](https://twitter.com/houseofhighligh) [@BleacherReport](https://twitter.com/BleacherReport) [@Dunkademics](https://twitter.com/Dunkademics) [pic.twitter.com/HDcE7uz7ls](https://t.co/HDcE7uz7ls) > > — Juggboy 😈 (@gabehubbard23) [March 27, 2017](https://twitter.com/gabehubbard23/status/846501413651820544)

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