Twitterverse reacts to KU grabbing share of Big 12 title

No, Kansas University didn’t play on Big Monday this week. But the Jayhawks’ Big 12 title hopes were in play on ESPN’s weekly showcase.

Accordingly, many sets of eyes usually so focused on Kansas basketball suddenly had an uncharacteristically high level of interest in a game between Iowa State and Oklahoma.

Big 12 championships will do that.

When the Jayhawks needed league competitor ISU to defeat OU, the Cyclones came through, securing KU at least a share of its 11th Big 12 regular-season championship in a row.

Once that happened, congratulations, celebrations and observations began breaking out in the Twitterverse from those who cover college basketball, those who have played it and others.

Here are some of the highlights: