Best Tweets About Eastern Washington's Jacob and Tanner Groves
By Liam McKeone

Eastern Washington was not given much attention, entering March Madness as No. 14 seed and drawing the powerhouse No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks in the first round. But the Eagles came to play. They came out hot out of the gate, stifling Kansas early while earning some tough buckets and entered halftime up 46-38. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in their upset attempt as Kansas came back and reminded everyone why they were the higher seed, emerging victorious by the score of 93-82.
The two biggest reasons for their success in the early goings of their first-round game against Kasas were the Groves Brothers. Tanner and Jacob Groves had 32 points combined in the first 20 minutes of basketball, scoring 16 each in perfect synergy. They finished by combining for 58 points on 19-of-29 shooting.
Tanner is the older, a redshirt junior at forward, while Jacob is a sophomore on the wing. Tanner rocks a huge beard/hair combo while Jacob's afro is really something to see. The folks on Twitter absolutely loved the two. It was a remarkable performance regardless of the outcome. Here are the best tweets about their game.
How I became an EWU fan:
— Randy Scott (@RandyScottESPN) March 20, 2021
Napoleon Dynamite and Headbanned Abraham Lincoln pic.twitter.com/uNNlgQLQJd
Kansas is getting smoked by Napoleon Dynamite and Jackie Moon. pic.twitter.com/BbPKAxocKG
— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) March 20, 2021
Kansas is currently getting beaten by Lil Dicky and Napoleon Dynamite.
— Ben Portnoy (@bportnoy15) March 20, 2021
Classic March Madness. pic.twitter.com/mGAedUuJ88
Somehow Napoleon Dynamite hasn’t aged and is draining 3s and taking charges for Eastern Washington against Kansas. pic.twitter.com/AH12YEB4fW
— Homer Smith (@HomerSmith_KWP) March 20, 2021
Napoleon Dynamite and Molly Ringwald’s offspring have the university of kansas in hell
— Michael Ritter (@MikeSteveRitter) March 20, 2021
Pickup Game Abe Lincoln for EWU is great
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) March 20, 2021
Jacob and Tanner Groves sounds like a pair of criminal brothers you have to bring in for bounty in Red Dead 2
— Casual_Mandalorian (@CasualMandalor1) March 20, 2021
Even the broadcast team got in on the fun.
Announcers just compared the Groves brothers to Bill Walton and Napoleon Dynamite ? pic.twitter.com/Mpw7ezbkHq
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 20, 2021