The distraught Clemson mascot turned into a hysterical March Madness meme

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Clemson entered the 2025 men's NCAA tournament as a 5-seed, but it will exit as a meme.

The team's shocking 69-67 loss to 12-seed McNeese State on Thursday afternoon in Providence knocked the Tigers out of the tournament. However, the Clemson defeat did give us a mascot reaction for the ages.

The Clemson Tiger mascot solemnly sat on the sideline and shook its head during the game's second half, signaling how disappointing it was that its team was struggling on national television.

Clemson rallied at the end to make it interesting, but McNeese State still held on for the victory.

This had to have been a bummer for the Tigers, and the mascot looked especially deflated. Hard times, indeed.

pic.twitter.com/68swilCymQ

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 20, 2025

However! The internet did its thing and gave us some wonderful March Madness memes out of the Clemson catastrophe.

When you realized that your parlay is definitely not going to hit https://t.co/gD7EZxK3AU

— Jane Coaston ️ (@janecoaston) March 20, 2025

When you should have taken the job with Frosted Flakes https://t.co/WjYS5v8lzB

— DB (@DB_Out_Front_1) March 20, 2025

“I realized I could play a million games but I’d still never be satisfied. Maybe what I really want is to BE one of these Clemson Tigers” https://t.co/SM9WqgpyQe

— Mike Golic Jr (@mikegolicjr) March 20, 2025

Like he’s reliving the horrors of war. https://t.co/6TDSAlRcGB

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) March 20, 2025

https://t.co/hoG9WLOPawpic.twitter.com/w4suIvcpkJ

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) March 20, 2025

A picture is worth a thousand words https://t.co/3wXPN7WIuW

— Dan Lindblad (@DanLindbladTV) March 20, 2025

They'rrrrrrrrrrrrrre not shooting grrrrrrrrrrrrreat! https://t.co/Bss8ARSyyJ

— Mr. TJD (@tjd8771) March 20, 2025

“Yep, that’s me, I bet you’re wondering how I ended up here…” https://t.co/D45U5Z9lmO

— MVPnav (@PNav57) March 20, 2025

It's not often a mascot can convey abject shame in costume, but the Clemson Tiger managed to do it today. pic.twitter.com/KGOVAXlNkG

— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) March 20, 2025

"Okay, our team is getting blown out. But as long as I don't end up on TV and become one of those Twitter memes, it won't be all bad."

- person in the Clemson Tiger mascot costume...maybepic.twitter.com/LCgsKSDatg

— Tim Bielik (@timbielik) March 20, 2025

This article originally appeared on For The Win: March Madness: Distraught Clemson mascot turned into hysterical meme

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