The Super Bowl is just around the corner and Patrick Mahomes is locked in. The Chiefs Superstar is set to become the only under-30 quarterback in NFL history to start five Super Bowl games. Absolutely impressive, right? But, you know, Mahomes was recently impressed himself, by a college basketball game. Yeah, he is an avid fan of college basketball and was mightily impressed after Texas Tech‘s OT win over Houston. The 29-year-old QB shared a 5-word message for Kirby Hocutt‘s team.

Though the game went into overtime, Texas Tech managed to bring home the result and earned the praise of the NFL star. Patrick Mahomes wrote on X, “All heart!!! Big time win!!” The stars of the play were two TTU players JT Toppin and Chance McMillian. Though Toppin was controversially ejected from the game, McMillian’s two free throws in OT when only 16 seconds were left on the clock made him the hero.

But man, what a 3-pointer was that by Darrion Williams. His three-pointer to tie the game at 72 when the clock was counting down 30 seconds was fabulous and eventually led the team to win in crunch time. But the shocking news for the TTU was two ejections. The first toss was JT Toppin, as mentioned. The coach, Grant McCasland, was then tossed from the game himself following arguments with the refs.

After Toppin’s ejection, the director of the team issued a notice bashing the refs for debatable calls. Yeah, he was appalled and shared more thoughts on the ejection. Wanna know what the Texas Tech director said? Let’s dive in.

Texas Tech’s director shocked after JT Toppin’s ejection

Patrick Mahomes’ reaction came after an exciting game between Houston and Texas Tech, which also saw some controversy and criticism for star player JT Toppin‘s ejection. Texas Tech director, Kirby Hocutt, said that he was “appalled” after Toppin’s toss. College basketball has a strict rule regarding ejection if a player purposefully tries to hit the opponent’s sensitive parts. In Toppin’s case, he was trying to put his leg out and ended up catching his opponent where it really hurt. The refs ruled that it was not just an incidental hit.

After the narrow win over Houston, Kirby Hocutt, said, “I am appalled and disappointed by the official’s egregious decision to eject JT Toppin from tonight’s basketball game against Houston.” He criticized the decision, saying, “This decision, made on a play that was clearly accidental and without intent, is unacceptable.” However, the director of the team didn’t forget to appreciate the team and coach for the win: “On behalf of Red Raider Nation we are extremely proud of our team and the leadership of Coach McCasland.”

Well, the decisions were rejected, and the referees also invited major backlash from Texas Tech’s passionate fans. The controversy had the crowd buzzing, and tensions were running high. It must have been a sigh of relief for the team as they squeaked over the line and Patrick Mahomes himself stepped in to congratulate them!