College basketball fans roast Ted Cruz for jinxing Texas Tech in NCAA national title game

Texas senator Ted Cruz has long struggled with his basketball fandom. He called a basketball hoop a "ring" while campaigning for president. He took on Jimmy Kimmel in a terrible game of one-on-one. He got blamed for the Houston Rockets' Game 7 loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Basically, if you're a sports team in Texas — apply the Drake rule to Ted Cruz. Keep him away.

Texas Tech failed to do so in Monday's NCAA championship game against Virginia and suffered a demoralizing overtime loss. The Red Raiders' rally was going so well until Cruz tweeted this weird selfie from his luxury suite at U.S. Bank Stadium.

A late one-point lead ultimately became an eight-point overtime loss.

35 seconds. ONE point LEAD. GO RED RAIDERS!!! #1 Defense. pic.twitter.com/S5XBefCsk1

Let's just say that the internet was not kind to the Texas senator.

Senator no! pic.twitter.com/2PiCXA2BQ3

this is why they lost https://t.co/WNIa0IEDJ1

Cursed image https://t.co/FdYcnjVZT8

Sorry, @TexasTech …you never had a chance. https://t.co/PwKod9ezDC

It felt like the game could go either way. Turns out Texas Tech was doomed. #jinxhttps://t.co/rpzvKSwOJ9

I found the reason why Tech lost https://t.co/J2btHwD8UH

Ted Cruz is the kiss of death. https://t.co/iIarQvJMFW

Look at this pic of Ted Cruz pic.twitter.com/XNU9fCzFuG

Remember when @tedcruz posted before Game 7 of Rockets/Warriors and the Rockets missed 27 straight 3’s… https://t.co/JbVIAMGojE

At least this happened to Ted Cruz https://t.co/mKc2n9WN5C

We all know this is @tedcruz fault.

in which United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, presumable owner of a smartphone that can take & hold almost infinity pictures, posts this one on purpose pic.twitter.com/VFaEIZjIxA

Ted Cruz is the reason Tech lost.

Poor, Texas Tech. It never really had a chance.

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