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Emotional young Northwestern fan becomes instant tourney highlight

Published Mar. 19, 2017 12:28 p.m. ET

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Barry Werner

The NCAA tournament is synonymous with many things ... crying is about to become another.

Joining the infamous Villanova piccolo player this year is the Northwestern fan.

Check out his passion and emotion for the No. 8 seed Wildcats, who faced No. 1 seed Gonzaga on Saturday.

From teary outrage:

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/843239697354698752

To thrilling exhilaration:

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/843241694380224513

And back to despair.

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/843242273814982656

To be fair, the Wildcats' thrilling run in the second half had everyone's emotions all over the place — not just the young fan.

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/843242859365130240

FOX's Stewart Mandel added some information about the young fan.

https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/843253907937669120

Though let us not forget the Villanova band member.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1fKvP5XkKk

Wisconsin certainly didn't.

https://twitter.com/UWMadison/status/843208908365844480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw



 

 

 

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