--- title: March Madness 2017: Duke Loss Luke Kennard Meme description: The Internet is turning Luke Kennard's stunned expression during Duke's stunning loss to South Carolina into a hilarious meme. canonical: https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-20T19:20:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:02.653Z og:title: The Internet Can't Stop Laughing at This March Madness Meme og:description: Down goes Duke og:url: https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12096fe6d173a53/6988bf1bbc6cfc3d4f3e092c/gettyimages-655386166-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: South Carolina v Duke og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Stop Laughing at This March Madness Meme twitter:description: Down goes Duke twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12096fe6d173a53/6988bf1bbc6cfc3d4f3e092c/gettyimages-655386166-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Can't Stop Laughing at These Stunned Luke Kennard Memes  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 20, 2017 7:20 PM UTC  GREENVILLE, SC - MARCH 19: Luke Kennard #5 of the Duke Blue Devils handles the ball in the second half against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 19, 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) GREENVILLE, SC - MARCH 19: Luke Kennard #5 of the Duke Blue Devils handles the ball in the second half against the South Carolina Gamecocks during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 19, 2017 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)Gregory Shamus-Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 20, 2017 7:20 PM UTC With less than two minutes to go in [Duke’s stunning loss](http://time.com/4706404/spring-equinox-2017-fbi-james-comey-neil-gorsuch-duke-ncaa/) to South Carolina in the second round of [March Madness](http://time.com/4706528/march-madness-2017-crying-northwestern-kid-meme/), [Blue Devil](http://time.com/3773462/duke-wisconsin-ncaa-basketball-coach-k-mike-krzyzewski-blue-devils-ucla-john-wooden-coach/) Luke Kennard was charged with his fifth foul. However, the sophomore guard apparently didn’t agree with the call, as was clear by the look on his face after the whistle was blown. By the time Kennard had made his way to the bench, his stunned expression was already on the way to being turned into a meme by Duke haters everywhere. While many used the image to mock the [Duke stereotype of privilege](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/sports/ncaabasketball/duke-blue-devils-grayson-allen.html), others had a more general take on the joke. See a selection of the best reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/MattSBN/status/843661327612698624) > [](https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/843664579905404928) > [](https://twitter.com/recordsANDradio/status/843661530252099584) > [](https://twitter.com/BunkiePerkins/status/843661263041413123) > [](https://twitter.com/WillBrinson/status/843659560715993088) > [](https://twitter.com/YourManDevine/status/843661866450767872) > [](https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/843661318741725184) > [](https://twitter.com/dcwoods89/status/843662559072964608) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/"},"headline":"The Internet Can't Stop Laughing at These Stunned Luke Kennard Memes","datePublished":"2017-03-20T19:20:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:02.653Z","description":"Down goes Duke","url":"https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Basketball","viral","March Madness","NCAA Tournament","College Basketball","Duke"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12096fe6d173a53/6988bf1bbc6cfc3d4f3e092c/gettyimages-655386166-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd12096fe6d173a53/6988bf1bbc6cfc3d4f3e092c/gettyimages-655386166-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"South Carolina v Duke","caption":"South Carolina v Duke","creditText":"Gregory Shamus-Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4706903/march-madness-2017-duke-luke-kennard-meme/","name":"The Internet Can't Stop Laughing at These Stunned Luke Kennard Memes"}}]}] ```