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Patrick Mahomes’ Celebration During Texas Tech Loss Goes Viral

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Parker Johnson | Last updated Feb 25, 2025 8:05 AM ET

No. 10 Texas Tech did not have much fun on the court in a 69-61 loss to No. 4 Houston on Monday night, but Patrick Mahomes still managed to have a good time.

The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback returned to his alma mater for the top-10 college basketball showdown a little more than two weeks after falling 40-22 to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

The 29-year-old did not appear to be fighting a Super Bowl hangover as he excitedly soaked in the action courtside with his wife, Brittany Mahomes, who was also a college athlete in Texas at UT-Tyler.

With the action on the court not favoring Mahomes' Red Raiders, it took an interaction with a student to bring the two-time NFL MVP up off his feet.

During a timeout in the first half, Texas Tech challenged a student to make a full-court putt through a target to win a prize. With the eyes of Mahomes and United Supermarkets Arena trained on him, the student nailed the putt.

The first person to greet him was Mahomes.

A Texas Tech fan won the fan putt and hit a celly with Patrick Mahomes

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— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) February 25, 2025

Mahomes knows as well as anyone how tough of a putt it was. He won "The Match" charity golf tournament with his Chiefs teammate Travis Kelce in 2023 and reportedly boasts a 7.7 handicap.

The video of the interaction endeared him to some fans and worried others, accumulating over 700,000 views on X and 10,000 likes as of Monday morning.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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