Oakland coach Greg Kampe compared Trey Townsend, Jack Gohlke, and Blake Lampman to Jimmy Chitwood from 'Hoosiers' before Gohlke and the Grizzlies upset Kentucky. After the win, Gohlke's teammates teased him with the State Farm jingle, joking about him becoming an insurance salesman. Social media also joined in on the banter, with posts and tweets poking fun at Gohlke's potential career change.
Social media has been viciously roasting Oakland's Jack Gohlke, saying he'll be done with basketball soon and move on to selling insurance. Gohlke's teammates also started poking fun at him in a similar fashion, but in much better taste. Read: https://t.co/iyDeOyNRKb https://t.co/sIJqn8s9Jb
Jack Gohlke's Oakland teammates teased him with State Farm jingle after post suggested he's destined to sell insurance https://t.co/nBtYlCpTo7 https://t.co/pRuYSKLNOC
According to Oakland's head coach Greg Kampe, Jack Gohlke's teammates got wind of a tweet that said all these Kentucky players are gonna be in the NBA next year, and he's gonna be selling insurance. They started singing State Farm's jingle: " Like a good neighbor, State Farm is… https://t.co/4zIn0b8nIy
Oakland has been singing 'like a good neighbor, state farm is there' to Jack Gohlke after seeing the insurance salesman tweets. 🤣😂 (🎥: @CBSSports) https://t.co/gg6geZNqN7
Oakland's Jack Gohlke has seen your posts about him being a future insurance salesman 😅 https://t.co/WVym8vZNVT
Late Thursday, after Oakland beat Kentucky, teammates discovered a viral tweet that UK's NBA players got bounced by a future insurance salesman. They started singing, to the tune of the State Farm jingle: "Like a good neighbor, Jack Gohlke's there!" https://t.co/tJooL88iUe
“Trey Townsend, Jack Gohlke, Blake (Lampman), they could be Jimmy Chitwood tomorrow.” -Oakland coach Greg Kampe day before Gohlke and Grizzlies upset Kentucky like Chitwood and Hickory shocked South Bend in “Hoosiers.” https://t.co/TZ8aJ41G8L