way snarkier than we could ever be

Dev sent us this bit about the worst thing I've ever heard of to win a basketball game. University of California at Berkeley fans made up a UCLA student named "Victoria" to distract the starting guard of their rivals at the "big game," USC. Check it:

"Victoria was a hoax UCLA co-ed, created by Cal's Rally Committee. For the previous week, "she" had been chatting with Gabe Pruitt, USC's starting guard, over AOL Instant Messenger. It got serious. Pruitt and several of his teammates made plans to go to Westwood after the game so that they could party with Victoria and her friends.

On Saturday, at the game, when Pruitt was introduced in the starting lineup, the chants began: "Victoria, Victoria." One of the fans held up a sign with her phone number."

Here's poor Pruitt (number 42).

In Dev's words: Man, that's cold.