March Madness fans split on national anthem performance before NCAA Final Four

March Madness fans were unsure what to marque of a unsocial rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner successful San Antonio, Texas, connected Saturday night.

The show saw 4 student-athletes from each Final Four schoolhouse joined unneurotic to sing the National Anthem, arsenic per assemblage tradition. 

AC Fitzpatrick represented Florida, Mary Katherine Malone was determination for Auburn, Jenna Kerkman was the typical from Houston and Moorea Mitchell sang from Duke.

They sang and harmonized unneurotic and portion the fans successful the arena greeted the show with immense cheers, others watching crossed the United States were little convinced. 

Those who enjoyed it were speedy to stock praise. One instrumentality wrote: 'An OUTSTANDING occupation connected the National Anthem astatine the Final Four... springiness maine bosom implicit "name" endowment immoderate time. Well done to the young ladies from each school. You did yourself, your schools, and your federation proud!'

Another said connected X: 'Honestly that was 1 of the champion nationalist anthem performances I’ve seen successful a while. Conceptually chill with each 4 schools represented and executed well.'

One was near emotional, posting connected X: 'Just watched the girls sing the nationalist anthem for starting the Final Four. Kinda choked maine up, it conscionable feels similar it has meaning again.'

But the fans who were unimpressed were speedy to vent arsenic well.  

One instrumentality responded to the video from the authoritative NCAA March Madness relationship of the performance, saying: 'Love the thought but this was ROUGH.'

A antithetic professional said: 'This nationalist anthem is trash.'

Another spectator tweeted: 'Okay I’m not tryna beryllium mean, but the National Anthem singers were not the champion astatine ya know, singing lol.'

The archetypal last 4 crippled Saturday nighttime sees Florida look Auburn earlier Houston past takes connected Cooper Flagg's Duke successful the aboriginal showdown.

The last volition past beryllium held connected Monday evening.