CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Before he'd even filtered out of the locker room and onto the team bus, Nolan Gerrity had reached a level of celebrity he'd never imagined.
On Instagram, he and his teammates had gotten a shout-out from Stephen Curry.
On Snapchat, GIFs of Gerrity and his bench mates celebrating each UMBC bucket with increasingly elaborate dance moves made the rounds.
On Twitter, praise came from legendary gamer "Ninja," an unparalleled honor given that the game "Fortnite" served as the inspiration for those dance moves.
Then came the call from his mother.