Duquesne Professor Cancels Class After Basketball Team's Upset Win In NCAA Tournament

There's no better feeling than having a cool teacher.

Let's be honest, nobody really enjoys going to school or college. It's a hassle and a pain in the you-know-what. I mean, do we really want to learn about Chlorophyll - more like Borophyll, am I right, Adam Sandler?

But every once in a while you'll get a teacher that gets it, one who understands how to relate to the students and ultimately will win over their minds and attention.

That's exactly what Duquesne University Professor Robert Edward Healy did yesterday when he wrote all of his classes and told students that class would be canceled today so they could go out, get drunk and celebrate the men's basketball team's first round victory last night in the NCAA Tournament.

CLASS IS DISMISSED!

"Class canceled due to March Madness," Professor Healy's announcement read.

"Go celebrate. I'll figure it out."

Damn right you will Healy, damn right you will. 

The No. 11 Duquesne Dukes pulled off the first upset of the NCAA Tournament yesterday after they defeated No. 6 BYU 71-67. It was the first tournament win for the school since 1969. The win gave head coach Keith Dambrot at least one more game to coach after he announced he'd be retiring at the end of the season. Dambrot was also LeBron James' high school basketball coach, with LeBron tweeting him congratulations last night as well.

HISTORIC WIN FOR DUQUESNE MEN'S BASKETBALL

Throughout today, students were still celebrating and having pep rallies as they all joined in unison to root for their classmates and team.

That is, of course, those who weren't stuck in classes because they didn't have a teacher like Professor Healy.

We'll see if Duquesne can do it again when they play No. 3 Illinois tomorrow night in the second round.