WATCH: Northwestern fans, players react in bedlam after clinching first NCAA bid

Northwestern earned an at-large bid on Sunday, its first in program history

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Northwestern earned its first NCAA Tournament berth Sunday, picked as the 8-seed in the West Region. When the Wildcats heard their name called on the CBS Sports Selection Show, fans and players went absolutely insane with excitement at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois.

You did it, fam. Northwestern going dancing. pic.twitter.com/vDIo4XlXlo

— Michele Steele (@ESPNMichele) March 12, 2017

That is the look of pure jubilation, 78 years in the making! Even Northwestern superfan (and mother to Wildcats player Charlie Hall) weighed in with an epic Seinfield GIF on twitter.

We're going to the dance, boys! @NUMensBball making history! #proud #B1GCats #poundtherock #NCAA @marchmadness pic.twitter.com/TpuoqtvxRV

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) March 12, 2017

The Wildcats will face No. 9 seed Vanderbilt on Thursday in Salt Lake City.