Reaching 67 points is creating a ‘6-7’ frenzy at college basketball games across the country

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) 鈥� Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk hears the popular catchphrase 鈥�6-7鈥� all the time at home, possibly more often than please and thank you.

Getting an earful of it at a women鈥檚 basketball game, well, that was new for the mother of three.

Baranczyk and the Sooners became the latest college team to when they hit 67 points in on Friday.

Hundreds of students on a field trip screamed their approval along with the ubiquitous phrase and juggled their hands up and down to mimic a video that went viral earlier this year.

Sports viewers might have seen the motion before, perhaps in six or seven .

鈥淚 did not do it because I was like, 鈥榊ep,鈥欌€� said Baranczyk, who has a son and two daughters. 鈥淚 knew it. But I鈥檓 like, 鈥楪otta give the people what they want sometimes.鈥欌€�

Raegan Beers, who finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds in the victory, raved about the OU bench reaction. Teammates, assistant coaches and staffers celebrated simultaneously in similar fashion.

Beers said teammates Payton Verhulst, who made a 3-pointer to give Oklahoma a 66-33 lead, and Zya Vann were trying to draw fouls, presumably so they could shoot free throws.

鈥淲e got so excited to do that,鈥� Beers said. 鈥淲e knew the kids were going to get excited about that. That鈥檚 the joy of this game. That鈥檚 why I love this game. Just to have that energy in the building and lean into what is trending at the moment, which is 6-7, whatever that means. It was so much fun to have that moment and let the kids enjoy it.鈥�

Dictionary.com made the viral term , and it isn鈥檛 even really a word. It鈥檚 a phrase kids and teenagers can鈥檛 stop repeating and laughing about while parents and teachers can鈥檛 make any sense of it.

The word 鈥� if you can call it that 鈥� exploded in popularity over the summer. It鈥檚 more of an inside joke with an unclear meaning, driven by social media.

Dictionary.com says its annual selection is a linguistic time capsule reflecting social trends and events. But the site admitted it too is a bit confused by 鈥�6-7.鈥�

鈥淒on鈥檛 worry, because we鈥檙e all still trying to figure out exactly what it means,鈥� the site said in its announcement last month.

How did 鈥�6-7鈥� become a thing?

It all seems to trace back to rapper Skrilla鈥檚 song from 2024 called 鈥淒oot Doot (6-7).鈥�

That song started appearing in TikTok videos with basketball players, including the NBA鈥檚 LaMelo Ball who stands 6-foot-7.

Then a boy, now known as 鈥淭he 6-7 Kid,鈥� shouted the ubiquitous phrase while another kid next to him juggled his hands in a video that went viral this year.

That鈥檚 all it took.

So what does 鈥�6-7鈥� mean? The real answer is no one knows, but it’s widely regarded as harmless. Unlike some other trends that have come and gone, there’s not believed to be an inappropriate backstory to the craze.

According to Dictionary.com, the phrase could mean 鈥渟o-so,鈥� or 鈥渕aybe this, maybe that鈥� when combined with the juggling hands gesture.

Merriam-Webster calls it a 鈥渁 nonsensical expression used especially by teens and tweens.鈥�

Regardless, it鈥檚 trending at basketball games when a team nears 67 points, and in football games when it’s time for a dance.

It happened at the women鈥檚 game earlier this week and at an Air Force-South Dakota women鈥檚 game.

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Associated Press freelance writer Tim Willert contributed to this report.

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