Katz Corner on ESPNU ... Rushing The Court

[tower912]

During my 4 years, I would have liked a win big enough to rush the floor.    Curse you, ND/UNC/Majerus/Dukiet

[klyrish]

+1

Also, after beating Pitt the impromptu "block party" on 16th and Wells with keg stands with Public Safety officers cheering us on with "Streets Have no Name" blaring was quite a fun time to be a freshman.

Hell yes.

I'm so grateful to have been able to experience that firsthand my freshman year.

[StillAWarrior]

Was on the court that day as well....

Me three.

[Benny B]

Not sure how big of a crowd it was as the student section alotted wasnt that large near the floor, but I distinctly remember being kicked off the metrodome floor by security. 

Then again, Perhaps it was the Pitt game?

Frankly, that whole weekend is a blur to me.... the only assurance I have of being at that game is that blue ticket I have in my "stub mug" (keepsake ticket stubs from over the years)

[mugrad2006]

Frankly, that whole weekend is a blur to me.... the only assurance I have of being at that game is that blue ticket I have in my "stub mug" (keepsake ticket stubs from over the years)

Hah, makes total sense.  The best non-basketball moment of that weekend were the guys sitting near me in the student section that somehow smuggled in vodka and captain morgan in 2 liter pepsi bottles and passed them around.  I still have no idea how they got those past the security guards...

[dgies9156]

Rushing the court is bush league!!!!

Call me back when we storm Wisconsin Avenue!

Or when 10,000 of us end up at Mitchell Field later in the evening.

For the record, we did both on a stormy night in late March 1977!

[MarsupialMadness]

We beat #2 UConn in 06 in the first BEast game in MU history but we were not allowed to rush the court... barracades and security and stuff.  this was right around the "don't tase me, bro" era so none of us were thinking of pressing the issue.

Then again some feel rushing the court should only be done when you upset #1.

[Tugg Speedman]

Has MU rushed the court in the Buzz era?

If we beat Syracuse would that generate a court rush?

Or, are we now good enough that no win would get us to rush the court?  Rushing the court is what second rate teams do when they beat someone of significance.  We the someone of significance so we get rushed upon, so we don't rush when we win.  (they don't rush the court at Duke when they win, but they do at Miami).

[KenoshaWarrior]

I don't recall rushing the court after Kentucky in 2003.... however, the amount of alcohol consumed that night in Minneapolis may very well have wiped away that memory.

It was after the Pitt game

[Windyplayer]

We beat #2 UConn in 06 in the first BEast game in MU history but we were not allowed to rush the court... barracades and security and stuff.  this was right around the "don't tase me, bro" era so none of us were thinking of pressing the issue.

Then again some feel rushing the court should only be done when you upset #1.

That game was amazing. I'll never forget Novak's performance. Though, in all honesty, the court-rush would have been underwhelming since the game was over holiday break.

[Henry Sugar]

I rushed the court at the Mecca. After beating South Florida. To go to the semi-finals of the NIT.

It was awesome, but thank God the program is better than that these days.

[MUfan12]

I rushed the court at the Mecca. After beating South Florida. To go to the semi-finals of the NIT.

It was awesome, but thank God the program is better than that these days.

One of my favorite MU games ever. The old barn absolutely rocked that night. Would love to watch that game again, and see Hutch bury that 3 from the wing in OT.