Iowa/Uthoff

[MerrittsMustache]

Grandkid: So grandpa, tell me what college basketball was like when you were in college.

Grandpa: Well, this freshman named Michael Beasley, who was drafted #2 overall in the NBA Draft after the season, blew up against Marquette in a closed door, unscored scrimmage.  As a result, Marquette dropped a seed line, and KState's bench rushed the court after their big unscored win.

Grandkid: You mean Senator Michael Beasley?!

Grandpa: Yep. That's him.

[Galway Eagle]

Grandkid:  So grandpa, tell me about what it was like to go to college  basketball games as a student

Grandpa: Well kiddo, it was great.  When Marquette beat #4 Cincinnati in 2002, I stormed the court because that was a significant win over a top 5-ranked, rival team. You can't storm the court anymore though because it got out of hand when the generation of self-entitled, everyone-gets-a-trophy millenials thought that the court should be stormed for any and all victories, people started getting hurt and court-storming was banned.

If you were at Marquette in 2002 you're technically part of the millenial generation as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

Maybe you're not as far from the "self-entitled, everyone-gets-a-trophy millenials" as you thought.  Unless you're one of them self hatin' millenials

[MerrittsMustache]

If you were at Marquette in 2002 you're technically part of the millenial generation as well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

Maybe you're not as far from the "self-entitled, everyone-gets-a-trophy millenials" as you thought.  Unless you're one of them self hatin' millenials

True. I was born in November of 1980 so I'm right on that line. I'm definitely more of a Gen X lean though 

[KenoshaWarrior]

I'm not above storming the court. Im a grown man and I was ready to storm it last year when tamu took undefeated Kentucky to double overtime and would have won if they didn't go something like 3/8 from the line in the final minute of regulation.

I just think it should be saved for truly significant upsets. The #4 team in the nation barely beating an unranked team is neither significant nor an upset.

But again I'm just some schmuck on the internet sharing his opinion.

Sometimes the best things in life are spur of the moment.  I am 100 percent positive that the Iowa State students did not plan on rushing the court after beating Iowa.  Hell they probably thought they were going to win by 15 points, and have temporary bragging rights on message boards and with coworkers.
But......... All the sudden the home team is down by 20 and left for dead, they come back, but than Iowa makes a run again and are left for dead again, than by some fluke chance they comeback again and take the lead with 8 seconds left on a floater and the crowd goes nuts,  then Iowa's best player who was killing you all game misses a 3 pointer and all the sudden you won the game.   
It was pure joy, pure spontaneous unplanned thrill.   Students got super excited and celebrated.   
NOT one of these students cared that some fans on message boards and twitter were going to say "Act like you have been there  before" or "you beat an unranked team, so calm down"      It was SPONTANEOUS.     If we were the #4 team and beat Wisconsin or ND under the same set of circumstances, I'm not sure that our 20 year old selves could contain the joy either.


If this was all planned well before the game; than yes it would have been super lame.  But judging from fan reaction it was most certainly not.   

[4everwarriors]

Kinda like pickin' up some random coed in da 'Lanche, spontaneous, hey?

[SVL4]

I say storm away.  I still regret that we didn't storm the court during our first big east game when Novak dropped 41 on Uconn.  If ever there was a legitimate time to do it.

[Benny B]

Barry Sanders said it best, people.

[BrewCity83]

Barry Sanders said it best, people.

Barry Sanders said "stay off my lawn!!"?

[We R Final Four]

...and then he said........"I quit!"

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Court storming is such an innocent act. Yall are acting like they just disrespected your mother and sister at the same time. So long as they don't go up to their opponents and rub it in their face who effing cares.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Court storming is such an innocent act. Yall are acting like they just disrespected your mother and sister at the same time. So long as they don't go up to their opponents and rub it in their face who effing cares.

I don't think anyone here is saying its not innocent. Were just judging Iowa State fans for being that excited about barely beating an unranked team. I get that they had a big comeback against their arch rival, but after the initial excitement of winning, you look at that game and you realize that you should have won by double digits and you barely escaped with a one point lead. That's not a good performance.

I think Merritts makes a good point though. The more common court storming becomes, the more likely it is to get banned, and that ruins it for everyone.

[wadesworld]

Court storming is such an innocent act. Yall are acting like they just disrespected your mother and sister at the same time. So long as they don't go up to their opponents and rub it in their face who effing cares.

This coming from a kid who takes personal offense to players who beat his dad's team and players who didn't get called for fouls in a National Championship game...

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

This coming from a kid who takes personal offense to players who beat his dad's team and players who didn't get called for fouls in a National Championship game...

Personal offense no, upset yes. The sean may comment was said tongue in cheek btw.

With the whole Iowa state thing I was more personally offended by all the constant personal attacks after, which apparently still continuing, 9 monthe later...

[wadesworld]

Personal offense no, upset yes. The sean may comment was said tongue in cheek btw.

With the whole Iowa state thing I was more personally offended by all the constant personal attacks after, which apparently still continuing, 9 monthe later...

Gotcha.  Fair enough.  Sometimes I think you make unfair personal criticisms of some players based on them beating your dad's school.  You would know better than I would as to how those players are in terms of their personalities, but sometimes I think it just comes with the territory (if you're a high major D1 player, chances are you were a pretty confident high school player).

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Gotcha.  Fair enough.  Sometimes I think you make unfair personal criticisms of some players based on them beating your dad's school.  You would know better than I would as to how those players are in terms of their personalities, but sometimes I think it just comes with the territory (if you're a high major D1 player, chances are you were a pretty confident high school player).

That's a pretty fair assessment. (though not many teams have beaten them recently) It's more the culture of the schools then the kids. I don't know wisconsin schools compare but it's the kids who were given everything in life and the parents who make snide racial remarks during games, which is why I tend to be super defensive. So maybe like a Germantown? (you would know a better comparison then me)

That being said, Jon Scheyer and Duje Dukan can still go eff off. 

[MerrittsMustache]

Court storming is such an innocent act. Yall are acting like they just disrespected your mother and sister at the same time. So long as they don't go up to their opponents and rub it in their face who effing cares.

One of my favorite memories during my years at MU was storming the court. It was an absolute blast...and it was warranted.

However, there's no need to storm the court for mundane victories, for lack of a better term. Rivalry game or not, the #4 team in the country beating an unranked, double-digit underdog at home is not a big deal. There's no reason to throw a huge celebration for simply doing what you're supposed to do. That goes back to the everyone-gets-a-trophy phenomenon.

[rocket surgeon]

Cool, never heard it referred to as a "corn" before, hey?

corn?  but i didn't have any corn