College Basketball Court Storming Etiquette

We all love storming the court and fondly remember the days that we stormed it ourselves.

In the past few years, many "important" coaches (Bill Self and Coach K) have spoken out against the practice and say it has no place in sports.

After the above storming, Coach K spoke out about the dangers of court storming and how preposterous the act is (Notice how quickly the security guards in yellow cordoned off the Duke bench and Coach K).  Bill Self, as well as one of his players, was targeted by a fan. But this is the exception, not the rule.

Anyone who claims that court storming is caused by the positive media attention afforded to it, or just by a desire to get on TV, has not participated in a court storming in the last 10 years.  It is a genuine celebration of joy between students and STUDENT-athletes.  

Anyway, enough of my soapbox - here are Wiz's rules of court storming:

• Never storm if you are favored
• Never storm if you are ranked
• Opponent is top 5
• Opponent is primary rival AND top 10

Pretty simple - pretty straightforward, but effective. 

Under these rules K State rushing against Kansas was a valid court storm, Maryland rushing against Wisconsin was not.