As we enter conference tournament play and get ever closer to the NCAA Tournament, I am creating some posts to get people ready for the Big Dance, including my 2015 March Madness Guide.
Court storming (for those somehow unfamiliar with the term, it's when fans rush the court after a win) has long been a staple in college basketball and an integral part of the excitement that is March Madness. It exhibits the euphoria of March Madness and upsets. However, the act of court storming has recently come under fire after Kansas State stormed the court following an upset over rival Kansas. Kansas was unable to get off of the court due to the sea of fans, and forward Jamari Traylor was elbowed by a fan. In reaction to the event, many people, including college basketball analysts and writers, denounced the act of storming the court and thought it should be banned (although others have defended court storming, like myself). It makes sense why people would say that. Court storming is chaotic and can be dangerous. Hundreds of crazy fans run out onto the court with the players and go wild, and the opposing team can sometimes have trouble making it to their locker room. However, this is mostly an isolated incident, and rarely does anything seriously bad happen during a court storming. As long as people don't act stupidly (which can sometimes be hard to ask for) and security is present, court stormings shouldn't be a serious problem. Plus, court storming is an essential part of the excitement and entertainment of college basketball and March Madness. Even for those watching at home, just seeing a court storming adds elation. My brother always wonders whether a team will storm the court after an win, even if they are the favored team, and he loves it when they do. Court storming is as much a part of March Madness as upsets and buzzer-beaters (and those three events go hand-in-hand). Long live court storming.
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