With last night's court storming Indiana has been passed by Louisville IMO in the Blue Bloods group

[Alsacs]

I don't have a problem with students storming the court generally when your a program that doesn't expect to win, but when your Indiana and you were a 1 seed last year and are a supposed blue blood of college basketball that can't happen. In 2011-2012 when Indiana was in a flux and had struggled for a few years post-Kelvin Sampson and upset #1 Kentucky literally at the buzzer that was an acceptable court storming as it was the program's resurgence back to being a national player in college basketball, but court storming against #3 Wisconsin who as a program is supposed to be below you is shameful and knocks them out of Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, UCLA club IMO.

I know Syracuse has had embarrassing court stormings like in 2005 when some knuckleheads stormed the court when we beat a 20 something ranked West Virginia team, and even some acceptable court stormings like 2006 Sr. Day versus Georgetown or 2003 against Pittsburgh. However, I don't remember any court stormings since 2006 for Syracuse. The worst court storming I can think of was in 2004 when a higher ranked Boston College team beat Syracuse and the BC Superfans stormed the court beating Syracuse when they were favored.

 

[thebigeast44]

I disagree on this one. They beat an undefeated team that had beaten them 12 straight times. I'm fine with a court storming under those circumstances regardless of Indiana's history as a program.

 

[im4cuse]

I don't have a problem with students storming the court generally when your a program that doesn't expect to win, but when your Indiana and you were a 1 seed last year and are a supposed blue blood of college basketball that can't happen. In 2011-2012 when Indiana was in a flux and had struggled for a few years post-Kelvin Sampson and upset #1 Kentucky literally at the buzzer that was an acceptable court storming as it was the program's resurgence back to being a national player in college basketball, but court storming against #3 Wisconsin who as a program is supposed to be below you is shameful and knocks them out of Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, UCLA club IMO.

I know Syracuse has had embarrassing court stormings like in 2005 when some knuckleheads stormed the court when we beat a 20 something ranked West Virginia team, and even some acceptable court stormings like 2006 Sr. Day versus Georgetown or 2003 against Pittsburgh. However, I don't remember any court stormings since 2006 for Syracuse. The worst court storming I can think of was in 2004 when a higher ranked Boston College team beat Syracuse and the BC Superfans stormed the court beating Syracuse when they were favored.

Not only that, it was a pretty lame "storm", as if many realized "hey we're Indiana, we're not supposed to do this". On the other hand, Crean has probably commissioned rings for all the players to note this great achievement, so he's probably cool with it.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Indiana college seniors were ten when they last went to the final four and not even born for their last title.

 

[JarHeadJim]

I wonder if Indiana players are going to get rings for beating Wisconson!!

 

[JarHeadJim]

 

[CorduroyG]

i usually dont have a problem with court stormings. i had a problem with that one. its WISCONSIN!!!

 

[Alsacs]

I disagree on this one. They beat an undefeated team that had beaten them 12 straight times. I'm fine with a court storming under those circumstances regardless of Indiana's history as a program.

Undefeated is irrelevant if Syracuse went to down to Chapel Hill and lost to North Carolina while being undefeated the UNC fans would not storm the court. Even if they are the underdog the program is expected to beat elite teams. Wisconsin winning 12 in a row is more of indictment on Indiana more than anything else. If your a blue blood program that is bush league. I kept giving Indiana the respect of its past 5 NCAA titles but these court stormings are bush league for elite programs I believe. We can agree to disagree though.

 

[thebigeast44]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/college-basketball-storm-court/

 

[thebigeast44]

Undefeated is irrelevant if Syracuse went to down to Chapel Hill and lost to North Carolina while being undefeated the UNC fans would not storm the court. Even if they are the underdog the program is expected to beat elite teams. Wisconsin winning 12 in a row is more of indictment on Indiana more than anything else. If your a blue blood program that is bush league. I kept giving Indiana the respect of its past 5 NCAA titles but these court stormings are bush league for elite programs I believe. We can agree to disagree though.

After we beat North Carolina 12 times in a row and we finally let them win one at home, I'll be fine with it when their fans storm the court that night

 

[omniorange]

I don't have a problem with students storming the court generally when your a program that doesn't expect to win, but when your Indiana and you were a 1 seed last year and are a supposed blue blood of college basketball that can't happen. In 2011-2012 when Indiana was in a flux and had struggled for a few years post-Kelvin Sampson and upset #1 Kentucky literally at the buzzer that was an acceptable court storming as it was the program's resurgence back to being a national player in college basketball, but court storming against #3 Wisconsin who as a program is supposed to be below you is shameful and knocks them out of Duke, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, UCLA club IMO.

I know Syracuse has had embarrassing court stormings like in 2005 when some knuckleheads stormed the court when we beat a 20 something ranked West Virginia team, and even some acceptable court stormings like 2006 Sr. Day versus Georgetown or 2003 against Pittsburgh. However, I don't remember any court stormings since 2006 for Syracuse. The worst court storming I can think of was in 2004 when a higher ranked Boston College team beat Syracuse and the BC Superfans stormed the court beating Syracuse when they were favored.

Honestly, tying "blue blood" or "elite" status to fan behavior is pointless. If that were the standard, we'd never have a shot at either.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[Col. Bleep]

Honestly, tying "blue blood" or "elite" status to fan behavior is pointless. If that were the standard, we'd never have a shot at either.

Cheers,
Neil

Unfortuantely, you're right.
At this point we should start behaving like an elite program and expect to beat top teams.
Sadly, we don't.
In my view, the only times Orange fans should storm the court are:

1. When we win the national championship.
2. MAYBE when we pull a comeback for the ages or win a truly exceptional game (like the 6OT game or the '06 BE Tourney game against G-town).
3. MAYBE whenever we beat G-town (assuming the AD's gets off the dime and schedule the games). That's a "maybe" because the best thing might be jus to wave goodbye and ignore those pathetic scoundrels.

 

[Alsacs]

Honestly, tying "blue blood" or "elite" status to fan behavior is pointless. If that were the standard, we'd never have a shot at either.

Cheers,
Neil

I don't think Syracuse is a top 5 level blue blood program like Indiana is perceived to be. I think we are a top 10ish all-time program, but until we win more National Championships our fanbase will continue to storm the court when its appropriate. If Syracuse had 5 NCAA titles and was a 1 seed the previous year and then beat #3 NC State at the Dome I would call out our fans for acting small-time.

 

[CuseIsInTheHouse]

Why do people get so bent out of shape about a decision made by a group of (drunk) college students that are just looking to have a good time? People put way too much thought into this. You go to college to get an education and make memories. If storming the court is something you want to do, enjoy yourself as long as no one gets hurt. If you think storming the court is beneath your program, don't participate.

 

[mike32768]

Nope, not a fan of court storming.

 

[Cusefan0307]

2007 we stormed the court against Georgetown. 2003 against Pitt. Pretty sure the reason people stormed the court in 2005 was to celebrate Jim Boeheims 700th win. I was at all those games. The 2007 court storming was embarrassing, but it was our first of two straight NIT year.

 

[Alsacs]

Why do people get so bent out of shape about a decision made by a group of (drunk) college students that are just looking to have a good time? People put way too much thought into this. You go to college to get an education and make memories. If storming the court is something you want to do, enjoy yourself as long as no one gets hurt. If you think storming the court is beneath your program, don't participate.

Then you get knuckleheads who want to storm the court when you come back against Manhattan in a game that never should be close with in the first place. In 2006. Syracuse played Manhattan early in the season and fell behind really late in the game that it took Manhattan missing multiple FTs for Syracuse to comeback and win either late in regulation or OT I forget which. However, I was in the front row of the student section with 4 or 5 of my friends. Several students wanted to storm the court after beating MANHATTAN because it was a cool comeback that SHOULD have never happened. My 5 friends and I YELLED NO we aren't storming and blocked the students that wanted to.

I am okay with court-storming if its a true legitimate upset and your not an elite program. However, I like to think we as a program expect to win at home and don't make our legacy look smalltime. If Northwestern beat #3 Wisconsin storm the court, if Penn State beat #3 Wisconsin storm the court. Though, when your Indiana and you want to be a blue program along the lines of Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky then act the freaking part. Kansas State beats highly ranked teams at the Octagon of Doom and they don't storm the court. They have beaten #1 Texas in 2010, #6 Oklahoma State 2013 and many other ranked teams, but they act like they have been their before and expect the wins.

 

[Alsacs]

2007 we stormed the court against Georgetown. 2003 against Pitt. Pretty sure the reason people stormed the court in 2005 was to celebrate Jim Boeheims 700th win. I was at all those games. The 2007 court storming was embarrassing, but it was our second straight NIT year.

Sadly I got sucked into that 2007 one even though I didn't want to storm. It was really done to say what we thought was ticket punching win against Georgetown and a goodbye to Terrence Roberts, Mookie Watkins, Demetrius Nichols.



Even more embarrassing is I still see myself on this video. I won't identify myself though.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Hah, thank god I am not.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Why do people get so bent out of shape about a decision made by a group of (drunk) college students that are just looking to have a good time? People put way too much thought into this. You go to college to get an education and make memories. If storming the court is something you want to do, enjoy yourself as long as no one gets hurt. If you think storming the court is beneath your program, don't participate.

This is where I stand.
By the logic presented here we never should have rushed the court vs pitt in 2003. I say . I was there and it was awesome. All three times.

 

[orangedave]

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/01/college-basketball-storm-court/

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Honestly, tying "blue blood" or "elite" status to fan behavior is pointless. If that were the standard, we'd never have a shot at either.

Cheers,
Neil
omniorange, Today at 1:25 PM Report

Why do people get so bent out of shape about a decision made by a group of (drunk) college students that are just looking to have a good time? People put way too much thought into this. You go to college to get an education and make memories. If storming the court is something you want to do, enjoy yourself as long as no one gets hurt. If you think storming the court is beneath your program, don't participate.
CuseIsInTheHouse, 52 minutes ago Report

I copied and pasted these comments and the USAToday link because they express my feelings better than I probably can.
I've never understood why people think there should be rules and guidelines for court storming. Let the kids enjoy themselves - why should you be embarrassed because they do. Save that for students who behave like thugs and d-bags.
We ask the students to be pumped up, involved, loud, boisterous and generally act like crazy college kids but then tell them to tone it down when they want to celebrate at the end.

 

[Alsacs]

This is where I stand.
By the logic presented here we never should have rushed the court vs pitt in 2003. I say . I was there and it was awesome. All three times.

In 2003, Syracuse had 0 NCs and hasn't been to a Final Four since 1996 and only had 2 more previously. We weren't as established then where we are now. If in 2003, Syracuse had 4 NCs and had a good history then I would called out that court storming in 2003.

 

[OttosBestFriend]

2007 we stormed the court against Georgetown. 2003 against Pitt. Pretty sure the reason people stormed the court in 2005 was to celebrate Jim Boeheims 700th win. I was at all those games. The 2007 court storming was embarrassing, but it was our first of two straight NIT year.

We also stormed the court in 1994 after beating Kentucky.

I was part of it and loved every second of it.

Box Score: http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Games/19940212Syracuse.html

 

[moqui]

you've got a pretty complex set of rules, regulations and exceptions. You should write and publish The Metaphysics and Alchemy of Proper Court Storming Etiquette.

 

[AZOrange]

This is where I stand. By the logic presented here we never should have rushed the court vs pitt in 2003. I say . I was there and it was awesome. All three times.

Me too...me too. COLLEGE!