Saw that St. Mary's fans stormed the court last night after beating Gonzaga. Zags are an unranked team, SMC was favored by 5 and had a 15-2 record coming into the game.
Having been a part of a couple storms myself, I'd be a hypocrite to say that storming ought to stop. But in that circumstance, storming the court seems ridiculous. I understand it's a rivalry game, but to me a storm is never acceptable if the team you beat is (1) anything less than a Top 10 ranked team and (2) the home team is a significant underdog in the game. This would be like SJU(PA) storming the court a couple years ago when they were a better team and beat us in the first season at Hagan Arena (which they didn't do).
Having been a part of a couple storms myself, I'd be a hypocrite to say that storming ought to stop. But in that circumstance, storming the court seems ridiculous. I understand it's a rivalry game, but to me a storm is never acceptable if the team you beat is (1) anything less than a Top 10 ranked team and (2) the home team is a significant underdog in the game. This would be like SJU(PA) storming the court a couple years ago when they were a better team and beat us in the first season at Hagan Arena (which they didn't do).
