Storming the Court?

[therealUT]

Pretty sure regular season championships actually count in the Big 12 though.

When Maryland stormed the court, they were also celebrating the fact that they hadn't beaten Duke in like 7 tries, and won by single digits in a hotly contested game. And it's freaking MARYLAND. UNC students doing it is flat-out embarrassing by comparison. How often do you think Cameron gets stormed?

2005. Duke beat...Virginia Tech.

 

[NashVol11]

2008. Duke beat...Virginia Tech.

They didn't play VT in 2008 at home...

But if your point is that Cameron only gets stormed for halfcourt buzzer-beaters and national championships, you're agreeing with me.

 

[ukvols]

Storming the court/Rushing the field should be very sacred IMO.

A top 25 school should never rush the court with the only exception being this is your first year cracking the top 25 and you beat a conference foe/rival that is perennially ranked in the top ten or so and beats you every year. For example, even if UK is the number #1 team in the land and they beat Tennessee in football for the first time in 30 years, they've earned the right to rush the field. Basketball teams like Carolina, Duke, UK, KU, UCLA, UCONN or Syracuse would have to suffer for at least 15 years before rushing the court would be deemed acceptable in my opinion.

Football teams like USC, OU, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Ohio State, even Tennessee would be in the same 15 years of suffering boat. Had Ohio State beat Arkansas in the Horseshoe, I might grant an exception since they suck so bad against the SEC. Notre Dame is getting close to earning the right back to rush the field, but even with all their suffering I just can't see them doing it. They're freaking Notre Dame.

As I said in the other thread, rushing the court is for beating a team you have no prayer against. Winning a conference title when you were picked in the bottom half of the league. If you were picked third and you win the conference, you haven't really shocked the world. But say a team like Butler had beaten Duke last year in the championship game, I think letting their fans storm the court would have been justified. That would have been wild. And I say that as a Duke fan.

If Duke had rushed the court on Senior night after their blowout win over Carolina last year, I would have been appalled. There's just no justification imo for top teams to need to celebrate like that.

I understand your entire point, but LOL at "earned." Basically, teams "earn" the opportunity to storm by consistently losing over an extended period. It just sounds funny when it's put that way.

 

[therealUT]

They didn't play VT in 2008 at home...

But if your point is that Cameron only gets stormed for halfcourt buzzer-beaters and national championships, you're agreeing with me.

Sorry. 2005. So, Duke can storm the court as long as it is on a buzzer beater to beat a team that goes on to finish with a losing record, but UNC cannot storm the court when they beat their #4 ranked rival to clinch the ACC title?

Good to know.

Also, I am curious, when was the last time Duke won a national championship game played inside Cameron Indoor Stadium?

 

[NashVol11]

Sorry. 2005. So, Duke can storm the court as long as it is on a buzzer beater to beat a team that goes on to finish with a losing record, but UNC cannot storm the court when they beat their #4 ranker rival to clinch the ACC title?

Good to know.

Also, I am curious, when was the last time Duke won a national championship game played inside Cameron Indoor Stadium?

It makes sense for everyone to run around screaming if it's an immediate rush of excitement (like a halfcourt shot to win the game). UNC just made themselves look like a mid-major, and all they clinched was a tournament seeding.

They show the national championship game (when they're in it, obviously) on the screens in Cameron. The campus, not the championship venue, is what really goes crazy after games like that.

 

[therealUT]

yeah, ESPN keeps saying that, but they didn't anything other than a game. The ACC is only decided via the tournament. We'll see how round 3 goes if both teams make it to the championship game..

just like an Oregon fan to not pay attention to anything. The ACC doesn't recognize a regular season champion. No one has won a conference championship yet in the ACC.

Pretty sure regular season championships actually count in the Big 12 though.

When Maryland stormed the court, they were also celebrating the fact that they hadn't beaten Duke in like 7 tries, and won by single digits in a hotly contested game. And it's freaking MARYLAND. UNC students doing it is flat-out embarrassing by comparison. How often do you think Cameron gets stormed?

It makes sense for everyone to run around screaming if it's an immediate rush of excitement (like a halfcourt shot to win the game). UNC just made themselves look like a mid-major, and all they clinched was a tournament seeding.

They show the national championship game (when they're in it, obviously) on the screens in Cameron. The campus, not the championship venue, is what really goes crazy after games like that.

You two should let Roy Williams know that ACC Regular Season Championships don't count and that it's all about the ACC Tournament. He seems to be confused:

Minutes pick: Duke, which will play to win. Its chief rival might not. Roy Williams' disdain for this event is well-known and was on full display Saturday night after the Heels' defeat of the Blue Devils. He referred to the ACC tourney as a "cocktail party" before muzzling himself.

The Minutes

 

[GAVol]

People that get worked up about somebody else storming a court generally are just mad because they don't have anything to storm a court about.