ISU getting lots of love on KC radio

**cyclones500** · 01-31-2012, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by Cyhart

No. Not with Mr Gillespie at the helm.
Lon will have Oklahoma back at some point too.
Big 12 is going to become even more of a meat grinder than it already is.

Agree.

ISU seems on the cusp of even better days to come, but if there's no major coaching turnover, Big 12 looks brutal for the future (remember, too, West Virginia comes aboard as well).

As long as Hoiberg brings the program upward the way it appears, it'll still be tough, but overall a good thing. This league could become an annual powerhouse nearly top-to-bottom.

**Rhoadhoused** · 01-31-2012, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by jdoggivjc

Do you see Kansas fans rushing the court? Kentucky fans? What would you think of them if they did? Dooshy.

I'm not saying we're at that level. I'm saying if we ever even approach that level (like we did a decade ago) I would hope our fans would stay off the court, much like they did a decade ago when we expected to win games.

1 Duke rushed against unranked Virginia Tech in 2005.
Kansas hasn't rushed a home game since the late 70s, but they rushed an empty court at Phog after the 2008 championship and they rushed a neutral court in Las Vegas against #1 Florida in 2006 while ranked #12.
13 UNC rushed against #4 Duke last year.
Unranked UConn rushed against #1 Texas in 2010.
As for the "above rushing the court schools" you didn't mention:
Unranked Indiana against #1 Kentucky this year.
Unranked UCLA against unranked Washington in 2010.
Unranked Michigan State against #1 Wisconsin in 2007.
Unranked Syracuse against #9 Georgetown.
Kentucky is the only blue blood without a recent full-fledged court storm. Of course, they're also the only one on the list that doesn't have significant student seating anywhere near the floor. (imagine the blue hairs using their canes and walkers to rush) But even that didn't stop a few students from rushing when they beat Vanderbilt in 2008.
There aren't schools that don't rush the court. Some do it less than others, but every blue blood or near blue blood program had rushed (or partially rushed) in the last decade. The elitist mentality isn't rooted in any sort of fact.
They're 18-22 and usually drunk. They're excited. Nobody gets hurt (and arena security is always there to protect the opposing team). Be happy you rushed. It means you got a huge win and that your students actually care.

Copy/pasted from a IU fan from a reddit thread about ISU beating KU.
http://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBaske...ansas_at_home/

Everybody storms the court, even #1 Duke, except Kentucky because their students aren't close enough to the court.

**Wesley** · 01-31-2012, 12:22 AM

Rushing the court made for good TV on Saturday. If they had just sat in their seats, I would have wondered about the students. Rushing was the right thing. Who cares about being goofballs. The gold looked great. Makes a good youtube video. After four boring years of McD, good on the students.