Above is a video delineating an epidemic that has spread throughout college basketball venues across the country.  Yes, in case you were wondering, that is the site of the United Spirit Arena where a Bobby Knight coached Texas Tech team beat then 6th ranked Texas A&M.  Imagine that, the student body at a 20-win team coached by Bobby Knight  storms the floor following a win over a school whose football team routinely posts more wins than their basketball team.  Which brings me to last night.         

Wednesday night in Bloomington, the unranked Indiana Hoosiers upset the 2nd ranked Wisconsin Badgers 71-66.  Wisconsin came into the game with just 1 loss on the year; they were 21-1 overall and 7-0 in Big 10 play.  Despite being unranked - and not up to Indiana standards - the Hoosiers were a forgiving 15-5 overall and 5-2 in Big 10 play.  

Granted Wisconsin held the country’s longest winning streak entering the game at 17 wins in a row - but honestly Bloomington, what are your students doing swarming the court following a win over Wisconsin? 

Take a step back and think about this for a minute.  Indiana is a traditional basketball power with a grand total of 5 national titles, 3rd most of any school in the country.  When you think Indiana – you think Bob Knight, Isiah Thomas, Hoosiers - you think basketball super-power.  But Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, who are they?  They’ve won what, a title before color TV?

I’ve decided that there are two issues at play here.  First, the student bodies clearly don’t have a concept of what a big win truly is.  Secondly, the act of rushing the floor has become far too commonplace.  For that reason, I have come up with the first set of Rules to Floor Storming.        

From now on, student bodies may only storm the court following a win under 1 (or more) of the following conditions:

1. Your school just beat the #1 team in the country [in either or both poll(s)]
2. Your school has a losing record and you beat your top-20 ranked rival
3. The 10/10 rule – your team hasn’t been to the tournament in at least 10 years and you beat a top 10 school 

May we bring an end to this madness.  Thank you.

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