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Mitch Barnhart talks to the Herald-Leader about court-storming in college basketball, which is up for debate following high-profile incidents in recent weeks.
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College basketball fans have been storming courts to celebrate for at least 75 years. Kurt Kemper, a history professor at Dakota State who has written about college sports, recalls that students and cheerleaders alike took to the court at Madison Square Garden after City College won both the 1950 NIT and NCAA tournaments. Since the last week of January alone, there have been at least eight court stormings from Richmond, Virginia, to Corvallis, Oregon, and many points in between.
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Recent incidents in college basketball have underscored the potential dangers that come from jubilant fans storming the court after the game comes to an end. Duke center Kyle Filipowski and Iowa star Caitlin Clark both got caught in scary incidents recently. An Ohio State fan accidentally knocked Clark down after the Buckeyes beat the visiting Hawkeyes and last weekend Filipowski got his right knee banged up in a collision with a Wake Forest fan.