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The problem with court storming

I didn’t even know court storming after a woman’s game was a thing, but then I Googled “court storm woman’s ncaa basketball,” and realized it actually wasn’t a thing. I guess now I’ve seen everything. This whole string probably belongs on the women’s board.
 
Ableist court storming are so lame.

Need more inclusive ADA compliant stormings complete with "I Love MILFs" t-shirts.

And do it during the game.

 
Huskyforlife said:
The fans shouldn’t be on the court, of course. But she should probably look where she’s going, considering the circumstances.
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Why? Ohio State is a plucky mid-major. Fans are well within their rights when their team overcomes such long odds to upset the No. 1 team in the country and the best Women's player to ever lace up sneakers in the history of forever.

Wait...What?
 
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husky429 said:
She gets hit worse every game. Not much to see here. I'd have called it a flop if she was playing. I may just be a curmudgeon though.
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I am in your camp, it’s sort of unfathomable that this happened, but it took arguably the best player in the sport seeing people were rushing the court, and sprinting off the court against that flow while not looking where she was going.

Why would she do that? Why run instead of walking/jogging slower with the rest of her team? And seeing people on the court, why would you run while not keeping your head on a swivel?
 
Glad Caitlin is okay and it seems like she just had the wind knocked out of her and recovered quickly

But uhhhh….running into the fan, extending arms, and get sent sprawling the floor while the fan is already back up on her feet pretty much at the same time Caitlin hits the ground? And doesn’t even drop her phone? Feels like Caitlin sold the contact a little lol

Security at Memphis/Tulane was ready the second the buzzer sounded with ropes to prevent a court storm. Happened anyway
 
50cPitchers said:
block or charge?
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Charge all the way. The fan girl had clearly established position.

The best part of that was she kind of glanced over at what is arguably the best player of the game knocked on the floor and just kind of skulks away into the crowd.
 
temery said:
'only one had a right to be on the court.
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Well it was the fan girls "Home court" Clark was only a "visitor."
 
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REB1094 said:
Glad Caitlin is okay and it seems like she just had the wind knocked out of her and recovered quickly

But uhhhh….running into the fan, extending arms, and get sent sprawling the floor while the fan is already back up on her feet pretty much at the same time Caitlin hits the ground? And doesn’t even drop her phone? Feels like Caitlin sold the contact a little lol

Security at Memphis/Tulane was ready the second the buzzer sounded with ropes to prevent a court storm. Happened anyway
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Can’t under estimate the strength of a legally intoxicated college student. Did not even drop her phone. Then again athletes who play basketball for the most part have a low BMI number so this could also be purely physics.
 
GlastonTim said:
I’d have given her 2 free throws
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That would've been insane. Poor kid would've had to transfer. She'd be the Steve Bartman of her school.
 
Kembacity said:
I am in your camp, it’s sort of unfathomable that this happened, but it took arguably the best player in the sport seeing people were rushing the court, and sprinting off the court against that flow while not looking where she was going.

Why would she do that? Why run instead of walking/jogging slower with the rest of her team? And seeing people on the court, why would you run while not keeping your head on a swivel?
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This is similar to my thoughts. Why the hell is she sprinting into an oncoming crowd? That's just not sensible behavior. Walk, don't run. Isn't that what our parents taught us? Does she run through traffic too?

I don't know if she really flopped, maybe it was an instinct. She seemed surprised, as if she was not just running but also not looking at what was happening. Be aware of your surroundings. Most of the blame for this is on her.
 
HuskyHawk said:
This is similar to my thoughts. Why the hell is she sprinting into an oncoming crowd? That's just not sensible behavior. Walk, don't run. Isn't that what our parents taught us? Does she run through traffic too?

I don't know if she really flopped, maybe it was an instinct. She seemed surprised, as if she was not just running but also not looking at what was happening. Be aware of your surroundings. Most of the blame for this is on her.
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I agree with your take that she may have been surprised otherwise she would've just shrugged off the contact. An athletes body composition is so much more dense than the average fluffy phone toting fan.

On the other hand, she may have so much flopping muscle memory, that the slightest contact causes her to go limp.
 
Kembacity said:
I am in your camp, it’s sort of unfathomable that this happened, but it took arguably the best player in the sport seeing people were rushing the court, and sprinting off the court against that flow while not looking where she was going.

Why would she do that? Why run instead of walking/jogging slower with the rest of her team? And seeing people on the court, why would you run while not keeping your head on a swivel?
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Ironically, she was probably running to get off the court and out of harm's way.

Think Chris Chambliss in the 1976 ALCS.
 
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CL82 said:
I agree with your take that she may have been surprised otherwise she would've just shrugged off the contact. An athletes body composition is so much more dense than the average fluffy phone toting fan.

On the other hand, she may have so much flopping muscle memory, that the slightest contact causes her to go limp.
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if I'm that Ohio State player I need to have a conversation with that security guard
 
HuskyHawk said:
More likely she was upset at losing and knew the cameras would be on her. She was much less likely to be hurt sticking with her teammates.
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I don't pay attention too much, but that seems a bit conspiracy theory-ish. I know she is good and in the news quite a bit in Women's basketball circles, but is she that much of an attention...seeker?
 
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Husky25 said:
I don't pay attention too much, but that seems a bit conspiracy theory-ish. I know she is good and in the news quite a bit in Women's basketball circles, but is she that much of an attention...seeker?
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How do you get this from Hawk's statement. She was avoiding scrutiny after an emotional loss.
 
ctchamps said:
How do you get this from Hawk's statement. She was avoiding scrutiny after an emotional loss.
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"Super easy. Barely an inconvenience."
HuskyHawk said:
"...knew the cameras would be on her. She was much less likely to be hurt sticking with her teammates."
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As I said, I am 100% a casual women's women's basketball fan. I pretty much only follow UConn and watch primarily during the Tournament.

As he said, walk off the floor as a team and it's probably a non-issue.
 
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ctchamps said:
How do you get this from Hawk's statement. She was avoiding scrutiny after an emotional loss.
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"More likely she was upset at losing and knew the cameras would be on her. She was much less likely to be hurt sticking with her teammates."
 
temery said:
"More likely she was upset at losing and knew the cameras would be on her. She was much less likely to be hurt sticking with her teammates."
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An attention seeker would never leave a place where the cameras would find her even if she was demonstrably upset. She was avoiding the attention by leaving the bench.

Unfortunately the incident that took place because of her emotional reaction put her into the spotlight she was trying to avoid.
 
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