Seth Davis Hoop Thoughts

[CyTwins]

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/01/19/hoop-thoughts-ncaa-power-five-autonomy

• I love the way Iowa State's pieces fit together. This team is full of versatile, skilled athletes who share the ball. The final piece is Jameel McKay, the 6-9 juco transfer who became eligible four weeks ago and had three blocks and 11 points in the big win over the Jayhawks on Saturday.
• And did you notice that Iowa State fans did not rush the court after that win? Iowa State fans, you complete me.
[h=3]Five Games I'm Psyched To See This Week[/h]* Weekend games not included
Kansas State at Iowa State, Tuesday, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Kansas State did a marvelous job coming back to beat Baylor on Saturday, but doing that at home is a lot different than pulling off a win in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones are riding high after their win over Kansas, and the Wildcats are not good enough to take them down.
Iowa State 75, Kansas State 64

 

[NATEizKING]

Rushing the court after that didn't even cross my mind as something that our students would do. Only if it was a close win could I see it.

 

[mj4cy]

If we were a bubble team and they were top 5, I can understand....but we're neck and neck with KU this year.

 

[roundball]

I kind of wished we had rushed to court so this little nancy would have whined about it.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Agree with Seth. It's time to act like we have been there before.

 

[isutrevman]

I wouldn't care if we rushed the court after every single win. Who cares what other fans think? Fans who make fun of other fans for storming the court are being petty and just looking for an ego stroke to make them feel better about their own team.

 

[MeanDean]

Let's rush the court after the KSU win just to keep in practice. Or should we wait until Tech comes to town?

 

[keepngoal]

come back from being down 17 and win? Sure, rush the court. Lead most of the game (and the entire 2nd half), don't rush the court.

Makes sense.

 

[cyowan]

I thought rushing the court would have been justified. Hosting Gameday for the first time and beating KU in that fashion? Celebrate any way you damn well please.

 

[rbrook]

Let's rush the court after the KSU win just to keep in practice. Or should we wait until Tech comes to town.

Let's wait for Tech. LOL.

 

[Cyclonesince78]

Nothing ****** off the jayhawk fans more than not rushing the court.

 

[roundball]

I wouldn't care if we rushed the court after every single win. Who cares what other fans think? Fans who make fun of other fans for storming the court are being petty and just looking for an ego stroke to make them feel better about their own team.

Exactly, who gives a flying turd what anyone thinks about court rushing. If the students want to have fun and rush the court, let them do it. Nobody cares whether some old fuddy duddy blowhard like Seth Davis will disapprove.

 

[alarson]

I would have had no problem with the court being rushed with a win, but when you lead the majority of the game (by significant margins at times) and the last 2 minutes drags on forever, that takes a lot of the energy out of the storming idea

 

[Cyclonepride]

After watching the game again, I noticed that we really controlled the game more than my nerves would have indicated.

 

[roundball]

Agree with Seth. It's time to act like we have been there before.

Eff that. There are still a good number of fans (self included) who suffered through the leanest years the program had since Johnny Orr arrived in 1980, and would have given anything to have done something worthy of rushing the court during that time. Let the kids enjoy it...who knows when/if they'll ever have the chance again.

 

[Spam]

Nothing ****** off the jayhawk fans more than not rushing the court.

I too sometimes finding myself caring a lot about what Jayhawk fans think. Hopefully with 10 years of Fred I'll stop caring about what Jayhawk fans think.

 

[2forISU]

Freddy has raised the bar on the program. We should expect to compete for BIG 12 titles.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Agree with Seth. It's time to act like we have been there before.

The thing is, we haven't really been there before very often. Kansas leads the overall series 176-61 and we've only beaten them 11 times since the big 12 started.

 

[storycy]

Remember, we are ISU. I could see us rush the court and end up injuring one of our players in the process. Let's just enjoy the wins from the stands!

 

[CyTwins]

We should storm the court after every win and just make it a tradition so we never have to debate about it again