Seth Greenberg lists three suggestions to limit court storming injuries

Currently, all the talk in college basketball is surrounding court storming following the incident that took place on Saturday when Duke center Kyle Filipowski was injured during Wake Forest‘s upset victory celebration. And while there are some rules in play to limit and or prevent court storms from happening, ESPN college basketball expert and former longtime head coach Seth Greenberg doesn’t believe they are doing enough, which led to him creating a list of solutions that should make everyone happy.

During the halftime of North Carolina‘s home matchup against the Miami Hurricanes, Greenberg revealed his three suggestions to prevent the Filipowski incident from happening again.

“First and foremost, you wanna court storm? That’s great; the game ends, give me one minute,” said Greenberg. “I call it the one-minute grace period. One minute to give the visiting team a chance to get off the court. Once that one minute passes, the buzzer goes off; here come students. They run to the middle of the floor, take pictures, hug, and jump up and down. Life is good.”

The suggestion is not so much Greenberg’s own invention but rather something he has seen practiced by various programs throughout the league. Instead of having the party on the court, why not allow the players to take it to the stands?

“Second thing we saw this with Kansas State [and] with Texas Tech. [The] game ends, we let the visiting team get off the court, and then instead of having 3000 people come to the center of the floor, you take your 15 players and bring them into the stands. And then they could celebrate with their fellow students.”

Greenberg saved his best for last with the ultimate penalty to force universities and athletic departments to curve court storming in their home arenas — a massive fine. Greenberg believes going 10x over the amount for first-time offenders in the SEC will unquestionably halt such celebrations in the future.

“And finally. If you’re gonna have the rule, we’re not sending anyone to jail. Sorry, Jay Bilas. It’s a $1 million fine, not $100,000. $100,000 is nothing to the SEC. $1,000,000? That gets your attention.”

To Greenberg’s point, arguably no conference has celebrated victories harder than the SEC, whether it be on the hardwood or during the college football season. And despite the conference’s rules and fines, students are still court and field storming to celebrate huge victories at home.

Before unveiling his list, Greenberg made it a point to highlight how things have changed with court storming since he was a head coach. More specifically, he called out the students and fans who are no longer prioritizing living in the moment and instead have their phones out, attempting to document the moment or become a moment on their own.