Missouri male basketball coach Dennis Gates, angered his own fans on Wednesday night when he begged them not to assault the court in the Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers were 1.5 seconds from finishing a great victory over No. 4 Alabama when Gates grabbed the microphone of the public direction.
The assault of the Court frequently occurs in university sports after large victories to discomfort, although the trick has proven to be increasingly insecure in recent years and SEC schools can be fined for doing so.
And before number 15 of Missouri he achieved a 110-98 victory over Alabama, Gates became clear to the crowd.
“Please, don't hurry on the court!” He told fans, repeating himself.
The Missouri crowd received its application with Boos, although they heard it after the final bell rang.
Missouri male basketball coach Dennis Gates, grabbed the microphone and told fans not to assault the court
Gates, previously seen in the second half, was received with boos after his request to Missouri fans
Mark Mitchell de Missouri, on the left, celebrates with Tamar Bates (2) after beating Alabama
Although it is not a new phenomenon, the assault of the Court as a problem reached the avant -garde last season due to a couple of incidents in the greatest university basketball.
In one, then, the star of Iowa, Caitlin Clark, was found by a noisy fan of the state of Ohio.
Clark fell to the floor as a result of the collision, but then said it was fine.
Later in the season, there was a similar situation with Duke Kyle Filipowski when Wake Forest laid the court after beating the Blue Devils.
After a fan collided with the big man, a limited Philipowski had to be helped out of the court, and then said that the contact of the opposite fan was “intentional.”
Vanderbilt, which is in the SEC such as Missouri and Alabama, has received a fine of $ 850,000 in the last four months due to several crimes of judicial storm (including a football game), According to ESPN.
The conference policy says that you can evaluate the fines' for any field or fever of the court that occurs when the visiting team and/or the game officials are still on the game surface. ''