Duke's Scheyer Details Concerns After Court Storm

Now, the buzzer-beater led to a wild court storm by North Carolina fans, and justifiably so. It's an appropriate reaction to a win in that fashion, especially at home in the best rivalry in all of college basketball.

There were actually two storms by UNC fans. The court was stormed after Trimble hit the game-winner as the buzzer sounded out loud. The officials then elected to put 0.4 seconds back on the game clock, so the court had to be cleared just for it to be taken over quickly after.

Storming the court in a win like that is valid until the opposing team is put in a dangerous position. That's what Jon Scheyer felt occurred while the Tar Heel faithful ran onto the floor.

Scheyer opened his press conference after the loss detailing how his staffers were hit in the face.

"It's hard to talk about the game when I was most concerned for the safety of our players," Scheyer said in his press conference. "I don't want to make it about that, but... I got staff members that got punched in the face... That's not what this game is about. That was a scary ending."

UNC Athletic Director Makes Statement After Court Storm

University of North Carolina Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham also made a statement after the game, relaying his priority for safety and sending an apology to Scheyer and the rest of the Duke team.

“Rivalry games are tremendous," Cunningham said. "Court storming, absolutely fabulous. And it’s really tough, and I feel for our event staff. When they rushed the court, a number of people got knocked over, but then we had to clear the court again. And so when we normally have something like just rushing the court, and the game is over, we do have a line by the benches to get people out safely. So again, I apologize to Coach, his family, obviously if somebody got injured that’s just really, really disappointing. But, we’ll do the best we can to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Court storming has been a hot topic of debate in college basketball over the last few years, and this incident could bring up conversations even more.

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