by Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

Forget the personalities. College basketball has always been about the fans. And for students who eat, sleep and breathe their school’s hoops team, there’s no better way to celebrate than to participate in one of the game’s most sacred rituals: storming the court.

This season, we’ve seen this seasonal occurrence take a new, wheelchair-rolling life.

When should you rush the court? That depends. Some criteria would be beating the No. 1 team in the nation, topping your biggest rival in overtime on a last-second shot, breaking a historic streak, winning a conference tournament in a one-bid league. The list goes on and on.

A bad example of court rushing: When Maryland upset then-No. 15 North Carolina State. It wasn’t Duke, and although the Wolfpack just gave Duke its first loss the week earlier, it was forced even if it came off a buzzer-beater.

A good example of when fans should have stormed: After Arkansas beat No. 2 Florida on Tuesday, there was some social media uproar with fans asking why there was no court rush. The Southeastern Conference apparently fines the school for fans storming the court. Pity.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, it’s time to rank the season’s best court rushes. Enjoy.

Honorable mention: Manti Te’o leads the court rush after Notre Dame upsets Kentucky. Yes this really happened. Insert fake girlfriend joke here:

5. Butler gets Butler’d: La Salle gave the Bulldogs a taste of their own medicine in a 54-53 thriller and subsequently stormed the court on Jan. 23.

4. Baylor fan runs on the court mid-game: In a down-to-the-wire Big 12 matchup in which Oklahoma survived Baylor 74-71, viewers witnessed a bizarre moment when a Baylor fan ran on the court too early. With 8:41 remaining in the second half, a young child ran out on the court as Baylor’s Pierre Jackson was advancing the ball up the court. Officials immediately stopped the game. A man who looked to be the kid’s dad ran after him and brought him back to their seats.

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