Fans storm court as Syracuse basketball beats No. 13 Tennessee

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Orange basketball program earned its first ranked win of the season by defeating No. 13 Tennessee by a final score of 62-60 Tuesday night. It was the first win over a ranked opponent in the non-conference since the Orange beat No. 16 Ohio State in November 2018. It was the first win over a ranked opponent since the Orange beat No. 7 North Carolina in February 2023.

Syracuse fans stormed the court as the Orange took down Tennessee. Adrian Autry, who opened his press conference thanking fans for showing up and supporting the team, said he hopes for more court-storming at Syracuse.

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“In general that’s college basketball,” Autry said. “It’s fun for our students that are a big part of it. Our community. Those things, that’s what college basketball is about. We want to have more of those.”

Court storming is something unique to college basketball that gives it a distinct identity and fervent feel, distinguishing it from other levels of basketball. It’s also become a risk for losing teams with fans physically interacting with players from opposing programs. After a court-storming at Wake Forest in 2024, a fan made contact with Duke’s Kyle Filapowski, resulting in Jon Scheyer asking for a ban on court-storming.

The ACC hasn’t banned court-storming outright, but it does have a structure in place with member schools to have proper security measures in place to ensure opposing teams can exit the court area safely. There is a fine structure in place for breaches. Other leagues have taken more severe measures. Most notably the SEC has outright banned court-storming, issuing fines of $500,000 to programs for offenses.

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As Tennessee’s Nate Ament missed one last shot at the final buzzer, security representatives at the JMA Wireless Dome formed a wall between the court storming action and the handshake line. A human security shield formed between celebrating fans and teams.

It’s obviously a celebratory moment of fun…

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Publish date : 2025-12-03 14:00:00

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