It’s unfortunate it happened, along with all the national attention that it’s drawn.

That’s the opinion of longtime Geary County Catbacker Club member Calvin Potbert, concerning the developments that followed the Wildcats’ basketball win over KU Monday evening at Bramlage Coliseum.

Pottberg attended the game. He noted the kids and fans running on the court has happened for years. “They’re never going to be able to stop them. They don’t have enough force. ” Pottberg added he sits close to the bench of the opponent playing Kansas State. “And they put as many people in there around the ushers and that type, around the KU bench area as they could. But they were just overwhelmed with the number of fans that rushed the court.”

On the message that needs to go out Pottberg said, ” I think probably the message needs to be beating KU is not near as big a deal as it used to be, and we don’t need to rush the court. Kind of like in football when you beat somebody enough times you don’t need to tear down the goal posts. I look at it as something similar to that.  Just accept it and be happy with the win.”

Kansas State struggled for more than two decades to defeat the Jayhawks in Bramlage Coliseum, but now the Wildcats have won three of the last five played against Kansas in that building in Manhattan.