Kansas coach Bill Self after chaotic Kansas State court storm: 'This has got to stop'

Kansas State fans added insult to injury after the Wildcats upset No. 8 Kansas 70-63 on Monday night, storming the court and causing chaos. 

Kansas forward Jamari Traylor was apparently targeted by a Wildcats supporter as the storm began, before Kansas head coach Bill Self found himself pinned up against the scorer's table, needing the assistance of his counterpart Bruce Weber to get off the floor. 

According to ESPN, another video shows Kansas assistant coach Kurtis Townsend - identified as the man in the suit below, in the middle of your screen - putting a fan in a headlock from behind and turning him away from a group of Kansas players. 

Self said after the game that he was concerned for the safety of his players, who didn't have a chance to leave the floor - or make it very far at all - before the court was full of Kansas State fans. 

I wasn't nervous for me. There were several students that hit our players - not saying like with fists, but when you storm the court, you run in, you bump everybody, stuff like that. This has got to stop.

Court storming is fine, but surely, you can get security to the point where player safety is not involved like it is over here. The last several times they've won, they've stormed the court on us. That’s disappointing that that happened again, but we also allowed it to happen again by not playing well.

It's a ballgame. It's not about chickenwinging somebody when the game's over, stuff like that. That's not what it's about. Hopefully they can get that corrected, because it's fine if you want to celebrate when you beat us. That's your business. That's fine. But at least it shouldn't put anybody at risk from a safety standpoint, because we're asking for big problems because somebody's going to hit a player, and a player's going to retaliate, and you're going to have lawsuits and cases. It's just not right.

There's just no place for it to be unsafe. If you do it, at least do it around center court. Don't do it at the other bench.

The same events took place last February at Bramlage Coliseum, when Kansas State upset then-No. 7 Kansas 85-82 in overtime.

Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber apologized to Self, his staff and the Kansas administration after the game for what transpired: 

I felt bad. I love the students and it is a cool thing to be part of that, but you also have to be careful of making sure no one gets hurt.

We have had some pretty good teams throughout the year and I have had it where I have got bopped and hit and stuff and it is no fun, especially when you lose. That is where emotions run high and something can happen.

I tried to protect Bill as best I could. Finally, I said, 'To heck with it,' and I started pushing people out of the way, which is sad. You want to enjoy it, but also be respectful of your opponent to make sure they get off the court safely.

Weber also acknowledged showing video of last year's upset win - and the court storm that followed - to this season's squad as motivation. 

"You can have your own special moment," he told his team. 

Kansas State and the Big 12 will look into Monday night's events: 

Unless an arrangement is agreed upon where court storming takes place only at center court, or allows for the visiting team to make its way off the court in a safe and timely manner, its days could be numbered.