Listen, kids, I know you're in college. It's a fun time in your life, a unique time. There are experiences you'll have and memories you'll keep that you will never be able to replicate. It's a time to be wild and free -- to an extent -- without repercussions -- to an extent. You may be tempted to exaggerate and overdue some things, but be careful. There is something to be said for too much of a good thing.

Seriously now, kids, to you everything is the biggest thing ever. C'mon, let's think about it now: If your school wins a basketball game big enough for you to feel the need to storm the court at the sound of the final buzzer, doesn't that define it as the Biggest Win of the Year? And if so, how do you justify the next big win as big enough to supplant the previous Biggest Win of the Year?

As some have discussed, it's getting out of hand. Too many groups of fans are deciding to rush the court just because their team beats a slightly higher ranked team, or comes away with a key victory against a conference opponent. It's weakening the meaning of the action, making it as grating as a Vanessa Carlton single on Top 40 radio. It happened on Wednesday when Seton Hall beat Notre Dame at the Meadowlands -- and the pitiful thing about that was there were so few students there, the group couldn't fill up half the court. They beat the No. 10 team and, frankly, it wasn't that big a deal. But it wasn't the most ridiculous of the night, since Virginia Tech fans saw that a win over No. 17 Connecticut also warranted a postgame mosh pit on the hardwood.

Kentucky fans rushed the court on Monday when the Wildcats crushed No. 1 Florida and that may be justified. They were the No. 1 team, after all. Syracuse fans ran onto the Carrier Dome floor back on Feb. 1 because the Orangemen eeked out a win against second-ranked Pittsburgh. And today, the Leprechaun Legion, the Irish faithful, poured onto the court in a wave of green after ND came away with a 66-64 victory over now No. 4 Pitt. It was a tight, tense game in which Notre Dame erased a 10-point Panthers lead in the second half to remain undefeated at home, but I don't think it supported the storming of the court. As someone said recently in regards to this recent flood of emotion at arenas across the country, "Act like you've been there before." You know, act like you expected to win.

1) If your team is ranked, don't move. If there are enough sportswriters and coaches in the country who think you're good enough to be in the 78th percentile, you should be able to beat another ranked team. Otherwise, you'll find your school in the "Others receiving votes" category come Monday.

2) Just because there are TV cameras broadcasting the game around the country doesn't mean you have to be an idiot. And unless your team has a little number 1 next to it in the scoreline, or if you are at the top of the conference standings, don't be holding up that single index finger and shouting at the camera as it pans across you. A team with an 11-9 record that is 3-4 in the conference is, nor will it likely be this season, No. 1.

OK, you know, I do have more ideas, but I need to get to bed. Like, now.