This file photo shows a handful of KU fans celebrating on the court behind former Jayhawk after KU's thrilling victory over No. 3 Texas in January 2003.

By now, most of you surely have heard the news about the Des Moines newspaper columnist who suffered a broken leg during last night’s wild Iowa State victory over Iowa, where ecstatic Cyclones fans stormed the floor to celebrate the victory.

The columnist, Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register, was injured while heading to the press room after the fourth-ranked Cyclones’ come-from-way-behind, 83-82 win over their in-state rivals.

No such danger exists for those of us who cover Kansas basketball, at least not at home. I’ve been witness to plenty of court stormings against the Jayhawks on the road, but it just does not happen at Allen Fieldhouse, no matter how big the victory is.

Of course, just because it doesn’t happen any longer does not mean it hasn’t happened. But the last time it did, KU fans were none too thrilled about the 150 or so fans who stormed the Allen Fieldhouse court to celebrate KU’s hard-fought victory over No. 3 Texas in late January of 2003.

This was the Nick Collison game, when the former KU star poured in 24 points and grabbed 23 rebounds, inspiring a standing ovation from ESPN color commentator Dick Vitale courtside.

And here are the highlights of this thrilling game. In the last 20 seconds or so of the clip, you’ll see the small group of fans who stormed the floor.

Those fans who remained in their seats — and even a few of the KU players — voiced their displeasure about the court-storming as it unfolded.

Fans chanted “Off the court, off the court,” at the students on the floor and former Jayhawk Kirk Hinrich told our own Gary Bedore in the postgame press conference that he was not pleased with the demonstration.

“I love they are excited about the way we played,” Hinrich said at the time, “and excited about basketball here, but we expected this. We expect to win.”

And here is a “Sound Off” question, published several years later in the Journal-World, that features a handful of commenters reminiscing about the court storming.

Needless to say, the idea of storming the floor after a victory is not well received around Lawrence. Even when opposing fans do it at their place, KU fans grouse about the celebratory practice.

Worth noting, however, is that there may be some crossover between those fans who complain about storming the floor and the ones who, on the rare occasion that the KU football team picks up a huge victory, rush the Memorial Stadium turf in search of the nearest goal post to tear down.

That, among KU fans, is a whole other debate.