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    Buzz Williams nearly incites a Morgantown riot with celebration dance

    Having already delivered a potentially fatal blow to fading West Virginia on Friday night, Marquette coach Buzz Williams couldn't resist taking a parting shot at the Mountaineers immediately after the final buzzer.

    As John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" played over the loudspeakers at WVU Coliseum, Williams celebrated a 61-60 win by pantomiming a ballroom-style dance right in front of the student section.

    Williams' dance inspired a reaction from the student section reminiscent of what happens when a lit match is tossed on a kerosene-soaked pile of kindling. West Virginia students were so livid with the Marquette coach that they had to be held back by security as they screamed at Williams during his courtside postgame TV interview.

    "They're mad at me," Williams told ESPN's Bill Raftery. "I danced on the floor. They got mad. I was two-steppin' to this song. They got mad. That's my fault."

    Williams later offered a more sincere apology in his postgame news conference, admitting he was unprofessional yet insisting he wasn't trying to be disrespectful.

    "I was just really excited," the Texas native said. "I grew up in the country and 'Country Roads' was one of my favorite songs."

    [ Related: Marquette benches starters, rallies past West Virginia ]

    Williams' dance was probably a bit disrespectful since "Country Roads" is so synonymous with West Virginia, but it's hard to blame him for being excited after his team won a game many penciled in as a loss mere hours earlier. Marquette suspended starters Darius Johnson-Odom, Vander Blue and Junior Cadougan for the first half and key reserve Todd Mayo for the second half because of a violation of team rules, yet the Golden Eagles still erased a double-digit halftime deficit.

    If the win further validated Marquette as a potential Final Four contender, it also dimmed West Virginia's hopes of making the NCAA tournament at all.

    The Mountaineers (17-12, 7-9) now must win at home against DePaul and at surging South Florida just to finish .500 in the Big East. Even then, West Virginia will probably have to do some damage in the Big East tournament because the only truly notable wins it has this season came against Georgetown and Kansas State.

    Williams' two-step on Friday night isn't the first time he's been in the news for his dancing. Two years ago, he became a YouTube staple when he walked it out on the sideline after a nice follow slam from guard Darius Johnson-Odom against Louisville.

    Everyone got a good chuckle out of that dance. Everyone but a handful of enraged West Virginia students probably did at this one as well.

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    • SCARFACE  •  Rockford, Illinois  •  2 months ago
      half the articles on Yahoo are about people outraged or offended
      • DAVID H 2 months ago
        i'm outraged that you say that, how offensive! lol
      • Mark G 2 months ago
        As usual, I did not see anything to get upset over. Only a handful of peopled were booing. You can get that many boos for Mother Teresa!
      • LIBERTARIAN4US 2 months ago
        That is because that is all Americans, especially younger ones, do anymore is whine because their "feelings are hurt"!
    • Iwin Moa  •  2 months ago
      WV fans should be upset at how poorly their team plays. Losing to a team that sits 4 starters for half the game..........Now that is upsetting....
      • No Way 2 months ago
        or how their fans act like prisoners.
      • Connor 2 months ago
        And they through stuff at the players during the game! We are MARQUETTE!
      • Blaney 2 months ago
        They nothing but cry babies!
    • Mark  •  Seattle, Washington  •  2 months ago
      Want some cheese with that whine?
      • Jose Ramon 2 months ago
        Add crakers please
      • Brendan 2 months ago
        Don't be racist now, Jose....
      • wayne 2 months ago
        W Va. a bunch of cry babies,they got lucky in a couple of games.Every game they have lost since the season began has been due to the officiating.If you don't believe me ask their coach.
    • bs  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  2 months ago
      It's hilarious how this little dance shuffle is getting all the attention. My god, the guy shook hands with the losing team and coaches, proceeded toward his locker room with his team, was called back to the media table by an ESPN official for a post-game interview, and on his way over with a camera shoved in his face gave a simple celebration shuffle to the camera showing his pleasure after a hard fought victory. He had no idea he was near any midcourt logo or that John Denver's "Country Roads" was sacralidge in Morgantown. When he saw the OVERREACTION of the sour-grapes losing fans he offered a simple apology. That's enough! Why don't we talk how Crowder completely outplayed Jones and is poised to grab the Big East POY honors. Our how Huggins has that bearded dude handling point guard duties down the stretch!

      Quit your crying and pack your bags for the NIT and your new conference...bye bye.
      • Janet N 2 months ago
        sacralidge? really?
    • Beast  •  2 months ago
      LOL at the student in the #3 West Virginia jersey.... punches the bleachers full blast at the 47 second mark. You can hear the thud. Probably broke his hand, haha.
      • KK Slider 2 months ago
        You could hear the thud, huh? Dang dog you have good ears.
      • Conservativeleaning 2 months ago
        yeah, that is really funny......
      • Mark 2 months ago
        @kk.... yes I could hear it also. Quit trying to pick at everything.
    • TheDailyDose  •  2 months ago
      We'r a nation of weanies . . . and college students seem to be leading the charge. You win, you celebrate. You lose, you watch the winners celebrate. Coach, player, makes no difference. Grow up Wrst Virginians!
    • geno  •  2 months ago
      Don't ya know? It's not PC to celebrate a victory these days.
    • CARL  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  2 months ago
      Those were college kids? Acting like petulant 1st graders. The university must be so proud. Not to mention their parents.
    • Liberals Hate Facts  •  2 months ago
      Be mad at your team for losing. The coach didn't do anything wrong and this article is ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
    • M  •  Orange, California  •  2 months ago
      He has absolutely nothing to apologize for. Kids, kids, grow up. Life is going to get way more serious and you need to get ready for it.
    • joe  •  Milwaukee, Wisconsin  •  2 months ago
      Buzz is one of the most entertaining coaches
    • Dennis  •  Blue Ridge, Georgia  •  2 months ago
      I am glad he did the dance.....more people should do things like this.....it just shows how STUPID and CHILDISH a bunch of college kids are.....hey fools its only a game.....yall need to grow up.....there is WAY too much priority put in sports instead of education like colleges are supposed to be for......its ONLY a game
    • jean  •  Richardson, Texas  •  2 months ago
      Much ado about nothing!
    • Mad Lit  •  2 months ago
      He should have done "The Curly Shuffle".
    • CSM-H  •  Capitol Heights, Maryland  •  2 months ago
      Oh stop....the other team won, the coach did a little ditty... so what, get over it....we are all too sensitive.....
    • Frank  •  St Marys, Pennsylvania  •  2 months ago
      People have become so sensitive and childish, that a victor cannot even celebrate without jumping hoops to be politically correct. Someone simply needs to grow up and have some backbone and character about them. It is only a ball game. Not life and death.
    • We The People  •  Miami, Florida  •  2 months ago
      G O O D FOR YOU COACH We think it was a classy move. Excited and you celebrated. As these students prove, being 18,19, 20, 21 years old does not mean you have gained maturity.
    • Michael  •  2 months ago
      What a bunch of whiners.
    • Steve  •  Oakland, California  •  2 months ago
      These WV students are acting like the morons who are protesting the Koran burning. Newsflash WV idiots, there are more important things to be mad about and worth action on: curing cancer, hunger, education, war, etc. It's a stupid game and the guy was just having fun. Get over it morons!
    • wvu4ever  •  2 months ago
      think we can get off wvu fans backs.........a handful of college children complaining does not mean we are all like that, or that all wvus' fans are upset about it.....i personally enjoyed it...no big deal....i think the anger should be pointed at the media and the writer of the article....he has blown it out of porportion....this is not a story, if it is then there is a story at every college game that the home team lost...oh my 7 students get upset at college basketball game....to all those bashing wvu fans,put the blame where it goes...the writer...probably a pitt drop out......

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