The story behind Omahas bizarre trash can-banging celebration the sound that would spell doom for St. Johns
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If you hear the sound of a garbage can being pummeled late Thursday night at Amica Mutual Pavilion, don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the Astros stealing signs. It would, however, mean second-seeded St.John’s NCAA Tournament opener went very poorly. The Red Storm’s opponent, No.
15 Omaha, has a tradition of smacking around a trash can after wins.It will playfully hit it with chairs, dive on top of it, take a belt to it. “It’s just our thing,” junior guard Tony Osburn told WOWT6News. The odd form of celebration began on Dec.
21.The Mavericks were struggling, sitting at 4-9 overall.
Associate head coach Kyan Brown saw a dead locker room that needed a wakeup call.He kicked a nearby garbage can and let out a few choice words.
The players loved it.Brown then yelled at it.“If you’re still in here after the game, I’m gonna whip your ass again,” he said, according to ESPN. Omaha won the game.
Afterwards, the players reminded Brown that it was still in the locker room, so he went after the trash bin again.Since that day, Omaha has won 18 of 21 games, reaching the dance for the first time in program history.
After every victory, a wastebasket takes a beating. “I wanted to kind of quit after about the third or fourth one,” Brown said.“And my boss [head coach] Chris Crutchfield is awesome.
He’s like ‘We’re not superstitious, but we’re a little stitious.… We gotta keep it going.'”Fans loved it.
The school had a “Bring Your Own Can” promotion for a Feb.1 game against Denver, encouraging everyone in attendance to bring their own five-gallon or smaller trash cans into Baxter Arena.
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