"This was going to happen eventually, but no one thought it was going to happen between New Mexico State and Utah Valley," ESPN analyst and former Virginia Tech coach said on ESPN about the player-player-fan fight last night between the two WAC schools.

Greenberg seems to be insinuating that only bigger programs can experience emotions that escalate into physical confrontation; yet, it is actually at smaller schools with less court security and lower stakes where such incidents are most likely to occur. (More reasonably, Greenberg probably meant that if you had to choose two schools to involve themselves in a post-game fight, you wouldn't choose NM State (21-9, 10-4) and Utah Valley (17-10, 11-3) because you probably didn't know they existed.)

As seen in the video, the brawl began when one of New Mexico State's players, K.C. Ross-Miller, threw the game ball at the midsection one of Utah Valley's players (Holton Hunsaker, the coach's son) after Utah Valley had just won in overtime on their home floor to take a one game lead in the conference (two left to play). It was a hard throw -- not at full strength -- and Hunsaker barely flinched at the contact. Instead, he raised his hand in guffaw and walked away.

Before Hunsaker left the scene, however, it appeared as if he said something to Ross-Miller, for the guard reacted (to something) and had to be restrained forcefully by an assistant coach near their bench. Meanwhile, a brawl was manifesting by midcourt, where fans had begun to gather. It appeared as if one New Mexico State player struck a glancing blow while another one of their players was hit (weakly) by a Utah Valley fan. No one appeared hurt nor were there any injuries reported.

More offbeat than Greeberg's quote was the statement from New Mexico State head coach Marvin Menzies after the game in which he threatened punishment to the "10th degree" if "any of my guys did anything that was out of line."

Coach Menzies, did you see Ross-Miller throw the ball at Hunasker? That was something wrong!

Again, however, I'm nit-picking coach's quotes. He was more likely referring to the larger brawl that, for now, kept anonymous the chief instigators. Still, he could have at least admitted some wrong-doing before analyzing the tape. Clearly, his team was the physical aggresors, even if Utah Valley players might have sparked that behavior in a less direct manner.