Conquer Club

FRESNO STATE TOPPLES NO. 1, RIOTS
FRESNO- A scene of devastation greeted the residents of Fraternity Row near Fresno State Tuesday morning after a full-scale riot broke out in celebration of the men's basketball team's eight-round victory over national No. 1 Colorado at the Las Vegas Classic.

"It was total chaos," said senior George Villagrana, who was trampled seconds after Dwight O'Neil's winning three-point shot. "Someone stepped on my head, and I think I got raped."

While Colorado's shots bounced harmlessly off the rim, the Bulldogs took a formidable first-half lead, before nearly giving it up to poor shooting of its own. O'Neil's shot beat the buzzer, leaving no time for Colorado to capitalize on the momentum it had built.

After Watching the game in their dorms and fraternity houses, the entire student body surged onto the football field to topple the goalposts, interrupting the football team's night practice.

"Why the hell not?" said former student J.K. Lunsford, part of the thousands-strong mob that stormed through the practice, when asked why the crowd targeted the goalposts. The riot left football coach Pat Hill hospitalized with a herniated disk in his back after he was hoisted off the field like a trophy.

University officials estimated as much as 500 tons of alcoholic beverages were consumed during the night-long rampage, which left four students dead, 27 hospitalized, 122 pregnant and nearly 500 packed into the Fresno County Jail. Damage has been estimated in the billions, and University Liquor was burned to the ground after its shelves and refrigerators were cleared.