Brawl of Pure Hatred (2018)

On February 24, 2018, during the second Pure Hatred matchup in NCAA men's basketball of the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, the No. 15 West Tech Tigers defeated the No. 9 Crosley Tech Sabres 124-123 in two overtimes. After Musa Magic made the game-winning buzzer-beating three-pointer, Crosley Tech point guard John Krauss ran up to him and threw a punch that connected to Musa's jaw. Other West Tech players quickly rushed to defend Musa, who was writhing in pain on the floor as his jaw had been dislocated. Members of both teams cleared the bench and several fights began across the court. Tigers redshirt freshman Mikayel Darbinian provoked Sabres sophomore Sean Barkir who was trying to break up another fight. Barkir responded to being provoked by swinging at Darbinian and almost connecting with an uppercut. Two CTU players, Trenton Hobbs and Ben Ousmanou, rushed at an injured Musa Magic who was leaving the court. They almost both caught punches from an enraged Kiran Plaskett. The fight was eventually split up after twenty-four minutes of 'pure mayhem' as described by The WITness. The game would later be known as the Brawl of Pure Hatred II, as the second version of a similarly-named brawl that occurred in 2003.

Background
The rivalry between Crosley Tech and West Tech is known to be one of the bloodiest most hatred-filled rivalries in all of sports. While WIT is better at football, baseball, softball, and soccer, Crosley Tech is much better at basketball. The Sabres had only lost to Gonzaga, Virginia, Saint Mary's and Michigan State prior to the game. West Tech had been beaten several times, including an embarrassing 100-54 loss against Duke. They also had a 96-82 loss earlier in conference play to Crosley Tech, during which a brawl had almost erupted in that game. Musa Magaji had helped John Kruss up after a foul in that game, and apologized on behalf of his teammate. After another heinous foul, Magaji attempted to help Kruss up again, however had his hand shoved away. Magaji's teammate Mortimer Teel rushed at Kruss, however was held back by Musa. The near fight made headlines.