I hope this isn’t true

The only time she would have been in front of the OSU bench was during the postgame handshake conga line. That section is mainly filled by fans in their 70s and 80s. I sat near there today, and heard nothing beyond the banter directed at the officials and players that is typical of any game. Perhaps it was a bit more heated today because of the officiating, the closeness of the game, and because USC definitely plays with a chip on its shoulder and exudes a certain amount of arrogance, but I heard no name-calling whatsoever.

The stairwell to her locker room is at the other end of the court. I saw Trakh talking with OSU game-management officials after the game, but didn't see any players. A USC assistant did come barging through the crowd like she owned the place about five minutes after the game, when Trakh was still courtside, and then they left the court. 

I'm suspect, especially since I've never heard of any conduct like this before. We even gave all of their seniors flowers before the game, as is customary to opposing seniors on our senior day. 

I’m going to let it rest for the night before I say anything further. Other than this.

What USC chooses to do in the next 24 hours will define whether they believe the allegations in Minyon Moore’s twitter posts are valid.

And who should apologize to whom. 

Whether we believe it to be true or not is unimportant. I'm sure all of us here would be appalled if it did happen and agree that the allegation needs to be investigated and addressed. None of us want visiting athletes to be treated that way. OSU is better than that; its fans are better than that. So lets let the University investigate and deal with it.

But if it did and it involves students, their butts need to appear before the Student Conduct Committee and their behavior corrected.

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Not all OSU “fans” are better than that. I’ve heard it at football games, basketball games....and intramural games. If you folks haven’t, you are blessed. It only takes one or two s%#t heads to make a stain.

Any derogatory comment that was made was apparently directed at HER, not at any of the other players on their team, and she is the one who faked the knockdown from Marie and she is the one who shoved Kat Tudor to the ground.  So all indications are that any derogatory comment did not have a racist motivation, but was instead motivated by anger at her behavior on the court as an individual.  Even IF a racial slur was used (which I doubt), its use does not necessarily imply underlying racism by the user.  It's too simple a formula to say "he used a racial slur, therefore he's racist".  MANY people, when insulted or treated disrespectfully will return the favor with whatever insult they can use against the original offender.  For instance, suppose somebody adopts an expression of disgust and says "you are butt ugly".  MY reaction, ill-advised or not, would be to look at them and find some flaw or feature in them that they could be similarly razzed about.  For a person of color, that's an easy thing to do because of our racially charged past.  But would I actually BE racist for saying "at least I'm not a stupid ____"?  Actually, no.  I treat people with respect until I they earn my disrespect.  Race is not a factor in my relations to others.  But the other person, by treating me disrespectfully, has opened the door to being treated disrespectfully in return.

It should also be noted that Simon is a troubled person with a history of depression and suicidal thoughts.  Her obvious proclivity to violence is a reflection of this.  She was violent towards Kat Tudor, and she was apparently willing to use violence against a fan.  She is an angry and dangerous individual.  Exaggerations about what was said to her would not surprise me at all.  Blaming her treatment by others on her race could be just a convenient excuse.  Her anger of course means she wants to get back at somebody, and her outburst has done exactly that, by tarnishing the University's reputation and producing some very bad publicity.  I wouldn't be surprised if she's learned from past behavior just how well that works.

I totally agree with what you're saying. Unfortunately the reporting on the story will not give the other side and it's potential of a hoax.