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Originally posted by TriggerMN
Excellent job by Tim Higgins, John Clougherty, and Bob Donato tonight!! The intentional foul call by Donato was especially good, with about 8 minutes to go.
100% correct on the call at the end of the game. Clock hits 0:00, ball is released, red light comes on, in that order. Basket was ruled good.
The announcing crew, Sean McDonough, Bill Raftery, and Jay Bilas seemed to have some trouble in realizing how the clock could be at 0:00 before the red light came on, and wondered why they weren't "in sync." Here's why:
Let's say a clock goes from 2.0 seconds to 1.9 seconds. We can see that. However, if said clock does not have tenths visible, the "full second" part of the clock will still say "1" at 1.9 seconds. Same situation here. The "tenths" digit will read "0" when there are still nine one-hundreths of a second remaining. Now, I think there's either 24 or 36 frames per second on film. When you slow it down frame-by-frame, this means there will be 3 or 4 frames AFTER the game clock reads zero, but BEFORE the red light comes on.
It took a long time, but they flat out nailed it.
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How can you say that? At first, they called the shot off because the ball was in his hand and the clock showed 00:0
Then, they changed their call because the light hadn't gone on or the buzzer hadn't gone off. There were many calls in the game like that which upset both coaches and left the players confused. Although it was an exciting game, I believe if you talked to them after the game, they would not consider it one of their better efforts. These guys are the "topdogs" in this profession, they make between 80 and 100 grand a season. You were watching a great crew in the twilight of their careers.