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Old Tue Jan 16, 2007, 12:44pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapper1
So why weren't the lights sync'ed-up with the clock?
I don't get that either. Apparently there is some lag time. The clock goes to 0.0, and it sends a signal to the horn and light, but sending that signal takes a split second.

In fact, that's why they changed the rule in 2004 to go by the clock rather than the light.

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Originally Posted by NCAA
The rationale is that using the reading of 0.0 when it's visible on the monitor, which indicates that the game has ended, factors out the time lag that occurs when that reading sends an impulse that triggers the mechanisms in the light and the horn.
http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/mens/story/7319659
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