Cheerleader T Almost Costs Louisville Game....

[Scrapper1]

I'm not even sure why this was a T, considering the clock showed all zeros and the article said the horn had sounded.

Even if they have to put 0.5 seconds back on the clock, how is the cheerleader's action delaying the game? The officials will have to go to the monitor to find the correct time, so how did the kid's action have any effect on the game?

[JBleach85]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I'm not even sure why this was a T, considering the clock showed all zeros and the article said the horn had sounded.

Even if they have to put 0.5 seconds back on the clock, how is the cheerleader's action delaying the game? The officials will have to go to the monitor to find the correct time, so how did the kid's action have any effect on the game?

This was a huge mistake that thankfully didn't cost Louisville the game. As for the technical foul it falls under 10.9d under Admin. Fouls, and team followers.

9d: Delaying the game be preventing the ball from being promoptly made live or by preventing continuous play...

That is the reason why it represents a T, because the male cheerleader picked up the ball and threw it in the air. As for the horn it went off after, he the male cheerleader, picked up the ball. There was about .5 left on the clock when Kuric flushed the dunked, so that is why they went to the monitor to find the correct time.

I hope that helps and clears everything up.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JBleach85

This was a huge mistake that thankfully didn't cost Louisville the game. As for the technical foul it falls under 10.9d under Admin. Fouls, and team followers.

9d: Delaying the game be preventing the ball from being promoptly made live or by preventing continuous play...

That is the reason why it represents a T, because the male cheerleader picked up the ball and threw it in the air. As for the horn it went off after, he the male cheerleader, picked up the ball. There was about .5 left on the clock when Kuric flushed the dunked, so that is why they went to the monitor to find the correct time.

I hope that helps and clears everything up.

So the ball went through the hoop, into the hands of the cheerleader who then threw it into the air. All this happened in .5 second?

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So the ball went through the hoop, into the hands of the cheerleader who then threw it into the air. All this happened in .5 second?

The clock should have stopped on the made basket...it seems to stop at .5 and then start again and runs to zero.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

The clock should have stopped on the made basket...it seems to stop at .5 and then start again and runs to zero.

Ah. Nothing like a home team timer.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Ah. Nothing like a home team timer.

The timer just signed a new 3 year deal...

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

So the ball went through the hoop, into the hands of the cheerleader who then threw it into the air. All this happened in .5 second?

IF you see it live, it makes more sense. The great thing is this cheerleader has a lot of pretty young southern ladies to help ease him through this difficult time Who is the fool now!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

IF you see it live, it makes more sense. The great thing is this cheerleader has a lot of pretty young southern ladies to help ease him through this difficult time Who is the fool now!

Maybe, but if he'd have cost Louisville that game, he'd have needed to move to Lexington or Memphis to get so much as a sniff of perfume.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by JBleach85

This was a huge mistake that thankfully didn't cost Louisville the game. As for the technical foul it falls under 10.9d under Admin. Fouls, and team followers.

9d: Delaying the game be preventing the ball from being promoptly made live or by preventing continuous play...

That is the reason why it represents a T, because the male cheerleader picked up the ball and threw it in the air.

I understand what happened and the rule reference. But read the rule again. The technical foul is for "DELAYING the game". This cheerleader did not do that. The clock had already expired and the horn had apparently sounded. So there was going to be a delay anyway, while the officials fixed the clock.

The cheerleader's actions do not fall under the rule you cited.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I understand what happened and the rule reference. But read the rule again. The technical foul is for "DELAYING the game". This cheerleader did not do that. The clock had already expired and the horn had apparently sounded. So there was going to be a delay anyway, while the officials fixed the clock.

The cheerleader's actions do not fall under the rule you cited.

That's if the article is correct in its description of the play. According to Bleach the clock stopped after the made basket, the cheerleader pick up the ball, and then the clock started again. The action by the cheerleader thus prevented Pitt for getting the ball at their disposal.

Guess we need someone to youtube this one for us.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

That's if the article is correct in its description of the play. According to Bleach the clock stopped after the made basket, the cheerleader pick up the ball, and then the clock started again. The action by the cheerleader thus prevented Pitt for getting the ball at their disposal.

Guess we need someone to youtube this one for us.

There's a video at the link in the OP, and it's hard to tell on my screen for sure, but it looks like the timer lets the clock run all the way down after the ball is thrown. So, when it was thrown, the clock was stopped (presumably at .5, it's hard for me to tell).

I can't hear the horn, either, so that's hard to tell.

If that's correct, then you've got the cheerleaders on the court celebrating with time still on the clock.

Now, another question is coaching. Why in the world would he take that shot?

[Jesse James]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Now, another question is coaching. Why in the world would he take that shot?

Yeah, the audacity of a coach to support a break-away gimme to make it a two possession game with fractional time left.

Pitino should have foreseen this flaming meteor.

Good grief.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jesse James

Yeah, the audacity of a coach to support a break-away gimme to make it a two possession game with fractional time left.

Pitino should have foreseen this flaming meteor.

Good grief.

Sorry, did you need me to put a smilie on that?

[Judtech]

Originally Posted by Jesse James

Yeah, the audacity of a coach to support a break-away gimme to make it a two possession game with fractional time left.

Pitino should have foreseen this flaming meteor.

Good grief.

He actually wasn't really that happy the kid took the shot. He could have just dribbled the clock out.
And BTW, there was someone else in the stands who REALLY looked like Col Sanders!

[JBleach85]

YouTube - Louisville cheerleader almost costs them the game

There is the video for everyone to see. If you watch the video around :18 seconds you will see the clock is down .3, and then the cheerleader jumps for joy and grabs the ball and tossed it in the air before the old L --> new T, blows his whistle.

They went back and looked at the monitor to determind how much time was left after the ball went through the basket at .5. That is where it should have stopped and played should have resumed from there except for the bonehead T for the cheerleader.

I hope this helps everyone.