Cheerleader T Almost Costs Louisville Game....
 

Pitino needs a T for his Colonel Sanders impression

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? :confused:

I saw a blurb on this on the Yahoo front page and thought I would see that chseagle had posted it here.

At least mine directly deals with officiating! ;)

Ouch. :eek:

Yeah, I know, that one kinda hurt a bit.

While Bob and I have never been "close," that one smarted! ;)

I wouldn't take it personally. There's bound to be some chseagle blowback from time to time.

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.

I hope that cheerleader had his scholarship revoked!

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.

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.

Ah. Nothing like a home team timer.

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.