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Cheerleader T Almost Costs Louisville Game....
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Pitino needs a T for his Colonel Sanders impression
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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: |
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While Bob and I have never been "close," that one smarted! ;) |
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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. |
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The cheerleader's actions do not fall under the rule you cited. |
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Guess we need someone to youtube this one for us. |
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I do wonder, though, whether they would have called this T if a player had launched the ball like that. |
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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? |
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. |
Which means the CL tossing the ball delayed the game; unless the officials would have checked the monitor with .3 seconds showing on the clock and a 5 point lead.
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It is a stretch to say the cheerleader 'almost' cost them the game. Both FTs would need to be successful and a successful 3 pointer inbounded with.5 left. Not impossible. But, extremely improbable.
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Thanks Bleach. The clock had most definitely stopped after the dunk and was still sitting on 0.03 after the cheerleader launched the ball. Then for some reason they restarted the clock.
So the video review was to see where the clock should be reset to at which time they reset it to 0.05 instead of 0.03. So, IMO, it was a righteous T. |
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Pitino should have foreseen this flaming meteor. Good grief. |
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And BTW, there was someone else in the stands who REALLY looked like Col Sanders! |
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Watching the replay right now on CBS College Sports, & there were a couple of goof ups by the timer.
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After seeing the replay on CBS College Sports, the officiating crew was right in assessing the T.
The clock did happen to stop at 0.3, however without the ball being out into play except by the "Yell King" the clock did restart without Pitt inbounding. The time should not of ticked off so there was a delay of game due to the game not being yet over. |
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Hey chseagle, I think I already said that. :cool: http://forum.officiating.com/basketb...tml#post735057 |
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