Sunday, December 20, 2009

Xavier Does Not Like Your Replay Delays

BallHype: hype it up!

Especially when they take an additional five minutes to figure something out and, then, lose...

The clock starts, stops, and then freezes...

Gordon Hayward found the ball on the floor off a scramble, picked the ball up, and scored the game-winning bucket 69-68 as Butler beat Xavier at Hinkel Fieldhouse.

When was the last time officials pulled out a stop watch to figure out how much time had frozen, and then unfrozen... actually Saturday...

1.3 seconds of freezing and, then, with 1.2 left after the Hayward bucket- there was no more time left to play... actually, negative-one-tenth of a second...

Here's how our friends at WCPO-TV described the "interesting" timing and conclusion...


And here's our extended post-game from our friends at WISH-TV in Indianapolis...

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