Arizona Wins Game On Shady Buzzer Beater
Posted by BROSEFOLOPHOGUS on
December 22, 2009
After Butler got the home win last weekend due to a shady timekeeping error, the Arizona Wildcats appear to be in the same boat this week. Trailing Lipscomb (who?) by 2 points late in the game the ‘Cats rebounded a missed free throw and drove the ball up the court getting it into the hands of Nic Wise, who got a desperation 3-point attempt off as time expired. The problem is that the game clock and the clock attached to the shot clock were reading off by about a tenth of a second, which in the real world is no big deal, but in the game of basketball can mean the difference between a win or one of the nastier upsets in Arizona’s history.
The clock on the backboard appears to hit zeros while the ball is still in Wise’s hands, in fact you can clearly hear the horn sounding before the ball is completely out. But the game clock still appears to show some time remaining, about .1 seconds, with the ball completely out of Wise’s hands. Even the game announcers are uncertain of the outcome initially, but are rolling with the buzzer beater after looking at the one angle that shows the ball out of Wise’s hands with time on the clock. The refs gathered for a few minutes, looked at replays from multiple angles and eventually decided that the bucket was good, ‘Cats win.
Check out Nic Wise’s postgame interview, talking about the shady buzzer beater after the jump…
ESPN Count Down: The Top 23 Jordan Moments
Posted by John Krease on
September 2, 2009
#22 – Bulls vs Hornets Feb. 11, 1997
We told you that people were going to start coming out with their specials in preparation for MJ’s induction into the Hall Of Fame, and ESPN is no different. On a Jordan23 microsite, they are counting down the top 23 Michael Jordan Moments and right now, they are already down to number 20.
We missed number 23 (our bad), but here goes #22-20…stay tuned for more.
