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March Madness games get extended for all kinds of reasons, usually by overtime or several video reviews. Here's a new one: In the Elite Eight matchup between Iowa and Illinois, a scoreboard horn wouldn't stop.
With 7:43 remaining in the first half and the teams heading to their benches for a timeout, the horn sounded as usual ... and just wouldn't stop.
The long stoppage allowed TBS announcer Kevin Harlan to some fun.
"We have a horn issue, and there's nothing more painful than that," he said. "Surely there's a way to unplug this — surely there's a horn expert somewhere in this building!"
He and analyst Robbie Hummel — a former Purdue star — acknowledged the situation is "weird" for the players before Harlan exclaimed: "Cover your ears! Hide your eyes! The horn will not shut off!"
Game officials allowed players from both teams to shoot some baskets to stay warm and, after an 11-minute delay, play resumed.
The Purdue-Arizona game was scheduled to start at 8:49 p.m. but pushed back to 8:59 p.m.
The stoppage didn't hurt Iowa's Bennett Stirtz, who quickly scored 5 points after the resumption.
The large overhead scoreboard got turned off and sideline officials used a hand-held air horn to signal substitutions or game breaks. The sound didn't impress Hummel.
"That horn sounds JV," he said with a chuckle.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Purdue-Arizona starting time pushed to 8:59 p.m. after horn delay
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With 7:43 remaining in the first half and the teams heading to their benches for a timeout, the horn sounded as usual ... and just wouldn't stop.
The long stoppage allowed TBS announcer Kevin Harlan to some fun.
"We have a horn issue, and there's nothing more painful than that," he said. "Surely there's a way to unplug this — surely there's a horn expert somewhere in this building!"
He and analyst Robbie Hummel — a former Purdue star — acknowledged the situation is "weird" for the players before Harlan exclaimed: "Cover your ears! Hide your eyes! The horn will not shut off!"
Game officials allowed players from both teams to shoot some baskets to stay warm and, after an 11-minute delay, play resumed.
The Purdue-Arizona game was scheduled to start at 8:49 p.m. but pushed back to 8:59 p.m.
The stoppage didn't hurt Iowa's Bennett Stirtz, who quickly scored 5 points after the resumption.
The large overhead scoreboard got turned off and sideline officials used a hand-held air horn to signal substitutions or game breaks. The sound didn't impress Hummel.
"That horn sounds JV," he said with a chuckle.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Purdue-Arizona starting time pushed to 8:59 p.m. after horn delay
Continue reading...
