CBS Misses Last Seconds of Final Four Game
- Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:22am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Fans watching Saturday’s Kansas-Ohio State NCAA Final Four game on CBS missed the last seconds of the game. Why? CBS was showing a replay — not what was actually happening live on the court.
(Related: Kentucky Fans Flip Cars and Set Couches Ablaze After Final Four Win)
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Ohio State’s Aaron Craft had just been called for a lane violation after intentionally missing a free throw with 2.8 seconds remaining in the game. While CBS was showing the replay of Craft’s overenthusiastic charge toward the basket, Kansas was inbounding the ball to run off the final seconds of the game. Kansas was clinging to a two-point lead and Ohio State was out of timeouts, so the game would end if the Jayhawks could run out the clock.
That’s exactly what happened, but viewers watching live on CBS didn’t see it
CBS was busy showing the Craft replay and failed to realize that there wouldn’t be any lag between the violation and inbound. As such, viewers missed almost two seconds of game play and when cameras finally caught up with the game, 1.7 seconds later, there was little more than one second left and the game was essentially over. It was completely confusing for all fans.
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USACommoner
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:01pmI think we’re all missing the point here. THE JAYHAWKS WON!!!! And no vehicles were harmed after the game.
Report Post »bulldognuts
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 8:32amI wanted to see if anyone else found the constant moving and changing of camara shots,camara shots moving from high to low very irritating.
I guess I’m getting old I prefer just a straight camara angle from right to left,
Report Post »Bill Burns
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 4:19amThe camera man may be a good one but he doesn’t know basketball – He was the only one in the Super Dome who didn’t know that last free throw was going to be intentionally missed.
CBS blows it.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 1:41amI used to watch sports, before I woke up and learned that my country was being stolen. Now I have no interest.
It’s “bread and circuses”.
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 5:58amWe are living in a dream world created for our entertainment. Popcorn anyone? Whats that I smell burning? Oh it‘s our country being set on fire by communist’s and anarchist using the constitution as kindling. WAKE UP!!!!!
Report Post »Re-Founding Sons
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 2:33pmDude relax, it’s college basketball. Life doesn’t have to be serious 24/7.
Report Post »I’m with you though, our country is being stolen and morphed into an unrecognizable form.
But it’s the Buckeyes bro. I love em!
JJ Coolay
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:39pmI’ll tell you what, I‘ve watched the replay of the intentional missed free throw and he didn’t “Clearly” cross the line.
Report Post »Yes, he was moving over the line, but his foot doesn’t touch the floor (over the line) until about the exact same time the ball touches the rim. It was ANYTHING but clear.
FreedomCostsblood
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 9:47amYou can’t cross the plane. When you put your foot down doesn’t matter
d. The free throw shooter may not cross the plane of the free throw line until the ball touches the basket ring, backboard, or the free throw ends.
Report Post »eramthgin
Posted on April 2, 2012 at 10:43amYou must be a soccer fan. This is the Wilt Chamberlin rule. He use to stand behind the line jump and dunk the ball before he touched the ground. The player may not cross the line before the ball contacts the rim.
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:57pmMaybe the apolitical sports fans will catch on to the lamestream media.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 9:19pmGood post!!
The LSM “news”casters aren’t professional anymore, why should anyone else in their companies be?
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:56pmThis year it seems the sports people doing the announcing in these games have been the worst ever in my lifetime. They all seem to be partial to one of the two teams and their discussions of the plays have been ridiculous! Used to only trust ABC to give the best coverage as I used to watch sports there for years then ESPN TOOK OVER AND THE DOWNSLIDE HAVE BEEN DISGUSTING! I trust nothing that comes from ESPN these days!
Report Post »Persimmon Knob
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:52pmI believe the Final Four games are telecast exclusively by CBS. Not that they are any better than in ESPN and their “ Ugly Bimbo Brigade”.
Report Post »The ‘analyst” on the CBS team is an OSU alumnus who has a great gift of repitition, ‘right Jim’?
tajloc
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 4:53pmSports and coverage has always been the best from all perspectives. Watching ESPN (Mon nite) learn is great. When is the last time you heard “That catch, made by a black man, was fantastic” NO! It is just great catch. Only in sports are we all mature enough to make it. I fear only a conservative Black man can put Humpty back together again. Go Allen West.
Report Post »and Rom 8:28
TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 3:44pmWell, normally the inbounds doesn’t happen that quick. Even in the replay of the final inbound, I miss where the ref blew the whistle cleared the play….I had to rewind 4 times to catch it. Even some of the Ohio State players didn’t know until after the ball was inbounded. I think….That was a crappy end to a terrific game.
Report Post »c.foster4722
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 2:17pmLooks like another Hide moment too me! For those of you who don‘t know what I’m talking about, back in the late 70s or 80s the Raders were on Mondy Night Football, there was about 2 min. left in the game and the Raders were loosing, so ABC cut to the Monday Night Movie, Which was an old Shirly Temple movie called Hide, Any way we missed the Raders making a maraculus come back to win the game! And boy did ABC catch hell for that one!! And till this day they haven’t lived that one down, that is to those of us who were around then!! LOL!!!!
Report Post »john koenig
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 3:46pmThe movie is called “Heidi,” genius.
Report Post »john koenig
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 3:50pmI’m sorry, but good grief…”Hide,“ ”Raders,“ ”Mondy,“ ”loosing,“ ”maraculous.” Embarrass your self much, gramps?
Report Post »Atlanta Media Guy
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:23pmThe network was NBC and it only happened on the East Coast, since it was still afternoon in the pacific time zone.
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 7:43pmDoode! Lurn two Spel!
Report Post »Tanner Smith
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:30pmWell Not only: It was NBC not ABC not only that it was Sunday Afternoon 4pm est time. Not only that, The game was played in 1968 two years before Monday Night Football went on the air
Report Post »taksavillage
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 8:59pmlighten up, Conehead. (Koenig)
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:58pmCBS’ coverage of sports is horrible. And, why on Earth did they hire Charles “I hate white people” Barkley?
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:16pmI hear their News has little to be desired – I don’t watch NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN or MSNBC.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:20pmI‘m surprised CBS didn’t try and squeeze a commercial or promo in there , they didn’t miss any other opportunities to do so. Thank God for the DVR .
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:49amI thought this was an April Fools joke when I first read it….I guess it actually happened?
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:10pmBig deal….
Report Post »RedeyeBlind
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:37amBlame me I am 47 year old white guy who has 3 part time jobs and pays his bills.
Report Post »db321
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 5:18pmYou sound like you have the atributes of a racist.
Report Post »jeffile
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:24amNot unlike when watching a football game the cameraman decides to zoom in on a cute kid in the stands and misses the ball being hiked.
Report Post »stm62
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:11amThis and the BAD camera angles. Someone needs to talk to the producer.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:37amWait ’till socialism really begins kicking in, around 20 years from now. You’re gonna have unqualified people all over this country performing jobs they have no business being in.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 12:29pm@STM62
Man you got that right ,they can stick that camera on a cable where the sun don’t shine . The only people who like that ignorance are the people who thought it up ,it is completely annoying. That being said whats up with the replays I don’t need a terrible angle on the replays much less multiple bad angles ,from the top of the backboard ,from the poor shlup under the basket,from the goofy cable cam,from the moon. Just give me the good old press box angle for everything…PLEASE !!!
While we’re at it how about when you show me a replay, remove the crap at the bottom of the screen so I can actually see what the hell your supposed to be showing me.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:10amnow ain’t that to bad sob sob sob
Report Post »ha ha ha ha
jas0707
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 1:24pm*too*
Report Post »83plus
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:52amLame
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:50amI heard the sports caster were distracted because they were busy talking about signing a contract with Keith Olberman.
Report Post »Scarbo
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:46amAnd yet Limbaugh remains on the air! Oh, the humanity!
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:20amand you are still in the basement
Report Post »jeffile
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 11:25amProbably because Limbaugh is entertaining and basketball is….well….basketball.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:40amTheir sports department is just as compliant as their news department.
Report Post »Reagan_Patriot
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:48amIt appears their media coverage in sports is actually better than in other areas–where they miss entire events.
Report Post »flamegonesilver
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:36amLOLOLOL!!! Excuse me folks for laughing, I know it’s not funny for the fans. But WHAT DO YOU EXPECT from the likes of CBS? ((((((HUGS to ALL here))))))
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:34amNo problem, they can blame Bush and all is well…
Report Post »piper60
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:31amCBS was overdoing the replays all through the tournament.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on April 1, 2012 at 10:23amUnfortunate event, the director blew that one.
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