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03/28 22:15 CDT Buzzer sounds nonstop for about 7 minutes, causing delay in
Iowa-Illinois March Madness game
Buzzer sounds nonstop for about 7 minutes, causing delay in Iowa-Illinois March
Madness game
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON (AP) --- A buzzer malfunction caused a delay --- a very loud, very
unpleasant delay --- of about 10 minutes in the first half of the NCAA
Tournament's South Region final between Iowa and Illinois on Saturday night.
When the buzzer sounded out of a media timeout with 7:43 left in the first
half, it kept blaring uninterrupted for about seven minutes. Players stood on
the court ready to play for a couple of minutes before both teams started to
warm up as the horn continued to sound.
It was finally silenced, to cheers from the crowd, but then the main scoreboard
and video screen that hangs over the middle of the court went dark.
The game ultimately resumed with the big scoreboard still off. Two smaller
scoreboards at each end of the arena were working.
Illinois won 71-59 to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2005.
"Nothing I can control. ... Just move on, move forward," Iowa coach Ben
McCollum said of the buzzer issue. "It didn't probably impact the fact that we
gave up 16 (offensive) boards."
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