‘Someone is losing their job!’ claim angry March Madness fans as NCAA admit to court ‘discrepancy’ during Elite Eight | EO4V5ZQ | 2024-04-03 02:08:01
'Someone is losing their job!' claim angry March Madness fans as NCAA admit to court 'discrepancy' during Elite Eight | EO4V5ZQ | 2024-04-03 02:08:01
Forward of NC State's 76-66 win over Texas on Sunday, it was found that th
WOMEN'S basketball followers have been left furious after the NCAA admitted to a problem with the courtroom markings throughout March Madness.
Forward of NC State's 76-66 win over Texas on Sunday, it was found that the space between the baseline and the three-point line on both end of the courtroom at the Moda Middle in Portland was totally different.
Cameras captured NCAA officials and head coaches Vic Schaefer and Wes Moore measuring the courtroom pregame as teams warmed up.
"The NCAA was notified right now that the three-point strains on the courtroom at Moda Middle in Portland aren't the same distance," a press release read, by way of The Athletic's Grace Raynor.
"The two head coaches have been made conscious of the discrepancy and elected to play an entire recreation on the courtroom as is, slightly than correcting the courtroom and delaying the game.
"The courtroom can be corrected earlier than tomorrow's recreation in Portland.
It turned out that this concern had gone unnoticed all week, in response to ESPN's Brooke Weisbrod.
Followers on X, formerly referred to as Twitter, could not consider what they have been seeing.
"Somebody is dropping their job!" one viewer tweeted.
"Unacceptable. How?" asked a second.
"Embarrassing," added a third.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> Following their loss, Texas head coach Schaefer stated the NCAA had given them "the choice of bringing any person in and remarking it appropriately which might've taken an hour and we'd have lost our window with ABC or enjoying how it was," in accordance with The Athletic.
"Wes needed to play and we played," he added. "I wasn't gonna be the man that goes, 'No, I don't need to do it.'"
Schaefer additionally admitted to Raynor, "I hate to say this, but I have plenty of colleagues who would say: 'Solely in ladies's basketball.'
"It's a shame."
I hate to say this, but I have plenty of colleagues who would say: Solely in ladiess basketball. Its a disgrace, Texas Vic Schaefer reportedly stated[/caption]
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Exactly how far off the required 22 ft and 3/four inches the strains have been had not been made clear.
As for the game itself, Aziaha James was the star of the present for NC State, racking up 27 points, six rebounds, and 4 assists.
The Wolfpack will now head for the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland for the Remaining Four spherical.
They'll take on South Carolina on Friday, April 5 for a spot within the Remaining two days later.
NC State star Aziaha James scored 27 points as the Wolfpack secured a spot in the Last Four[/caption]
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