4.4 fucking seconds?

BRRP

 

What?

Comments like this do nothing but prove the rabid idiocy of the Hole fanbase.

 

I have no dog in this fight, but Duke should have been looking at 2.5 seconds on the clock (at most), rather than 4.4.

Plenty of time to score, still, but when the ACC publicly acknowledges a "timing error" occurred, there is something to all the griping.

Would Duke have scored in 2.5 sceonds? Maybe, but thats a moot point now.

 

No one has denied a timing error.

But if you want to complain about timing. Duke should have had more than 2.5 because the clock didn't stop correctly on the made two.

Where do you draw the line?

 

on the made 2, if you want to split hairs, Duke should have had 5.2 seconds--.2 is not enough time to shoot the ball, so it is negligable. The fact the clock clearly did not start on that goofy giveaway was horrible, and it does provide the consipracy theorists with ammunition.

Still, if Duke doesn't throw it right to the guy at the top of the ring, we don't talk about any clock delays or issues today.

I don't know where to draw the line, but don't the ACC refs have that timing device on them like the NBA guys do?

 

Only the idiotic ones...the delay favored Clemson just as much as it did Duke.

 

well, I won't editorialize like that, but I agree....Duke might not have scored in the final 2.5 and ended up in OT, where it's anybody's guess what happens there.

 

Had Clemson missed the shot and got the rebound who would the clock failing to start have benefitted?

If McClure had missed the shot would it have benefitted Duke?

As you can see, you cannot logically define the benefit based upon the outcome. It was a benefit to both teams and both teams capitalized on it.

Duke just happened to win on their capitalization because they had played better up until that point.

As far as conspiracy theories? You'd basically have to say the time keeper was betting on Clemson hitting a 3 (40%) and then Duke scoring in 4.4 seconds (i'll be generous and say that is 50% since Duke is so fucking good). YEah, I think it would be brilliant of the time keeper to gamble on a 20% chance. Lunacy. Sheer fucking lunacy.

 

Errr, sly, the clock does not always favor the team that is behind and you know that or at least I hope you are smart enough to realize that with your fine dook education. The play where Clemson shot the 3, didn't take 5 seconds, so no, it gave them no advantage of time needed to make the play, it did however give dook the time needed to make the play that they did run at the end of the game, the LAST play.

 

Again, I am not taking sides--just presenting my opinion on the deal.