Boise State will miss out on March Madness, and they can thank a stopwatch for that.
The Broncos fell to Colorado State in double OT on Wednesday. Well, that's only if you believe the sundial the referees used to time James Webb III's shot in the first OT. The junior buried what appeared to be the game-winner when Boise State inbounded the ball with 0.8 seconds.
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The referees, however, determined the shot clock started too late. Timing the play by hand, they also determined that Webb took 1.2 seconds to get the shot off.
You be the judge.
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Slow-motion video of James Webb III's 3-pointer to beat Colorado State that was later called off. pic.twitter.com/2RPiWizl14
— Matt L. Stephens (@MattStephens) February 11, 2016
As if being dead wrong wasn't bad enough, official Dave Hall decided to defend his error.
Statement from official Dave Hall regarding the end of the first OT between Boise State vs. CSU. pic.twitter.com/Iv9MDfbnc8
— Matt L. Stephens (@MattStephens) February 11, 2016
Fortunately -- since we live in a modern world -- there are checks and balances.
Just for kicks, I stopwatched the Webb shot three times, and got 0.62, 0.66 and 0.68 seconds from catch to approximate release
— Andy Glockner (@AndyGlockner) February 11, 2016
The loss has irreparable ramifications for Boise State, who drops to 16-9 on the season. Even worse, the program's RPI dropped to 108th in the country. Prior to tip-off, CBS' Bracketology had the Broncos on the outside looking in.
Wednesday's result did little to help their bleak future.
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