The interminable horn struck again on Saturday during the Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA tournament.
Just over a month after a stuck buzzer stopped an NBA game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons, the same thing happened during No. 3 Illinois’ game vs. No. 9 Iowa at the Toyota Center in Houston.
The game was stopped for over 11 minutes with 7:43 to go in the first half as the shot clock horn kept sounding. Given the importance of a working buzzer in a basketball game, the game didn’t continue after the under-eight media timeout because the horn was still going off.
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When the horn finally shut off, it was greeted with cheers all across the arena. At one point, CBS announcer Kevin Harlan joked that the seven-minute delay felt like 70 minutes.
The teams were allowed to warm up before the game resumed. As the buzzer finally got shut off, the scoreboard over the floor was off as the game resumed.
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