What should have been a very exciting finish to Marshall’s upset victory over Wichita State was diminished by the glacial pace of the final minute, which was marred by three replay reviews.
Marshall won 81-75, but the final minute of play took nearly 20 minutes in real time due to a pair of out-of-bounds reviews plus a review of the lineups before one of the reviews.
The final minute of Marshall-Wichita State took 18 minutes, 26 seconds— the longest we've ever recorded in the NCAA tournament
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 16, 2018
The brutal pace was met with horrible reviews on Twitter, and understandably so.
By my count, the last 1:55 of the game took 23 minutes in real time. https://t.co/YgYbsBoi3E
— David Hess (@AudacityOfHoops) March 16, 2018
No one involved in this game should ever be allowed in a college basketball arena again as punishment for these reviews
— ncaa tournament enthusiast (@rockchalktalk) March 16, 2018
I mean what did you expect, Jon Gruden loves film pic.twitter.com/v5kjF6kEIu
— Big Ten Geek (@bigtengeek) March 16, 2018
Those replays took so long this is no longer March
— David Gardner (@byDavidGardner) March 16, 2018
Replay at the end of Wichita State-Marshall…a fiasco. Sound effect: air out of a balloon.
— Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) March 16, 2018
Can't wait to tell my grandkids about all the great replay reviews I got to witness at the 2018 NCAA Tournament
— Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) March 16, 2018
Can we replay review my bracket, maybe it will turn out I didnt pick Arizona.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) March 16, 2018
The last minute of Marshall-Wichita State took longer to complete than the entire A-side of the Beatles' first album pic.twitter.com/VunOakZ0RF
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 16, 2018
Look, getting the calls right is important, but this took way longer than it needed to. No wonder millennials don’t watch basketball these days. That was brutal.
