Buzzer not beaten, WSU vs CU

Video Evidence that on Friday March 6th, CU's Woodfox took two seconds flat to get off his final shot. The problem is that there was only 1.9 left on the clock. His shot should not have counted.

I also frame by framed the out of bounds. 1.9 is a good call on the clock.
The video is at 30 frames per second. So on the big red clock, each tick is one frame of video, or 1/30th of a second. The shift from 1.29 to 2 on my overlay is intentional as they are one in the same. .29 to 1 is the same thing.
I'm not focusing on when the clock started or any of that. If you watch the video you will see the board go red, indicating 0.0 seconds when the TV clock is still between .2 and .3. There is going to be that kind of lag because the game clock you see on TV live comes from a camera pointing at the clock. I am sure you have noticed that you will lose the clock some times if there is a massive backboard shaking dunk or if someone runs into the clock and breaks it. What I focused on was this: How long from touch to release? How long was he supposed to take.

The answer is he took one tenth of a second too long.

There were two other angles available that you saw when you watched the game. One is from the other side of the court, like KSN's. The other is a half court shot that is absolutely perfect. Unfortunately, FSN never showed these two shots at real speed. They were slowing the tape down on playback, and not be a constant factor. HOWEVER, these two shots helped me find other visual clues, like a massive series of camera flashes going off the instant after the ball releases. This helped me go back to the real time video I had and confirm my exact 2 second count.

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[ilRosewood]

Before you idiot CU fans post another comment about the clock going from 1.29 to 2, try to READ the more info section. I know you aren't going to be the brightest -- CU + Youtube is not going to add up to anything worthwhile -- but I do ask you to try.

[broncoj20]

Creighton needs help to win games. It happens all the time with that snot Altman whining to the refs.

[Shoxfan11]

if the referees judgment at timing is around your level of skill at spelling, it's no wonder they got the call wrong.

[trojanballa14]

ME TO!

[ShockerFan123]

no doubt the refs feel bad for CUnt - i man CU. because they're so pathetic and nobody else loves them. poor poor bastards

[shoxfanbigd]

Saw the game at Buffalo Wild Wings and thought the SHOX had won....even when the shot 'went in' I thought it WON'T count because time had RUN OUT We definitely were robbed...but I agree with Killedkenny07...we WON'T need ANY HELP beating uc next year!! GO SHOX!!!

[dannyhuskerjay]

no next year is the year for cu already rank 22 and u guys did not get rob this was a bull shit thing they used a stop wacth and got.4 and tha game was .9 so he got it of

[BluesDude13]

You bet your ass we did.

I'm an MVC fan, but whenever those Creighton twats play, I root against them.

I'd root against them if they were playing a team of murderers and convicted sex offenders.

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS!

HEY-OH!

[Shoxfan11]

question: were you an illinois state fan rooting for us?

i saw a group in them up in front of me... it was funny to see everyone rooting against creighton.

[killedkenny07]

I'm a wichita state fan this happened a while ago and yes we are taking the loss, but next year won't stop us from beatin CU