And you call yourselves sports fans!!!! Shame!!!!
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Technical-foul-on-cheerleader-nearly-costs-Louis?urn=ncaab-327051Had Pittsburgh somehow erased a five-point deficit in the final second of overtime on Sunday afternoon, a male Louisville cheerleader would have been fortunate to make it out of the KFC Yum! Center with all his limbs intact.
Instead, the cheerleader's unusual technical foul will probably be remembered as a bizarre but ulimately harmless blunder.
Convinced that Kyle Kuric's apparent game-sealing dunk in the final second of overtime marked the end of the game, the cheerleader walked onto the court and hurled the ball high in the air in celebration. The only problem was five-tenths of a second remained on the clock, causing the referees to assess a technical foul for delay of game on the unsuspecting cheerleader.
Guard Ashton Gibbs sank two free throws to pull Pittsburgh within three, but he misfired on a half-court heave that appeared to come a fraction of a second after time expired anyway. That enabled Louisville to eke out a 62-59 victory and the embarrassed cheerleader to no doubt breathe a sigh of relief.