ESPN experiences hilarious technical difficulty while interviewing Jon Scheyer about NCAA Tournament
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ESPN knows how big Selection Sunday night is in its sports calendar of programming, with tons of viewers locked in on every second of coverage the sports network provides regarding the NCAA Tournament.
In other words, it’s on this particular night, during ESPN’s Bracketology show, that the network aims to pull all the moving parts together without any technical issues. But therein lies the essence of live television, and on Sunday night during an interview with Duke head coach Jon Scheyer, ESPN had, shall we say, some major technical issues for all viewers to see.
This was very unfortunate but we’re guessing also very unavoidable. So, while Scheyer, whose team was rewarded Sunday night for a wonderful regular season and ACC Tournament by getting the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, his interview with ESPN didn’t go nearly as smoothly as all those victories this season on the court.
Here is precisely how the interview looked on TV, with Scheyer’s face being blocked out:
Ironically, that 2-person shot was with former Duke player Jay Bilas, who’s been a longtime college basketball analyst for ESPN. So, while 2 people who bleed Duke blue tried to speak to one another on a very momentous evening for the Blue Devils program, there was that technical difficulty staring at everyone who was watching.
Even if Scheyer’s interview with ESPN had some major hiccups on Sunday night, Scheyer’s Duke team is rock solid going into the NCAA Tournament, and here is what the Kalshi market currently looks like for Duke and those other top teams in the mix to win it all:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
