A hot mic captured something live on the air during ABC’s broadcast of the women’s Elite Eight match between South Carolina and Duke that was perhaps, well, a little out of place at the time.
Real carnage broke out after Taina Mair, a junior guard for Duke, was cut on the hand. This means that on Sunday afternoon, when the Gamecocks, the reigning national champions, faced the Blue Devils for a spot in the Final Four, there was blood on the floor in Birmingham, Alabama.
The players from South Carolina and Duke delayed to resume play because the court needed to be cleaned, of course. In the region, the Gamecocks are ranked first, while the Blue Devils are ranked second.
But then things got ugly with Mair’s accidental injury, the blood was on the court, and the cleanup was set to begin. Then things got uglier with that message caught on the hot microphone, when somebody yelled for the cleanup crew to “clean the whole goddamn court.”
Obviously, the court had to be cleaned, so there was a stoppage of play as the South Carolina and Duke players waited to resume the game. The Gamecocks are the top seed in the region, while the Blue Devils are the 2 seed, so this was a showdown between women’s college basketball powerhouses.
But then things got ugly with Mair’s accidental injury, the blood was on the court, and the cleanup was set to begin. Then things got uglier with that message caught on the hot microphone, when somebody yelled for the cleanup crew to “clean the whole goddamn court.”
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