March Madness announcers enraged as fan throws water bottle on court
By Justin Tasch
Published March 20, 2025, 2:30 p.m. ET
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A fan threw a bottle of water onto the court during the March Madness 2025 opener on Thursday afternoon, causing a cleanup delay and enraging the CBS broadcast crew.
After Louisville coach Pat Kelsey was given a technical foul with his team trailing by 12 against Creighton with less than five minutes left in the game, a fan chucked the bottle of water onto the court, and enough spilled that a handful people needed to clean it up.
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A water bottle was thrown onto the court during the March Madness opener between Creighton and Louisville on March 20, 2025.
Staffers clean up water after a bottle was thrown onto the court during the March Madness opener between Creighton and Louisville on March 20, 2025.
“That was a full bottle of water. That was very dangerous, and it went right over the Creighton bench,” play-by-player Brian Anderson said. “I’ll tell ya, whoever did that should never be allowed to come into this arena again.
“That’s a joke,” Anderson added.
Analyst Jim Jackson called the incident “unnecessary.”
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“You get upset about a call. So what? You don’t do this because you’ve got players on both ends that can be affected by that,” Jackson said.
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“That could’ve done some real damage,” Anderson replied.
No. 9 Creighton went on to win 89-75.
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