Bizarre scene within the school basketball world Wednesday night time … an Uber Eats supply particular person walked onto the courtroom in the midst of a sport — halting play and leaving everybody within the area scratching their heads.
The wild second occurred within the second half of the Loyola Chicago vs. Duquesne males’s basketball sport at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh … when a person wearing yellow and holding a bag of McDonald’s goodies hit the hardwood proper because the Dukes have been attempting to attain a basket.
Stoppage in Play. Uber Eats supply man goes on courtroom with meals supply in the midst of the Duquesne sport. pic.twitter.com/rY4VFIsJnR
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Broadcast video exhibits a close-by ref tried his finest to get the man off the ground because the motion saved shifting ahead … however the man seemed to be oblivious as he tried to search out his meals’s meant goal.
Eventually, play was stopped — and the sport’s broadcasters needed to then describe what was occurring.
“This man’s within the nook — was he going to ship the McDonald’s to any person on the courtroom?!” one announcer mentioned.
“Who’s he delivering it to?!” the opposite mentioned.
Everyone retains asking me what occurred with the door sprint man on the courtroom at tonights sport. Here was my angle.
A thread… pic.twitter.com/QMY3nmw2tq
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According to video shot on the baseline, the deliverer had really been asking folks on the ground if that they had ordered Door Dash. You can see within the clip he was ushered out of the world by an area staffer, who informed him, “You’ve obtained to get off the courtroom, man!”
Some speculated it was all a part of a prank — noting the particular person was sporting a microphone.
Either method, Duquesne head coach Keith Dambrot mentioned afterward it was one of the surreal scenes he is ever been part of.
Duquesne Coach Keith Dambrot on the Uber Eats incident: pic.twitter.com/uJIHSmmuwd
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“Craziest factor I’ve ever seen in my life,” he mentioned.
To their credit score, Duquesne shook off the bizarre second to cruise to a win … beating Loyola Chicago 72-58.