NCAA March Madness Live App Sent Notifications Saying Canceled VCU - Oregon Contest Was a 'Close Game'
If you have push notifications set up for the March Madness Live you can find out whenever there is a close game so you can tune in and never miss a great ending. On Saturday night the app sent out a notifcation saying that the Oregon Ducks had a 1-0 lead over the VCU Rams. This came as a surprise to anyone aware the game had been declared a no-contest because VCU had COVID issues.
Such a close game!!! #vcu #oregon pic.twitter.com/Cwr7WpM40A
— Steven Jones (@OneDollarBob) March 21, 2021
Anyone else get that close game alert for Oregon/VCU with a 1-0 score? Guess they didn’t turn that one off and the setting of scores under a certain differential trigger the alert. Sad to see that.
— Michelle Brown ✌??? (@M3Brown) March 21, 2021
Close game with UO and VCU pic.twitter.com/0lf3ddbmUp
— Ryan Bishop (@rbi_shop) March 21, 2021
The #MarchMadness app is set to alert me when a game is close near the end of regulation. Close call on VCU’s forfeit, apparently. pic.twitter.com/BgoP20UwGw
— matt smith (@heymattsmith) March 21, 2021
Lmao at the close game notification I just got for Oregon leading VCU 1-0
— Matt #firebud (@matt10084) March 21, 2021
Now, this obviously isn't a big deal. The program in charge of sending out notifications saw some funky data and told anyone who had opted in to listening.
Still, it's another reminder. They're playing this tournament in a "controlled environment," which clearly means... not much.