did octavius ellis beat the buzzer. and was he fouled before the buzzer went off.a lot of uc fans went 'off' last night on twitter, and on my wlw radio show this afternoon.in the end, it's just speculation and talk. ((take vo))uc stayed with st. joe's a high scoring team. evans, who was 10-20 and dropped 26 on the hawkskenyon martin was lapping that up.uc led by one, when with seconds to go, st. joe's isiah brown hits the three. uc got caught on a defense switch. so here come the cats, down two. the feed goes inside to octavius ellis. he first appears to get fouled, and then appears to tie the game at the buzzer. but appearances are deceiving. for this went to replay review.as the refs talked about that....the replay seemed to show that ellis still has his right hand on the ball as the red light around the backboard, signaling time had expired....lights up.the basket is waved off. and uc was one and done, a 78-76 loser. trt :20outcue:...seen the replay enough"((caupain: i said it to myself about 50 times, not again. it'

they have a man in octavius ellis, the jam, good, but it wasn't.ecause he still had the wall with time expiring. they wave it off and st. joes escapes with a 78-76 victory. >> they tried to switch on me and ended up having two players on me and they left, the wrong person, to leave open, and that is why he income it down have the isaiah miles has been doing it a all year. i'm happy he knock it down. >> i knew he didn't get it off in town but still in your mine maybe, they might go into overtime but when they called it off, it is an amazing feeling. >> moving to the early game yesterday, villanova and unc ashville, five different we will cats scoring in double digits. biggest factor was biggest man on the floor, senior daniel ochefu used his 6-foot ten frame to grab ten boards and toss in 17 points. nova wins by 30. they will play iowa next. >>> meanwhile temple owls play with grit, drive, determination, they scrapped their way to overtime against way was but they lost in the final second thanks to the put back right there their season comes to an e

the bear cats have the ball will for the final shot of the game, and octavius ellis goes up, to tie the game but referee viewed the play concluding ball was in his hand when buzzer went off. ellis is in shock after the crushing loss, saint guess escapes with the 78-76 victory. >> i thought it was going into overtime real quick but they be we won, i can't believe it. the hawk will never die. >> i feel amazing. i took my two guys there, remember the 2004 season. what an end to go a game. what an ending. hawks in this year great job st. joes. >> great job. >> hawks face oregon tomorrow night at 9:40. it will be a late one, stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the march madness we will have the latest on all of the accident on air and on our web site at cbs philly.com. >>> one person is rushed to the hospital, following an apartment fire in philadelphia's kensington neighborhood. flames broke out inside of the bamboo beauty salon in the 3,000 block of kensington avenue just after 2:00 this morning. the fire spread to a second floor apartment in the storefront building, no wo

a fist pump from gary clark a number one from octavius ellis. uc's first game is friday night." kevin johnson: "it's kind of why you start playing basketball, for times like this. to try and make a run in march with the people you love and see what we've got, see what we can do." joe danneman: "if the bearcats do win both what we've got, see what we can do." joe danneman: "if the bearcats do win both games they will play the sweet 16 in anaheim and fox19 now has learned that if they do win, they will likely stay on the west coast and not fly back before the sweet been made. at uc joe danneman fox19 now." live now animation let's give you one last check on the rescue operation happening right now on the ohio river. crews are search the water near coney island after a car went off the side of the combs hehl bridge just before 5 o-clock. no word yet on how many people were inside at the time.... but we know it was sparked by a multi-vehicle crash around 4-thirty. we've got multiple crews on the scene gathering information as we speak. we're gonna have new details coming in all nigh

a dunk by octavius ellis, which was called off, and the bearcats fell by two. here is a ruling of what happened at the end of the game. according to rule 11, section three, article one, it says that when there is a reading of zeroes on the game clock, at the end of any period, after making a call on the playing court, and, when necessary to determine the outcome of the game in the following situations, determine whether a try for field goal, entering the basket, was released before the reading of zeroes on the game clock. and, as you can see, ellis did not let go of the basketball therefore, disallowing the basket. this is what the players and mick cronin had to say after the game. >> we just came up short at the end, and i just feel like, that last call at the end wasn' t a good call. the basket was good. i felt they -- i don' t, i don' t know. i saw the ball was inside the cylinder, before the red light came on. inside the cylinder is a bucket. hand on or off, i think, it' s inside the net -- inside the rim, you know. >> everything that could happen to this t

a senior day buzz will fill fifth third arena as octavius ellis, cory deberry, farad cobb, and shaq thomas take the court for the last game in front of their home crowd number 24 smu is in town and the bearcats need this win to fortify their ncaa tournament resume. senior day for james farr, remy abell, and kevin coker this afternoon. it was a chilly start for xavier. creighton leading by as many as nine points. and xavier had to dig themselves out of a deep hole. clawing their way back towards the end of the half. james farr gives the muskies the lead he finished with 16 points. xu lead at the half 44-41. fire in the second half. myles davis the floater he lead all scorers with 24 points 7 assists. muskies wrapping up the regular season with a 98-93 win. and they take the two seed in the big east tourney next weekend. a rare senior day at rupp arena. its alex poythres day in lexington. and this was a great play. tyler ulis sets the table up for marcus lee' s slam. as uk routes lsu 94-77. on the high school front, the district finals taking place at wright state the winning teams advancing

for a guy like octavius ellis, a senior, his season comes to a close on a very disappointing end. he was not in the locker room for comment after the game, but you can imagine how distraught he might have been. but he ends an outstanding career with the bearcats. reporting from the spokane arena, i'm derek forest, wlwt news 5 sports. jonathan: today, the tournament continues for the u.k. wildcats. george vogel looks ahead to the matchup coming up in sports. it's a big day for reds fans. they can get their hands on opening day tickets. richard chiles is live downtown, all night. richard, good morning. . richard: jonathan, good morning. 16 days and just under ten hours, cincinnati reds fans opening up the opening day season. of course, 2016. the cincinnati redlegs and their fans certainly excited to cheer on the team. in all the excitement, you take a look. the umbrellas, tents, blapths nkets are out. these fans have made it through rain, sleet and a little snow from jennifer schack. making sure they're first in line to pick up opening day tickets. the 2016 cincinnati reds opening c

senior day for cory deberry, farad cobb, octavius ellis and shaq thomas. deberry gets in da-book with da- jam. had 10 points on senior day. bearcats shot one of 19 from deep, we're showing you the one - that's kevin johnson. mick, trying to bottle his emotions. some indigestion too... 2nd half, tay tay goes to work. bearcats up by 9. 8 points and 11 cronin can never rest easy, smu is top 25 for a reason. markus kennedy throws down, mustangs got it down to 3 late. but troy caupain, putting smu to bed. 14 for t-c. u-c gets their first win over a top 25 team, 61-54 the final. so, let's make a case for cincinnati. strength of schedule is low, but if you like rpi, today's win was much needed. both palm and lunardi, calling u-c one of the last four in. here's cronin's case for cincinnati. cronin: "we have the same record as duke. at 22-9, in our league, how we could not make the tournament would be mind boggling to me. our league doesn't get talked about. we don't get respect because people would have to watch more than the bluebloods play a game. that would tak

it came down to one play, a dunk by octavius ellis, which was called off. the bearcats fall by two. here is a ruling of what happened at the end of the game. according to rule 11, section 3, article 1, it says when there is a reading of zeroes on the game clock at the end of any period, playing court and when necessary to determine the outcome of the game, in the following situations, determine whether a try or field goal entering the basket was released before the reading of zeroes on the game clock. as you can see, ellis actually never let go of the basketball before the red light goes off, therefore disa lowing the basket.lowing the basket.lowing the basket. this is what the players and mick cronin had to say after the game. >> we just came up short. i feel like the last call at the end wasn't a good call. i feel like the basket was good. i feel like they -- i don't know. >> seemed like the ball was inside the cylinder when the clock -- before the red light came on. inside the cylinder is a bucket. it's inside the net, inside the rim. >> everything that could happen to this team

octavius ellis: "we know what it takes. out of all the losses, we know what it takes to win, especially last game. we're going to take our anger out from last game to this game." jer of the four or five banged up bearcats, mick said he hopes all can play friday, shaq thomas is the right now. joe now xavier. a first round game with fifteen seed weber state. weber once upset three seed north carolina in the late nineties. their only game this season against a team in the tournament field is a seventeen point loss to south dakota state. it's the best seed in x-u history. is it the best team? we're about to find out. chris mack: "yeah. i'm sure it does, but that doesn't put any pressure on us. we've got a loose group. pressure comes from within - it comes from the want to inside not the outside expectation." myles davis: "i think where teams mess up is they get comfortable. we don't want to be comfortable. we want to be just as hungry as any other team and like coach mack said we're comfortable, but we have the experience of go

the bearcats season ended late friday night, when this last second dunk by octavius ellis was ruled 'after the horn'. and st. joe's knocked uc out of the tournament with a two point win. trt :10outcue:...it's just tough, just tough"((caupain: i said it to myself about 50 times, not again. it's been happening all year. it's just tough, just tough )) yale pulled off a big upset in round one, today, it ran into franklin's luke kennard and duke. kennard had 13.but duke had more than that. bobby ingram was seven of 19, lot of that with the kid who's a dead ringer for ted cruz, grayson allen and his 29and duke marches into the sweet 16, 71-64 final. and in des moines tonight, indiana knocked kentucky out of the tournament. the hoosiers move onto the sweet 16 after a 73-56 win. trt :12outcue:..locked into the concentration"((crean: and our guys did a great job in a short period of time for getting ready for what we knew would be a great physical and mentaly battle. and they really stayed locked into the concentration.)) and in columbus tonight, thomas more's sydney moss scored 39-of the sain

first half, octavius ellis was doing work on the glass sunday, off the miss, he is there for the putback dunk, bearcats with a three-point lead. second half, cincy extends their lead, gary clark with the nice find for troy caupain in the paint, bearcats at under four 10. minutes to go, lead cut down to 5, kevin johnson pulls up for the jumper, gives the bearcats a seven-point advantage. but smu would cut in to the lead, nick moore finds shake milton for the layup, smu down 55-52. but cincy would hit their free throws down the stretch as they pick up a much needed win over #24 smu, grabbing the 61-54 win, elise jesse was there elisse: a huge opportunity for cincinnati to bolster their ncaa tournament resume with the top 25 team in town. when little seemed to be going right for you see offensively, their defense of prowess shines. forcing 17 smu turnovers. >> you shop 5% from 3, 20 9% overall. you dominated the top 20 team. dominated meaning that you let the entire game. they controlled in the whole time. without making shots. they did that with defense, for 17 turnovers against the team t

cincinnati looks to tie it on octavius ellis' dunk. the official replay would take until sunday. they've got to get this right and eventually ruled the ball was still on his fingertips at st. joe's moving on. today yale's ncaa tournament has come to an end. after winning the first tournament game over baylor on thursday, they fell to duke, 71-64. duke led at the half. yale stormed back to within three in the final minute. andon sherrod had 22 points. wasn't enough. duke led by 29 points from grayson allen. >>> searching for a new head basketball coach, rutgers missed on attempts to hire dan hurley and mike lonagan. the 48-year-old steve piki ala will take the job. has's endorsement of his mentor, jim calhoun. that's a big one. pikiell just led stony brook to first ncaa appearance. tht ey won 26 games this year. the eir sixth 20-win season under pikiell. he's a good h e for rutgers. >>> it's one giant oad trip. e knicks visit the wizards in nets face thespistonsusn detroit and all three locals are away, too, on the ice. rangers visiting the san jose sharks trailing in the second.

they are looking for a tie, octavius ellis the at the buzzer. officials review and determined ball was still in hand when clock struck zero lights on, st. joes won 78-76 and moves on. isaiah miles moves on. >> just an amazing feeling but i want to credit deandre for looking for me, you know, to play, and credit coach for the play. the play was drawn up well. >> in a small way, i wish it hadn't ended like that, i wish it had ended with isaiah making three anus getting a stop, but at least from what i can see it was the right call. >> yes, it was. villanova a won its opener easily over unc/ashville and now cats prepare for iowa. jeff skversky is in brooklyn with the cats. >> reporter: villanova is trying to become first team in ncaa the history to lose three years in a row as a one or a two seed in the opening weekend of the tournament. this stage, yeah, it has been brutal for the wildcats and senior forward dann you'll ochefu says it even haunts them. >> it never get past the first week even, but, it is something we have to deal with. we have hol

octavius gets denied the deck. the only american conference the league. u.c. in a must win situation sunday against smu. the reds are off to a fine start in the cactus league. starting pitcher made his first start. two perfect innings. for a third straight day. adam depaul, one of the guys in in the first inning. the reds go on to win big over the indians, 9-1 is the final from goodyear. today, or the first time this spring, the reds face a team not name the cleveland indians. the giants roll into goodyear, michael lorenzo starting on the round or the reds. -- on the mound. not only gap or baton gamble among the characters. -- tom gamble. 92 high school and decimal teams are taking part. they played at some of the finest venues in the area like the fields a you see xavier. >> it is unbelievable what the reds are try to do around the field of cincinnati. with the youth and everything to get baseball back to going to way it used to be a long time ago and cincinnati. george: chocks knows what he is talking about. he has over 400 wins as a head coach at oak hills.

octavius elseis says they just to play until the red light goes out on the backboard. they were just out of whack, losing their final two regular season games, but they seem to be back on track and coach crohnen knows what he's up against with a team that's led by the conference player of the tradition. i came here two years and just want to go on a win, go deep as you can. >> the bearcats are in the west region with oregon as the number one seed, oklahoma, the 2 seed. texas a&m, the 3 seed and duke the 4 seed. if they get past st. joe's, they'll likely see oregon unless the biggest upset in history goes down. both the top two teams in the conference faced off today in the finals. uconn won in the first game, they had everyone back, everyone healthy leading up to today and their look to make a march run. they travel well, we know that. tyler ulett tie it is up. you gotta go. guess where we're going? one minute remaining overtime. derrick willis. he add 10 point today, 20 seconds in the game, shake and bake. 6 point lead. 29th conference title. they win five straight an

during last night's game against saint joseph's, it looked like octavius ellis was going to tie it at the end with a dunk. but the ref said it didn't make the buzzer. final 3 however, xavier is moving on after easily beating weber state last night 71-53. wisconsin tomorrow. 3 today, u-k takes on indiana in round two. tip is at five-fifteen. you can watch that game live right here on local 12. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." i'm vinita nair. >> i'm demarco morgan. this half hour, taking shots under fire. hear the incredible untold stories from soldiers photographed in the vietnam war armed only with a camera. >>> they are not the most popular but the most unique. we will show you the country's quirky, kept captivate >> and what is happening at the south-by-southwest faelve. >>> a dubai plane crashed in southern russia overnight and killing all 62 people on board. the fiery crash was captured on surveillance video as the boeing tried to land 600 miles south of moscow. the cause of the crash is under investigation. near hurricane strength winds may have been a factor. >> fly

octavius ellis, cory deberry, farad cobb and shaq thomas. thomas did not play... missed a third straight game with an injury, but mick said he will back for the conference tournament. let's show you how it went down... right off the tip... cory deberry throws down. man, he has grown into such a post presence for uc. gary clark hasn't made a single bucket in two games, uc shot just 30 percent from the field, but they thrive on tougness. troy caupain gives point lead in the second half. he had 14 points. kevin johnson, another guy who will play many more games at fifth this one for the big time resume boosting win for as they beat number 24, 61-54 wonderful win, not only for the seniors but for our season. it would've sucked to take an l and the season go down the drain." cory deberry: "i just wanted to finish out my last home game strong. we all were together and finished the game out strong." cronin...nearly uncut coming up on sportswrap. reds fell to 3-and-2 in the cactus league today. rockies win 9-3. jon moscot, has a chance to make the starting rotation, pitch

. >> for a guy like octavius, his season comes to a close on a disappointing end. he was not in the locker room for comment but you can imagine how distraught he may have been. he ends in outstanding career with the bearcats. anchor: now for high school ball, trying to advance to the winner place for the state title tomorrow at 2:00. in columbus, tom us more women play amherst in the semi finals tonight. they are trying to make back-to-back titles. and the reds playing in the cactus league. two innings, two unearned runs. i am sure the tickets got snapped up early this morning. >> that is a tough call at the end of a game. whether it is at a college level you have to know the rules. >> the kid that release the shot , then this. probably less than half a second. unreal. >> it is tough. courtis: secret service and the after a threat made against donald trump' courtis: happening now, the cure starts now is going all out for its biggest fundraiser of the year. lauren hill' s brain cancer fight is on many minds tonight. live at the duke energy center with the party gett

first half, octavius ellis was doing work on the glass sunday, off the miss, he is there for the putback dunk, bearcats with a three-point lead. second half, cincy extends their lead, gary clark with the nice find for troy caupain in the paint, bearcats up 10. under four minutes to go, lead cut down to 5, kevin johnson pulls up for the jumper, gives the bearcats a 7 point advantage. but smu would cut in to the lead, nick moore finds shake milton for the layup, smu down 55-52. but cincy would hit their free throws down the stretch. as they pick up a much needed win over #24 smu, grabbing the 61-54 win. taking on #14 maryland. first half, hoosiers down two when max bielfeldt hits the 3 from the wing, indiana takes a one point lead later in the half, yogi ferrell drive the lane for the easy layup, giving indiana a 10 point lead. as indiana rolls in this one beating maryland 80-62. the 9th region boys semifinals were over on the campus of north kentucky sunday afternoon, with 3 of the top 4 teams in the region making it to the semifinals. in the first game, you had covington catholic taking

new to the movement, a philadelphia school teacher, octavius cato who integrated in philadelphia. and also reverend kane -- cain, who would go into state politics. and george downing, who had restaurants in rhode island, probably one of the most prosperous black men at the time and he became sort of the restaurant toward -- restaurant owner, who operated inside of the house and had an opinion of what should be done in congress. they met for three days and issued demands and most simply, abolishing slavery. this was october, 1864. before congress would really consider it seriously as an amendment. they asked for voting rights for black men in all states, illinois, ohio, new york, this is not just about the south. this is about the entire country. they asked for equal pay for black soldiers and the right for black men to become commissioned officers. many of these men had sons, nephews, friends serving in the black regiments. so they are speaking for black veterans. lewis douglas had been moved, and charles douglas, the baby of the family, finally served in the fifth calorie as a cl

going down low, the shot right there it is a dunk from octavius ellis and it look right there that the game is tied and we're going into overtime. but check the replay. ball still in the hand. the light goes off. time expired and just like that with one-tenth of a second left that's how st. joe's wins and advances to the round of 32. >> they had talk the coaches off the 11 a couple times. they did it. these place are very very special and i'm delighted to coach them one more day. >> my game is simple. make an open pass that's what i do. brown made the open three. the last play isaia made an open shot for us that's why we winning right now. >> they will be talking about that game for years to come on hawk hill. villanova and unc ashville from brooklyn five different wildcats scoring in double digits but the biggest factor was the big man senior danny ochefu goes about 6-foot 10 in height. 17 points, 10 boards for him. nova won by 30. they'll play iowa next. >>> meanwhile the temple owls not as lucky. they played with grit, drive and determination. they scratched scrapped their way into

hawks escaped with a two-point winfrey against cincinnati after the referees disallowed a basket by octaviuswks will face top seed oregon tonight. >> they play a wonderful, brand of basketball, almost an nba style of isolation basketball and they played match up zone. this will be first time all year we played back to back days or games against zone defense. >> in the women's tournament penn lost to washington 65-53. that is all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. >>> after friday night's dramatic win saint guess takes the day off. athletic director john dejulius and cheerleaders visited house of charity homeless shelter. one of the employees there just happens to be a st. joes grad. he works for different service groups here in fill were winding up in spokane, washington. >>> that is it for "eyewitness news" at 7:00, here's what we have at 8:00. shooting on the ground of the local high school we will tell what you police are saying about the investigation. >>> also ahead, stuck between a wall and duct tape south jersey principal with her back against the wall, but it is all

escaped with a two-point win on friday against cincinnati, after the refs disallowed a basket by octaviusw they will face top seeded oregon tonight. >> they play a wonderful brand of basketball, almost an nba style of isolation basketball and they play match up zone. so this surprised me first time all year where we will play back to back days or back to back games against zone tea fence. >> women's tournament penn lost to washington 65-53. that is all for sports. i'm leslie van arsdal have a great day. >> if you didn't have have enough snow this winter because we didn't get a lot. >> no, we did not. >> small chance tonight. >> good thing about march snows they don't last long. it will be wet snow. tough to accumulate. the most on the grass. best chance to see accumulation far eastern new jersey, winter weather advisory goes into effect tonight. around the city coating to an inch on a grass depending on how heavy it falls. still chilly tomorrow, 40's, 70's, wednesday and thursday. >> what a winning. >> yes. >> that is march for you. >> yes. >> all right. that is cbs-3 "eyewitness news" fo

hawks escaped with a two-point winfrey against cincinnati after the referee disallowed a basket by octaviuse top seeded oregon tonight. >> they play a wonderful brand of basketball, almost an nba style of isolation basketball and they play match up zone. this surprised me first time all year where we will play back to back games against zone defense. >> reporter: before the hawks hit the practice floor they had time to kill. aaron brown and his teammates decided to see sights of spokane and our photo the owe journalist tommy gardener tagged along. >> oh, no we have to cut through the park or something. >> it is a green light. >> that is why i told you to wait for people to walk by on the green light. >> they are crazy. >> thank you, thank you. >> you want to go down that slide. all right. there it is. you ain't going to fit through the little thing. >> i didn't think you were going to fit. >> oh, no. >> thank you guys so much. >> there you you go. >> we're about to get on this gondola. i'm getting in the bunker with the scary guys because i'm rocking it. gondola, baby. >> hey. >> you are si