ESPN has issued an apology following the technical difficulties that cut short the ABC broadcast of No. 1 Auburn at No. 17 Kentucky. They revealed the cause of the outage in a statement released to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

What a situation at Kentucky's Rupp Arena on Saturday... During this afternoon's ESPN college basketball broadcast of the Tigers and Wildcats, ABC's telecast went out with a little over 12 minutes left in the second half (2:55 PM ET) and didn't return until 3:31 PM ET in the game's final couple of

Fans who were watching the highly anticipated clash on ABC, unfortunately, missed most of the final 12 minutes of the game after the broadcast lost both its picture and audio on the channel in the second half, first cutting to a blue screen and then a commercial break.

Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats have a big game coming up on Saturday against the #1 team in the land the Auburn Tigers. Both teams are coming off a midwee

The ABC broadcast of Saturday's college basketball game between Kentucky and Auburn was suddenly interrupted due to "technical difficulties." It never

Did you miss the end of the Kentucky basketball game vs Auburn because the ABC broadcast went off air? Here's what caused the technical difficulties.

However, coverage did not go according to plan. Midway through the second half of the Tigers' eventual 94–78 win, ABC abruptly cut away from the game—bouncing from a different college game to NHL coverage.

There was so much hype surrounding this Saturday's showdown between Auburn and Kentucky. Unfortunately, fans weren't able to see the final 12 minutes of the game. During the second half of action, Auburn forward Johni Broome was attempting a contested layup when ESPN's feed on ABC completely