Saw that GM-Umass ending. Have to feel for Hall. No game should ever be won or lost in this manner.
Two other games worth discussing. One goes back to last Wednesday when Purdue held a 46-8 advantage in free throw attempts against Northwestern. The kicker though was when NW executed a perfect trap, down 3 in overtime with seconds left, only to be called for a phantom foul. It cost NW any chance at winning, and Chris Collins knew this, so he strolled out onto the court to let the ref have it. He was ejected (2 techs). Just a blatant example of a ref calling what he was expecting to see rather than what actually happened. This happens way too frequently in college basketball.
On Saturday night, Baylor held a comfortable second half lead over Iowa State when the refs unbelievably tossed Scott Drew for having his body breaking the plane of the coach's box, for the second time. We've seen coaches walk onto the floor, practically interrupt the action, with no such calls. Scott Drew has coached over 700 college games and it was the first time he had ever been ejected. On the next possession, the Baylor bench was called for another technical for likely voicing their displeasure with how Drew was treated. From there, Baylor could not do a single thing right for several minutes and ISU went from 11-14 down to up 5. Baylor did come storming back and took a 2 point lead with 1.7 seconds left. ISU had to go the length of the floor and had no timeouts left. They missed a 3/4 court heave but wait...there's more. It was ruled that the clock had not started properly. Rather than a do-over, they took .5 seconds off the clock and ISU got to inbound from just beyond half-court. 1.2 left. They passed to a guy at the top of the key who flipped the ball behind him to another player who banked home a three point shot. ISU wins...or did they? After review, it was ruled that he did not get the shot off in time (correct call) and Baylor ends up winning. Perhaps the wildest game of the season.
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