Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - 1st Round

[Marbles90]

BTW Timberlake the exact same phantom foul call on a missed dunk in the first half.

 

[uconn_jack]

It was clean but there were no refs down to even see it.

Ref was right there with a perfect view.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

That phantom foul is one of the worst calls in NCAA history. It is one thing to be in the wrong side of a judgment call or miss a call, but to see the right call, and call it wrong, is cheating.

 

[Spaceman213J]

It is one thing to swallow a whistle and not make a call, but how do you make a call on a play where no part of the defender ever touches the shooter/attempting dunker.
Let's see if the NCAA apologizes to Samford. They should have had a possession to win it and down only 1.

 

[Ctedgeman]

Obviously got screwed on the foul call, but Samford let Kansas leak a guy out deep like 3 plays in a row. You shouldn't even be letting Timberlake get a pass in your own half there.

 

[Poe]

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Ref was right there with a perfect view.

Samford got screwed, clean block, refs shouldn’t have missed it.

 

[jrazz12]

Literally stolen from them

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Robbed of what could have been a great ending. Shameful.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

If the refs wanted Kansas to win so badly, why not just foul out the whole Samford team in the first half so I don't stay up until 1 am for that crap.

 

[Marbles90]

Furphy looks like he just got his drivers license.

 

[upstater]

That was the second time in this half there was a clean block on Timberlake, and both were called fouls

 

[jorge34]

Obviously got screwed on the foul call, but Samford let Kansas leak a guy out deep like 3 plays on a row. You shouldn't even be letting Timberlake get a pass in your own half there.

There is no “but”

They got screwed on that call, period. It was a brilliant block.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

Vegas call

 

[aceboon]

Pretty much a mid day overall, hopefully day 2 is better

 

[navery12]

Kansas might only have 6 real rotation players left but the refs on their payroll are making up for it

 

[uconnbill]

That was a terrible call and should be able to use the review in the last minute of a game

 

[VAHuskyFan]

If Timberlake is a little more coordinated and does not completely lose his own balance and slam into the court, that foul may not have been called. (Then again, it’s Kansas.)

 

[jrazz12]

That was a terrible call and should be able to use the review in the last minute of a game

They use it for every damn other thing that happens in the last minute

 

[caw]

So of the teams UConn played this year so far UNC, Creighton, KU, Gonzaga and Texas all through.

KU vs Gonzaga to the S16. UNC has a pretty tough game against MSU perhaps.
Creighton should also go against Oregon. Texas gets Tennessee though.

 

[gsmooth]

Pretty much a mid day overall, hopefully day 2 is better

Day 2 better but with a boring UConn win.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

If Timberlake is a little more coordinated and does not completely lose his own balance and slam into the court, that foul may not have been called. (Then again, it’s Kansas.)

I had that same thought. Pretty much all happened because of Timberlake’s ability to make everything so difficult and unathletic.

 

[Castlevania]

So like what the panel was saying, the call is not reviewable. BUT, I think the NCAA should add a Challenge rule. Where, maybe one time per game, possibly only within the last 5 minutes of the game, a ref's decision can be challenged by a coach. Making a call reversible. If they lose the Challenge, they lose a timeout.

 

[GiladKatzDeli]

I understand that ref's have a really difficult job and 9 out of 10 times a play like that results in a foul, but that was a clean block (and what an impressive play!). It a shame we didn't get the chance to see some madness there at the end.

 

[ec33]

Gift wrapped a win for the big guys. What a shame.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Two refs had unobstructed views of the play. There is no excuse for that call. These refs have to be rated among the best to work the NCAA Tournament, and I have a hard time believing that both of them missed the call. It is hard to reach a conclusion other than they wanted Kansas to win.