February - Other Big East Games

[Hamms30]

I guess by the letter of the law you have to call it, but that's a slimey way to end a game.

 

[Mooch82]

Two bad losses to DePaul and Butler…

Baffling to me. I honestly think Butler is worse than DePaul or Georgetown when I watch them. Xavier certainly plays up against us but even on a bad day shouldn’t be losing to Butler.

 

[AzHusky]

tough call but after the review and seeing the hand on the rim do you wave off the goal tending?

 

[Huskyforlife]

Not stealing one against Xavier hurts. Our resume is much stronger than theirs.

 

[August_West]

Lol

 

[gsmooth]

tough call but after the review and seeing the hand on the rim do you wave off the goal tending?

I think it's the right call. If I am Xavier fan I would be pissed about the goaltending call on Nunge earlier in the game which wasn't close to goaltending- it proved to be the difference

 

[hardcorehusky]

I guess by the letter of the law you have to call it, but that's a slimey way to end a game.

Something slimey happened to a slimey coach like Sean Miller. Awww

 

[August_West]

It was right call. Tough way to lose though

 

[Kolumbo]

I think it's the right call. If I am Xavier fan I would be pissed about the goaltending call on Nunge earlier in the game which wasn't close to goaltending- it proved to be the difference

Nah. The difference was the Chris Webber time-out.

 

[todbo]

69-67. Enuf sed.

 

[HartfordFan]

Anything can happen on any given night. End was crazy. Xavier calls timeout they don’t have, Butler gets two technical free throws. Later Butler player thinks team is up by three, fouls Boum to avoid a late 3. But Butler was up two so Boum ties it. Then Butler wins on a questionable goaltend call at the buzzer.

 

[ucp990411]

Extremely dumb basketball by both teams in the last 30 seconds. The goal tend was legit. He grabbed the rim

 

[REB1094]

Wow I just watched a replay of the goaltending call, probably 10 times over

By the book is it goaltending? Yes, Colby grabbed the rim while Hunter was going for his shot

But at that point Nunge seems to have already blocked the shot. Colby grabbing the rim had NO impact on whether the shot was going in or not.

I can easily understand why people would be angry at that. But I think it was the right call? Tough

 

[REB1094]

Anarchy?

 

[Huskyhoops25]

That was a wild finish to a crazy game.

 

[methodology]

Xavier got shafted. Nunge had a clean block probably around the 5 min mark that was called a goaltend and then end of game was a questionable goaltend

Feel bad for Nunge pulling a Chris Webber and getting the technical for no more TO which didn’t help at all

 

[Huskyhoops25]

Loved that their fans stormed the court!

 

[Huskyhoops25]

Nothing questionable about the last goaltend call. Jones clearly had his hand on the rim. Nunge had a great block but it was moot.

 

[methodology]

@Huskyhoops25 ball had already been blocked before the hand was on the rim. And if you are agreeing with that call completely then there would be multiple goaltend calls a game cause so often does a player grab the net or hit the rim/backboard on missed shots

 

[Hoophound]

Almost all good teams hit a wall. If we beat Creighton, we are past ours.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

If one of our guys called a timeout they didn’t have we’d have ten pages on how Hurley doesn’t prepare his guys for high leverage situations, not expressions of sympathy. We save that for other teams.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

That’s a brutal call that we would all be up in arms about should it have been called against us.

 

[superjohn]

Baffling to me. I honestly think Butler is worse than DePaul or Georgetown when I watch them. Xavier certainly plays up against us but even on a bad day shouldn’t be losing to Butler.

No Freemantle and Boum was playing on one leg. They still should be able to beat them but road games are tough and good teams play stinkers as we've seen with UConn. We were only up a few points against Georgetown the other day with seconds left in the game.

 

[MJ1]

Didn’t Butler beat Kansas State earlier this season?

 

[krinklecut]

@Huskyhoops25 ball had already been blocked before the hand was on the rim. And if you are agreeing with that call completely then there would be multiple goaltend calls a game cause so often does a player grab the net or hit the rim/backboard on missed shots

No way, hand is on the rim a few frames before the block.

 

[Kemba15]

No Freemantle and Boum was playing on one leg. They still should be able to beat them but road games are tough and good teams play stinkers as we've seen with UConn. We were only up a few points against Georgetown the other day with seconds left in the game.

I saw Butler live a few weeks ago. They are terrible. Everyone is capable at home, yes—but man they are bad.

Even if we were missing guys, this board would have an epic meltdown if we lost to Butler. There would be 5+ threads on how Hurley is coaching for his job the rest of the season.

Perspective is important.

 

[UConn Esq]

Jones didn’t just touch the rim he was grabbing the rim with his whole hand and pulling downward. Was a good goaltend call imo. Crazy ending to that game.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Lol

So young, fresh-looking, and full of promise.

 

[caw]

If one of our guys called a timeout they didn’t have we’d have ten pages on how Hurley doesn’t prepare his guys for high leverage situations, not expressions of sympathy. We save that for other teams.

LMU kid did the same thing against St Mary’s. Wasn’t actually a horrid timeout. They were up three with 2.6 remaining and I think St Mary’s had the arrow. LMU player was on the ground and likely would have gotten it tied up or travelled or thrown it away. IIRC.

 

[3rdbass]

Wow Amazing. I would never guess this. Without Freemantle they have looked more beatable.