Worst ending to a basketball game
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Inexcusable with 1.1 secs. left, refs go deaf & blind....taint a great game.
Posted by Mojo | March 21, 2009 7:36 PM
It was p***poor defense, though, too. To let him have a layup with 1 second left was inexcusable.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 21, 2009 7:42 PM
Disorganized defense is a common phenomenon at the end of such a game, as is unorganized offense -- refs neglected usual event of timeout at that point of game since WKy had one left. Should have had 0.9 secs. at timeout moment. Sad. Both teams deserved an overtime period, refs foreclosed that possibility. Hopefully Zags win their next game, too. Heh heh.
Posted by Mojo | March 21, 2009 7:50 PM
When they lose, I will be watching. With glee.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 21, 2009 7:53 PM
Plenty of calls went WKU's way.
Of all the 1-seeds, I'm glad GU drew NC. Should be a good game, either way.
Go 7ags!
Posted by ld | March 21, 2009 8:25 PM
Don't know what you have against the Zags but whatever it is count me in. Deplorable inexcusable "officiating".
Posted by Don | March 21, 2009 8:29 PM
Go Zags!
Back to the woods.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 21, 2009 8:29 PM
Out in the Woods
And -- Go Cleveland State!
Posted by Mojo | March 21, 2009 9:42 PM
"Go Zags!
Back to the woods."
classy....if Spokane is "the woods" what is corvallis?
Posted by Burk54 | March 21, 2009 11:29 PM
"Back to the woods" was the standard rejoinder to any "Go" chant at basketball games I attended in high school. This was in Hudson County, New Jersey, where there most definitely were no woods. It's a figure of speech.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 21, 2009 11:32 PM
Two exciting games in the Rose Garden today; I for one won't miss the Oregon Lottery sports games a bit. Shades of Tyus Edny. Or Danny Ainge.
Posted by WinstonLT5 | March 22, 2009 12:37 AM
Give me a chaotic, pell-mell final minute - even with a referee controversy - over a 30-point blow-out any day.
Got to feel for the Hilltoppers, though.
Go Heels!
Posted by Scott | March 22, 2009 7:49 AM
A few counterpoints:
Matt Bouldin was fouled from behind on his turnover in the last minute, and then slammed into on the floor when he tried to recover the ball. Both no-calls.
WKU's coach admitted that his players shouldn't have inbounded the ball right away. If they had held it on the baseline, they probably would have gotten the timeout.
If their last-second heave went in, do you think it should it have counted?
What was WKU going to do with 0.9 seconds anyway, when they would have needed to chuck it in over 6'10" Austin Daye, one of the toughest people in the country to inbound against? To suggest the win is tainted is a bit ridiculous.
How 'bout the ending to the Mizzou game, where he accidently put his toe inbounds & lost possession? That ending was much worse.
Posted by Dan | March 23, 2009 8:59 AM
I agree with Dan on one point - the chance of a team scoring with 0.9 seconds left on the clock when inbounding from the opposite end of the court is virtually nil.
And the WKU coach was apparently dropping f-bombs all over the yard throughout the game - so it's not easy to have too much sympathy for him.
Posted by Gordon | March 24, 2009 11:08 AM
It wasn't the officiating so much as the abysmal defense by the team who should have won but didn't.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 25, 2009 9:30 PM