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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5021367, member: 289"] Many plays already here that I and many other will remember. let's see who remembers this one: We're playing BC in the Dome in the early 90's Our current head coach is driving the baseline along the the Syracuse side of the court, (meaning where our bench is). His right foot lands out of bounds by a about a foot on his drive. A ref comes running over pointing at it and puts his whistle in his mouth. but he doesn't blow it. Instead he turns to see what happens with the shot. Red misses it, BC gets the rebound and starts a fast break. The ref lets the whistle fall from his mouth and starts running downcourt. Many fans see this and some of the loudest boos I've ever heard in the Dome, (including mine) ensue. We all knew this guy waited to see if it would be to BC's advantage to make the call and when he didn't blow the whistle, we knew which side of the bread his butter was spread on. Then there's the end of the upset loss to Western Kentucky in 1978 NCAA tournament, which I described in my series on "The Louie and Bouie Show": The game went into overtime and we were down 85-87. We got the ball, (I seem to remember this was unexpected, probably a steal), and just had time for a desperate fast break. Marty Byrnes got the ball and drove to the basket. A Hilltopper defender wanted to make sure he couldn’t score a basket and came down with a karate chop across his arms while forcing him out of bounds to the right of the backboard. Marty was strong enough to break through the guy’s tackle and force up a prayer of a shot, probably just trying to make sure he’d go to the basket for two shots rather than one. But the prayer was answered. The ball somehow kissed off the glass and made a beeline for the rim, went around and fell in. 87-87. With the referee’s whistle, Marty was going to the line to make one free throw with 1 second left to win the game and send SU to the Sweet 16 where Magic Johnson awaited. Then Billy Packer, who was doing the game for NBC, started shouting at the refs “This isn’t the NBA – there’s no continuation!”. He kept at it and the refs huddled for several minutes debating the call, leaving Marty on the line waiting for the ball. (He probably should have gone back to the bench, clearing his mind.) Packer’s voice could be heard over the local radio broadcast, (I remember Joel Mareiness commenting on it), demanding that the refs change their call. Finally the refs announced that Marty had been fouled before he got the shot off, that the score was 84-86 and that Marty had a one and one. Marty, a 69% foul shooter, made the first to make it 86-87 but the second rimmed out and bounced out of bounds off of multiple hands. The clock went to 00:00 and the second season of the Louie and Bouie show was over. I’ve never really forgiven Packer for this, (although I’ve always respected his analytical way of calling a game). But the refs didn’t have to cave into him, either. We’ve had a number of heartbreaking defeats over the years, (“Manley Field House is closed”, Keith Smart, Walter Berry, Arkansas, etc.), but this one hurts because we were screwed. Still, the game should never have come down to that. We should have won this game by 15-20 points. You’ve got to take care of business and we didn’t. [/QUOTE]

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