Rewatching the end. My god, that ref.

[Orangemen]

That's unbelievable. That's the ref bet on the game kind of BS.

No way in the world he can make that call.

Completely indefensible.

He got lucky we closed it out.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

That's unbelievable. That's the ref bet on the game kind of BS.

No way in the world he can make that call.

Completely indefensible.

He got lucky we closed it out.

He'll be reffing the NAIA tournament next year.

 

[Briancuse]

I don't know how you miss that, he is lucky Syracuse won.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

when he made that call, it immediately brought me back to that one post someone made about our deal with the devil and how we are now owed some calls. I was thinking..well, apparently NOT.

 

[jordoo]

It's al ays suspicious to me when the refvfurthest away runs in with a call. Watching the replay that should have been 2 shots and the ball.no attempt to play the ball.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

It's al ays suspicious to me when the refvfurthest away runs in with a call. Watching the replay that should have been 2 shots and the ball.no attempt to play the ball.

There's my boy! That's the spelling I'm used to. Either you've had a few tonight, or you're posting quick. Either way, you're right.

 

[pearl31]

I've had a fair share of blown gaskets over the years at ref calls going against SU... but that one tonight sent me all the way over the edge. My wife was genuinely frightened and very nearly called for the paramedics.
Simply one of the worst basketball calls I've ever seen.

 

[jordoo]

There's my boy! That's the spelling I'm used to. Either you've had a few tonight, or you're posting quick. Either way, you're right.

Even spell check cannot check my splling

 

[Briancuse]

I've had a fair share of blown gaskets over the years at ref calls going against SU... but that one tonight sent me all the way over the edge. My wife was genuinely frightened and very nearly called for the paramedics.
Simply one of the worst basketball calls I've ever seen.

I didn't even get that worked up, because I thought for sure they were going to overturn it when they went to the monitor.

 

[pearl31]

I didn't even get that worked up, because I thought for sure they were going to overturn it when they went to the monitor.

well yeah I calmed for a few seconds when they went to the monitors, but then realized it wasn't something they could actually review/overturn and I went into another level of hysterics

 

[Ajflood12]

I don't know how you miss that, he is lucky Syracuse won.

If syracuse lost all the idiots like gottlieb would have said Syracuse didn't deserve to be in and got what was coming to them. It would have been buried. We won we move on...screw these idiots.

 

[SU94]

That's unbelievable. That's the ref bet on the game kind of BS.

No way in the world he can make that call.

Completely indefensible.

He got lucky we closed it out.

Two things baffle me about that call...
1 - That he called it (*incorrectly) through the bodies of 2 players.
2 - That he was initially calling a foul ("force out" or "push"), but then switched it for no good reason.

 

[We Are Syracuse]

I've had a fair share of blown gaskets over the years at ref calls going against SU... but that one tonight sent me all the way over the edge. My wife was genuinely frightened and very nearly called for the paramedics.
Simply one of the worst basketball calls I've ever seen.

It was legit maybe the worst. To make that call when he had no angle. He had three guys in front of him. He would have to of had super powers to correctly seen if he was ACTUALLY out of bounds. He legit just guessed and was completely wrong. Criminally bad. Guys like that, cant officiate games like this. Bottom line.

 

[Ringostar57]

No way he could see if Cooney's foot was touching the line. The foot was in his way. X ray vision? Thinks he is Superman. You defer to the baseline ref. The A hole just made it up. Fishy. Wouldn't let him ref a CYO game.

 

[orangefan13]

cooney catches the ball a foot + 1/2 from the line and the guy handchecks him arguably with 2 hands from behind then he takes the step forward within inches of the baseline after the handcheck.
It should have been whistled even before he takes that second step forward.

 

[Madbiker]

So the ref at half court who can only see the players' backs makes the call? While the ref on the baseline who has the play right in front of him, let's him and defers? Both these guys should be reassigned to Division 2.

 

[tep624]

It was completely irresponsible for him to make that call. He was 30 feet up the sideline and there was no way in the world he had a clean view of Cooney's foot vs the baseline even if his vision wasn't being blocked.

That's the baseline ref's call all the way.

 

[cuseattle]

There's my boy! That's the spelling I'm used to. Either you've had a few tonight, or you're posting quick. Either way, you're right.

Even spell check cannot check my splling

What a win!

 

[dasher]

I didn't even get that worked up, because I thought for sure they were going to overturn it when they went to the monitor.

I was mad because while I knew they were going to over turn it, it deprived us of having TC shoot the free throws and not having to inbound the ball. And then they tell us zags ball...

 

[Caboose]

Although I agree that the call was heinous, I don't believe it was made by that ref to cover a bet or some other illegal activity of that nature. We were up 1 at that point and the spread was -4 for Gonzaga. Gonzaga would have needed to score 5 points in those 11 seconds without us scoring just to equal the spread. Any smart point-shaving ref would have avoided any speculation by not making that call. That ref was just a stupid moron thinking he saw something thousands of other people didn't.

 

[themorey]

In a season like this with so many ups and downs, Boeheim suspension, tourney selection disparagement, etc, it's only fitting that we have a huge roller-coaster win like this. Everything is coming up Orange right now so enjoy the ride. The sweetest tourney journey is the unexpected one.

 

[orangenirvana]

well yeah I calmed for a few seconds when they went to the monitors, but then realized it wasn't something they could actually review/overturn and I went into another level of hysterics

How can that not be reviewable? It's not a judgment call. NCAA rules committee really needs to get their heads out of their asses this offseason.

 

[Caboose]

No way he could see if Cooney's foot was touching the line. The foot was in his way. X ray vision? Thinks he is Superman. You defer to the baseline ref. The A hole just made it up. Fishy. Wouldn't let him ref a CYO game.

I agree. It baffles me that he made the conscious decision to trump the baseline ref to make that call. Why would you take a guess in a situation like that? Game on the line, not a good vantage point, etc.. Wouldn't it be logical to assume that if Cooney's foot were actually out to just leave it to the baseline ref? I just don't get the thinking of refs who decide to disregard refs w better vantage points.

 

[Mr Peabody]

How can that not be reviewable? It's not a judgment call. NCAA rules committee really needs to get their heads out of their asses this offseason.

Agree 100%. Personally I hate replays because they take flow out of the game. However, if you are going to use replay, why in the world would you not make it available it for a play like that? NCAA wants to correct some mistakes but not all mistakes?

 

[WoadBlue]

That's unbelievable. That's the ref bet on the game kind of BS.

No way in the world he can make that call.

Completely indefensible.

He got lucky we closed it out.

As soon as the call was made, I was saying, much too loudly according to the wife, that he was not in any position to see if Cooney's toe touched the line, that the the Zag player w2as between him and Cooney and that he might not even be able to see if the Zag fouled Cooney. The only official who could have seen Cooney's foot and the line was the baseline official. He erred in not forcing that other ref to have a conference before making the call official.