And then Buzz dancing on the cour after? Ugh that had me mad.Everyone complains about the Ohio State officiating and hardly anyone about the Marquette officiating.
The Marquette game was a literal misinterpretation of the rules on the over-and-back. Easily the biggest officiating blunder of an SU tourney game of my lifetime.
My sentiments exactlyThe 2010 team was poetry in motion. It was the type of team that needed every part to function perfectly. Without Arinze, it wasn't quite right. I know that sounds trite but it's true. That team was like a Lamborghini. So perfectly tuned that if you lost just one little thing to it, it wouldn't function.
Maybe it's not the loss, but Arinze going out against G'Town that was the biggest hurt. That team was just so balanced.
2nd place is Ohio State in 2012. The refs STOLE that game from us. Go back and watch it. I will go to my grave believing that the NCAA had the hit in on SU that year. With Fab, that team wins it all or at least gives UK all they could handle. Such an amazing defensive juggernaut and it bothers me that we never had the chance to see SU and UK at full strength playing one another.
Im thankful I was 4 years old then, it might have scarred me for life.I still haven't gotten over 1987...don't ask me about this century.
Ohio State, and it isn't even close.
That team was poised to win the national championship. We were the only team capable of taking down Kentucky that year, and we would have. And instead, we got screwed by the refs that entire game, as Ohio State shot 40+ free throws, and barely edged us out.
Cemented my eternal hatred of OSU forever.
You might rank it higher if you were in Worcester that day. After the game the Mass Pike was littered with Cuse zombies who couldn't believe what they witnessed.Vermont doesn't rank very high for me but it does suck that Gus Johnson was going crazy and we can't enjoy that call as a neutral observer.
I can't choose between 2000 MSU, 2005 Vermont and 2010 Butler. The first two I really questioned What JB was doing. The latter was more severe disappointment at what could have been.
For MSU game, I was stunned. It seemed like JB forgot how to coach when they started coming back.
Butler and not even close for me
i blame Vermont on me Rick. I've never seen Syracuse lose in the NCAA in person (i'm 7-0). Went to Montana St/Drexel/Georgia/Kansas/Manhattan/Ok St/Wisconsin games. I decided last second to not go to the Vermont game.I want to say Michigan simply for the fact it was the f4. But I’m going with Vermont. First NCAA game I took my kid too. He was 8 at the time and was so excited. Standing on his seat most of the time to be able to see with one hand on my shoulder and his other hand on the shoulder of a lady he didn’t know. When the game was over, he was devastated. Cried and cried. That hurt.
Yep, and the game announcers were in love with Craft . It was so frustrating.That Ohio St game was also very tough. Number one, if we have Fab, Sullinger does not go off. Second, we still were right there but Craft was allowed to assault us but we couldn’t touch him. Refs were brutal that game.
I prefer “Truth Seekers”Conspiracy theorists would say the officiating was bad from 11-13 due to our NCAA issues.
#SuckKeithFmartI still haven't gotten over 1987...don't ask me about this century.
You know what?
The Marquette loss hurt more than Butler and OSU.