As an objective college basketball fan I have no problem with the no call on the "charge". I think there are waaaayyyy to many charges called in the game nowadays, and I am of the opinion that in the final seconds you let the players decide the game unless it is an egregious foul (which this was not).
However, the loose ball foul on Niang was a load of horse manure. I will agree with you there. Although, would you rather have a player on the FT line with a 47 percent chance of tying the game up and forcing OT, or leave a wide open 3 to a player with a 29 percent chance of taking the lead and winning the game?
I didn't have a problem with them not calling a charge, or a blocking foul, on that play either, but what I did have a problem with was the call the ref made right after that, saying that the Cyclone player had a reach foul when he was trying to get the ball. The kU player was out of bounds had part of the ball and the Cyclone player was reaching for the ball. Calling a foul on that was reprehensible.
Amen! This actually hurts KU--they won't get this kind of help from the Zebras come the Big Dance. What will they do when they don't get the calls?
ISU 87 KU 82 29.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 90 KU 90 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 96 KU 108 F/OT
KU outscored ISU 26 to 9 in the last 5:29 of regulation/overtime.
And Iowa State was, according to the title of this thread "flat out cheated".
Right. Sure. Uh huh.
Have fun complaining about the refs. In the meantime KU will collect their 9th consecutive conference championship in just under two weeks.
ISU 90 KU 88 with 6 seconds left in the game. ISU drew a blatant charge but the refs fail to blow their whistles and then afterwards call a foul on the guy who the charging player is laying on top of. Make the obvious call and ISU has the ball with 6 seconds left and a 2 point lead.
Yup, sounds rather curious to me.
Still skeptical, go visit any other site that isn't ISU or KU centered. Practically every sports fan around the nation is calling that ending ********.
ISU 90 KU 88 with 6 seconds left in the game. ISU drew a blatant charge but the refs fail to blow their whistles and then afterwards call a foul on the guy who the charging player is laying on top of. Make the obvious call and ISU has the ball with 6 seconds left and a 2 point lead.
Yup, sounds rather curious to me.
Still skeptical, go visit any other site that isn't ISU or KU centered. Practically every sports fan around the nation is calling that ending ********.
Those OSU fans are more pi$$ed off than us.
ISU 87 KU 82 29.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 90 KU 90 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 96 KU 108 F/OT
KU outscored ISU 26 to 9 in the last 5:29 of regulation/overtime.
And Iowa State was, according to the title of this thread "flat out cheated".
Right. Sure. Uh huh.
Have fun complaining about the refs. In the meantime KU will collect their 9th consecutive conference championship in just under two weeks.
Considering the KU player on the kick out missed the 3 to go ahead, I'd take the play. Also at least that way there is consistency with the no calls.As an objective college basketball fan I have no problem with the no call on the "charge". I think there are waaaayyyy to many charges called in the game nowadays, and I am of the opinion that in the final seconds you let the players decide the game unless it is an egregious foul (which this was not).
However, the loose ball foul on Niang was a load of horse manure. I will agree with you there. Although, would you rather have a player on the FT line with a 47 percent chance of tying the game up and forcing OT, or leave a wide open 3 to a player with a 29 percent chance of taking the lead and winning the game?
Go eat a bullet.ISU 87 KU 82 29.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 90 KU 90 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation.
ISU 96 KU 108 F/OT
KU outscored ISU 26 to 9 in the last 5:29 of regulation/overtime.
And Iowa State was, according to the title of this thread "flat out cheated".
Right. Sure. Uh huh.
Have fun complaining about the refs. In the meantime KU will collect their 9th consecutive conference championship in just under two weeks.
I normally root for other Big XII teams in the tourney but I would love to see KU get a 1 seed and be the first 1 seed to lose in the opening game. I realize they don't even have to pay the refs anymore but Withey should have been out of the game in regulation and the refs not calling an obvious charging call and then the foul on Niang when a KU player is laying on top of him - unreal...
Goto the Final Four? Or probably at least the Elite Eight which KU has done 5 out of 9 tries with Bill Self.