Exactly this. Was coming to post the same.
I did notice that, though I also wasn’t entirely certain how purposeful it was since it seemed to occur as the other Louisville players were shoving him in to the Louisville bench. So I wasn’t willing to pass judgement. If there was indeed intent, he needs to cut that out and just play ball. No need for cheap shots.
Yes, I was frustrated with him on this play. But, he at least did show the hustle on the other play when he went after the ball going out of bounds like crazy and threw it off Hepburn and kept it as our possession. That was a critical part of the game too.
He wasn't pulled. He stood over the guy whose head he had slapped for too long. The refs handled it perfectly. There was no way to tell if the player was out of bounds before he was hit upside his head.
Great shot. I don't think the stomp was intentional because it happened after he was pushed.
The foul was called because Garrison hit the guy in the head. The replay clearly showed it. The only question was if he went out of bounds first, but there was no definitive proof.
That was more of a stomp than what Laettner did.
Was what I was going to post. We’ve got to start getting on the court for loose balls and stop bending at the waist.
I agree that he did kick but he was being pushed at the time.
Absolutely which is why it’s so wild that we have guys on here who can’t admit they’re biased on this because we absolutely would be furious if it was Louisville or Duke doing this.
So, based on what you just stated, the foul and nothing more was the appropriate call. If you want to complain about officiating, you can start with Adams' attempt to reassign the foul called by another ref so that a player wouldn't foul out. I have never seen anything like that at any level of basketball.
If ever there was a ref who appeared to be on the take, it was Adams. His calls were crazy. He was overruling other officials who were in much better positions to make the call. I am really puzzled why that allowed it to happen. Was he the lead official yesterday? Whatever the case, his behavior should be investigated.
Waterman was holding Garrisons arm, when he jerked it away his elbow hit the guy
off topic - but hope the back has straightened out for you. Sucks to deal with anytime of the year but even more so at Christmas time.
Yep…I got no problem with him being a little dirty. Just own it as a fanbase.
Disagree. He was not slow to react. He was the 1st person to the ball. He was trying to pick it up for fast break. If he dove on it, he probably would have slid out of bounds. Besides, jump ball would have been ul, I think. So the only difference would have been the foul on garrison
Right at the 7:00 mark, the ball does appear to go off of the UL player. One ref signals UK ball. Adams overrules him and gives it to UL. UL then hits a 3.
