Throwback Tuesday to one of the worst calls ever made
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Literally gave TAMU the game. Literally. Team wasnt very good though.
I'd be curious to go back and read this board in the minutes after that happened to see how many posters blamed Calipari for the technical. If I had more energy, or were more curious.......
February 20th 2016 if you drink a redbull
Fat Adams again making the game about himself.
hmmm. Maybe your memory is just better than my own.....
Still remember it like it was yesterday.
Officials...
Humphries gets a T for that...
Laettner walks on Aminu, litterally and gets nada.
Officials...
Humphries gets a T for that...
Laettner walks on Aminu, litterally and gets nada.
Would have been really nice to see that kid stick around like Richards to watch his development.
I saw a player do it in a game last week out of frustration and not excitement. They didn't even try to catch the ball and there was no technical assessed.
This is one of the games that had me raging. We earned that win. This screwed our seed and we ended up a 4 in the bracket of death, where we should've got AM 3 seed. We're beat them for the sec championship. Like they couldn't have switched us real quick. That sec title game was epic too.
I won’t disagree on it being the right call. However, I’ve seen it happen in multiple games since and have yet to see it called. I was watching some game this year, forgot who it was, but some player slammed the ball down with way more force than Hump. No call, and the ref was standing right there and just picked the ball back up like nothing happened.
Should not have been a tech. He slammed the ball in excitement and just missed the catch. The ball only bounced about head high. Very easy no call but it was a perfect opportunity for Pat to insert himself into the game unnecessarily.
Dourghty (sp?) of AU did it after missing a FT v UK and no T given.
Typical.
I was at a concert during this game and remember keeping up with the google score on my phone. I remember thinking we had it won and then was so confused by the sudden change in score. When I saw the highlights the next day I couldn't believe it.
Just saw a player do the same thing this past weekend in a close game, 2nd half, and it WASN'T called...
Go CATS!
That game was a blast. My dad and I took a gamble and bought SECT championship tix right before our semi-final game. We won that, and drove from Louisville to Nashville for the game. A memory I’ll always keep.
I have seen that happen 100 times and called only one other time ever. It was a horrible horrible call. Hell it was been talked about during games that have nothing to do with UK even this year. I remember Bilas brought it up when it happened in some game this year ( the only other time I ever seen it called) and Bilas was talking about what a joke it was.
well, you've addressed the more energy part anyway. That was tongue in cheek, by the way - my guess is if I combed through those posts what I'd see is 99% blasting of the ref and an occasional post blaming Humphries.
BTW, how did you do a search to find the front page as of a specific date?
No, it wasn't the right call. There is not even a specific rule that states that it is a technical foul for a player to do this. Typically, it might be called because the player might be mad at an official and showing their anger with this type of force. However, we know that was not the case with Hump... he was excited and showed it by this slam. So, in this instance, the discretion for the referee should have been to ignore it, or give Hump a warning or to make him go get the ball, but the technical was not necessary and changed the game.
Yeah not that the Ulis/Murray team was amazing but it was such a crock that we were seeded 4th and IU seeded 5th . UK should of been the 3 seed and IU a 4 seed . Last time we have not gotten the seed we have deserved IMO though as the committee has gotten better and in no surprise it coincided with them starting to share the top 16 seeds in early Feb.
Post from the usual suspects bashing Humphries (jc cats called him an idiot), and kyjeff not happy that Ulis ONLY had 22pts/11 assist (cuz he had 4 turnovers including OT).
It was wall to wall with blue. I’d recommend any UK fan do their best to attend an SECT championship game. Rowdy environment.
100% we got screwed that year. I remember being on such a high after winning, then on the drive home the brackets started to leak. It went from joy to being pissed off. If memory is correct, AM ended up getting a three seed out west. While we were a 4 with iu our 5, and then unc as the one.
Was not the right call at all. You can’t take context out of the equation as an official. Had he slammed the ball after a bad call in frustration or even a bad play on his part then it would have been understandable. Just securing a big rebound and drawing a foul call which, for the moment, sealed the win, had to allow to latitude there for the excitement. Also not as if he just spiked it like a football, it was a 2 hand slam fail to grab little burst. Only a POS would make that call in that situation.
Why would slamming the ball be a technical anyway? Is this kindergarten? At least just give a warning the first time.
I just went forward from last page. Stop every 100 pages or so to check date.
Or muggles can use the search function.
I don’t know if it was the same game but I saw the same thing. Guy slammed it and by reflex I thought wow he is getting a tech....but nope not a peep.
Just a long line of getting deep-dicked by the SEC/NCAA.
Between that, and not including the SECT Final over TA&M, Kentucky would have been 27-7, with two Q1 wins instead of one Q1 loss. So right off the bat, Kentucky takes TA&M's 3-seed. We move from the 15th overall team to somewhere in the 11 to 10 range.. and we're playing someone like Texas/ND/Zona/SH.. Very likely we grab the Sweet16. Then you're looking at Xavier/MSU/Okla/Nova.. Hard games, but two of them lost before opening weekend.
A lot changed with that call.
Between that, and not including the SECT Final over TA&M, Kentucky would have been 27-7, with two Q1 wins instead of one Q1 loss. So right off the bat, Kentucky takes TA&M's 3-seed. We move from the 15th overall team to somewhere in the 11 to 10 range.. and we're playing someone like Texas/ND/Zona/SH.. Very likely we grab the Sweet16. Then you're looking at Xavier/MSU/Okla/Nova.. Hard games, but two of them lost before opening weekend.
A lot changed with that call.
I actually saw it happen earlier this year with no technical being called and the announcer (I think it was Jay Bilas) even mentioned that he guessed that was only a technical when UK did it.
