Sunday NCAA Tournament Game Thread

[Ed Hillel]

This has been an incredibly well officiated game. Why can't the NBA hire guys like this?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Yup, it was a foul

 

[shawnrbu]

Someone sing Wrecking Ball. 

 

[Lars The Wanderer]

53% from the line. Way to sack up.

 

[bbc23]

Aquino must be incredibly frustrated seeing McAdoo make a couple clutch FT's

 

[Ed Hillel]

What just happened? The clock never started.

 

[Corsi]

lol unc.  what a knucklehead.  what were you waiting for?

 

[scottyno]

the clock didn't run, game should be over

 

[shawnrbu]

The game should be over.

 

[Grimace-HS]

I think I made about 4-5 brackets before the tournament and looked at them all thinking I really have no clue about this year....I never imagined the games would be so good though.  This day may be the best one I can recall in the tournament in a long time with so many great games.

 

[Ed Hillel]

He's got .8 left I think, but the clock was late.

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Announcers oblivious to the clock starting late.

 

[Just a bit outside]

Williams was calling timeout the whole time.

 

[bbc23]

They had 1.5 seconds to begin with, why would you think you would have enough time to get the TO and then another play in

 

[Lars The Wanderer]

Sexy concerned-looking nerd girl.

 

[scottyno]

the time should have run out before they even crossed half court if they started it right

 

[Deathofthebambino]

The clock didn't start until he dribbled about four times before calling timeout.  This game should be over.

 

[Ed Hillel]

They can't hold the frozen clock against him, can they?

 

[sachmoney]

Clock operator blew the end of this game between fucking up twice.

 

[Ed Hillel]

If he's looking at the clock, it's not the player's fault.

 

[ethangl]

Looked like clock above the basket started?

Edit: nope.

 

[axx]

I think there should be like 0.8 left

 

[Norm Siebern]

Typical Roy Wiliams overcoaching. Player should have shot it.

 

[bbc23]

I think there should be like 0.8 left

There's no chance he made it from the FT line to past half court in .8 seconds

 

[Lars The Wanderer]

Game over.

 

[Ed Hillel]

You can see the player looking at the clock. This is bullshit.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

Holy shit, it sounds like they got it right.

 

[scottyno]

I think there should be like 0.8 left

you think a guy can get across half court and call timeout when he wasn't even sprinting in .8 seconds?

 

[sachmoney]

Congrats Cyclones

 

[Grimace-HS]

They can't hold the frozen clock against him, can they?

I would think not, because couldn't UNC argue that they wouldn't have called timeout if they saw the clock running out?

 

[Dollar]

So if the UNC player had taken and made the shot rather than calling the timeout at that same exact point in time, they would have overturned it and called the game over instead?  Because the clock operator screwed up? 

 

[scottyno]

You can see the player looking at the clock. This is bullshit.

if he was looking at the clock he should have known hey had 1.6 seconds and you can't do all that in 1.6 seconds

 

[Deathofthebambino]

If they saw the clock running out, they wouldn't have been able to call timeout anyway.

 

[shawnrbu]

Why didn't Roy call timeout immediately after the Cyclones scored?  Isn't that why he saves his timeouts for?

 

[Ed Hillel]

if he was looking at the clock he should have known hey had 1.6 seconds and you can't do all that in 1.6 seconds

 
He was scrambling, caught the ball in bounds, and looked up then and saw there was time to call the timeout. You can't expect a player to look at the clock the entire game, but every time a player does look up, it should be right.

 

[DukeSox]

man that's just a heartbreaker for unc, too bad really

 

[luckysox]

I feel like you can;t end a game on a clock malfunction or operator screw up.  And I hate UNC.  I'm not certain of the rule, obviously, but if they got it right, it seems wrong. 

 

[bbc23]

Why didn't Roy call timeout immediately after the Cyclones scored?  Isn't that why he saves his timeouts for?

Doesn't advance the ball, taking the shot around half court is what he absolutely should have done 

 

[luckysox]

Why didn't Roy call timeout immediately after the Cyclones scored?  Isn't that why he saves his timeouts for?

He did - he was screaming at the ref well before his player with the ball got anywhere near him on the sideline.

 

[mabrowndog]

Sweet, sweet justice as ISU wins. I was screaming at the TV about the fucking clock not starting on time after the basket. The announcers have an army of producers and spotters at their disposal, yet it took a fucking eternity for them to even mention that possibility and start showing the replays.
 
I felt like Milton Berle's wife in It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World -- the only one on earth who knew where the "Big W" was.

 

[Greg29fan]

Congrats to the Cyclones, just made too many errors down the stretch and Kane was awesome.  Long made some huge threes for them when we had them on the ropes.
 
Was a fun game, wish we would have won.

 

[LoneWarrior1]

Does the timeout have to come from the player on the floor or can a coach call a timeout while the ball is in play? If so, that was poor officiating. Williams called the timeout right in front of the referee with sideline responsibility.

 

[scottyno]

 
He was scrambling, caught the ball in bounds, and looked up then and saw there was time to call the timeout. You can't expect a player to look at the clock the entire game, but every time a player does look up, it should be right.

he looked up, saw the clock at 1.6, then took another 2 dribbles covering like 20 feet and called timeout, you can't do that in 1.6 seconds

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Good for the Mayor

 

[bbc23]

Apparently this is the 1st time since 1979 a Tobacco Road school hasn't made the Sweet 16

 

[sachmoney]

It was a shitty way for a great game to end.

 

[Drocca]

Iowa State was the better team and earned this win 100 percent. I admire the team coming together after such shitty news 48 hours earlier.

Perhaps no program has had more 'lucky' breaks from the refs through the years than UNC. We were gifted a Villanova win in the second round during one of our championships. A few years ago NC State beat us in the ACC tournament and we were gifted that game by a terrible call.

I really feel like there should have been time left on the clock. The replay shows Coach Williams calling timeout with 1.4. Take away the .4 for the clock not starting and my math gets me to 1. That said, I only have what CBS shows me and the officials were really very good all game long.

 

[mabrowndog]

It was a shitty way for a great game to end.

 
Bingo.

 

[riboflav]

Does the timeout have to come from the player on the floor or can a coach call a timeout while the ball is in play? If so, that was poor officiating. Williams called the timeout right in front of the referee with sideline responsibility.

 
Refs are taught to glance quickly at the benches in those situations. They did not at the end of this one.

 

[smokin joe wood]

Crazy that the same ref, Bo Borowski, was doing the last game I can remember that ended this way. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hHcA7TQsC8