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TT not fouling up by 3...rofl
More than the iffy calls tech lost this game on that play...Craig Popplevich strategy ahead by 3 or more and failure to guard the trey.
What re ed non defense by TTech.
TT not fouling up by 3...rofl
I won my work pool for the third straight year and I don't even watch NCAA. College basketball is so terrible to watch tbh
Their white guys can play except Salt..
I hate Duke but why does race need to be involved? Duke has had the u likable black players too like Doc's son, Boozer, Shelden Williams etc.
Of course, but it's the Laettners and Re s that Duke has been known for over the years.
That tripping call for Guy was huge. Couldn't tell if it was legit as they didn't replay it.
This is such a terrible national champion
Of course because look who their coach is
Had other stuff to do. Missed the game and haven't watched anything other than this. I smell some serious horse in the air.
Another ACC Champion
It was the right call.
What was the original call?
Original call was possession to Texas Tech, but it was reversed after they looked at instant replay. I don't get all these critics saying, "Yeah, but it was barely off of Texas Tech...." The point is to get the call right, and if it was barely off of Texas Tech, then it's Virginia's ball.
I don't see that replay being conclusive at all. Call should've went to T Tech. And the reason people don't like the call is that before high definition replay it was a straight forward the dude pretty much knocked it out. There was no over-worrying about whether the ball went off a finger tip. That's the basic spirit of the game.
Not sure how it's "over-worrying." It's using high def to make the right call. If the ball is usually off the defender who pokes it, that's not a good reason to let the call go that way. I didn't have a favorite team in this game, so I feel like I can be pretty objective about it, but most of the complaints are coming from Texas Tech fans who would probably applaud the call if it went their way in the same scenario.
Didn’t watch the game but I expected the refs to help Virginia complete their cinderella story
So predictable
plus, he was fouled before that too
That happened for sure, but TT ed themselves when they chose not to foul with time running out and they were up by 3. When Virginia sank that 3 to tie the game and send it to OT I knew it was over.
Additionally, all TT guard had to do was gather the ball before his fateful last dribble attempt. He was going no where, Virginia had him doubled. He started to gather the ball, basically palmed it and was about to gather it. Changed his mind and that gave Virginia guy the opportunity to swat it away.
This just shows how hard it is to ref a game. If a play isn't reversed, people complain the refs missed the call and they suck. If refs look at replay and reverse the call, people say it's not in the spirit of the game. It's impossible to make fans who are invested in one team or the other happy-- they want every call to go their way, and will complain or start conspiracy theories when they don't. This is one of the reasons I often watch Spur games on the network of the opposing team-- Sean Eliot is such a blatant homer (I like him otherwise) that it ruins the game for me. When he says something like "it was off of Aldridge, but just barely" --as if the ref still should've given the benefit of the doubt to the team Eliot is rooting for-- it's just annoying. There are others, like Tommy Heinsohn, who are worse, but it's so much better to hear announcers who actually have some objectivity and can call things honestly.
Last edited by R. DeMurre; 04-09-2019 at 10:54 AM.
I'm only going by the video in the twitter. It's inconclusive based on that. Again, not a fan of rewarding the team who essentially knocked the ball out in the first place. Old school refs know this concept, tbh.
It was the correct call, the only issue I have with these replays is the TT player was clearly fouled by Kyle Guy. I know that isn't reviewable but it should be considering that is the reason he lost his dribble and allowed Butler to catch up to him and swipe the ball.
They need to change the rule in the last two minutes if they don't know who the ball went off, they should see if a foul was committed and effected the play at all.
The replays on the live broadcast had multiple different angles. Some looked inconclusive, but at least one pretty clearly showed the Texas Tech player touching it last.
Meaning you think so but you don't know.
I have no problem with that call or the refereeing in general last night. The one call, that was definitely blown and really changed the game in OT, was the one where Kyle Guy tripped over his own teammate's foot. I'm shocked people are complaining about the other one, which was technically the correct call. He fell out of bounds, and if called correctly it's Texas Tech's ball and they're already up 73-70. Instead, Guy went to the line to hit both and make it 73-72.
I've thought forever that NBA coaches should be allowed a number of replay challenges per game, like in tennis-- that way it becomes part of the strategy and then teams can't complain. As it stands, it's ridiculous that certain looks at replay can only reverse the call in question, even if a different foul is clearly shown in the video.
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