March 21, 201610 yr Northern Iowa would have been better off taking five second calls and setting their D than doing what happened. But the "foul" was a no-doubter non-call. I think it was one of those where the official was calling it because he thought the basket was missed. I think it has been mostly overlooked, but it seems like the reduction in timeouts that took place in the offseason had a significant effect. You can have no more than three timeouts going into the second half, and we've seen a few situations where a team desperately needed one. UNI needed one in the worst way.
March 21, 201610 yr The other thing on that foul call, it was a very late whistle. One of the latest whistles I have seen on a play like that. Very odd. I really wanted A&M to win to save some small amount of face for the SEC, plus I have A&M in my final four. However, after that foul was called I was rooting for UNI the rest of the way. One other comment - if I were a coach I would show my team film of UNI boxing out players all over the floor. They are great at it. They box guys out 20 feet from the basket.
March 21, 201610 yr 12 points ahead (or down, depending on your POV) with 44 seconds to play. Biggest comeback (or more appropriate, collapse) in history. Not just tournament history. History.
March 21, 201610 yr I think I heard someone say that A&M scored 6 baskets in the first half; and 6 baskets in the last 44 seconds of regulation.
March 21, 201610 yr As God as my witness, the last tweet I read last night was Seth Davis's "Northern Iowa. Sharpie." tweet. First time in history the "sharpie" has been wrong. I didn't even flip it over for the remainder of the game. Good for Coach Kennedy!
March 21, 201610 yr 12 points ahead (or down, depending on your POV) with 44 seconds to play. Biggest comeback (or more appropriate, collapse) in history. Not just tournament history. History. I think UNC came back from something similar with less time vs Duke in Carmichael in the 70's. It was before the 3 point shot too.
March 21, 201610 yr Does anyone who watches the above clip believe there was a foul on the drive to the basket at the 11 second mark? No foul. I noticed several games where the mid-major type teams received horrible calls going down the stretches of games that really could have affected the outcomes.
March 21, 201610 yr No foul. I noticed several games where the mid-major type teams received horrible calls going down the stretches of games that really could have affected the outcomes. I agree 100%!
March 21, 201610 yr I think UNC came back from something similar with less time vs Duke in Carmichael in the 70's. It was before the 3 point shot too. 8 points with 17 seconds. It was impressive, but not unheard of. I think 12 with 34 seconds is worse, even with the three point line. Especially when you consider that with the UNI dunk that it took six possessions to close (2/2/2/3/2+1/2). It almost could have happened in the pre-three era as well.
March 21, 201610 yr I just remembered something that has me laughing out loud as I think about it. At halftime of this UNI / Texas A&M game, Charles, Kenny and crew went on and on about how you can't press this UNI team. They said if UNI gets up by 10 Texas A&M is in big trouble. :lol2:
March 21, 201610 yr At a minimum, on the last possession, the kid that tried to throw it off the defender's leg should have just thrown it to the other end of the court. Clock was running with 3 seconds. If it doesn't completely run out, best case is a heave for the win. Also, can anyone do the math if they had just done that (i.e., inbound to get clock started and then toss deep)? 7 times whether they could have run the clock out? Finally, what's the rule if the inbounder bounces the ball off the defender? If he stays out of bounds and it hits him, whose ball is it?
March 21, 201610 yr Author At a minimum, on the last possession, the kid that tried to throw it off the defender's leg should have just thrown it to the other end of the court. Agreed, and his coach told him the same thing when they had their next huddle. I feel bad for the young man, but you have to be smart in that situation & he wasn't.
March 21, 201610 yr I know UNI has no one to blame but themselves, but the play that sticks in my mind is the Caruso drive to the basket in regulation that the refs called a foul on. That was a horrible call and made it a 2 point game instead of a 3 point game after the made free throw. Today's games were marred by refs for me. This game, the Notre Dame game and the Xavier game were all impacted, if not decided by official's calls or no calls in the last minute of the game. We agree on the egregiousness of that call. Not only was it not a foul he called it really late.
March 21, 201610 yr At a minimum, on the last possession, the kid that tried to throw it off the defender's leg should have just thrown it to the other end of the court. Clock was running with 3 seconds. If it doesn't completely run out, best case is a heave for the win. Also, can anyone do the math if they had just done that (i.e., inbound to get clock started and then toss deep)? 7 times whether they could have run the clock out? Finally, what's the rule if the inbounder bounces the ball off the defender? If he stays out of bounds and it hits him, whose ball is it? If it hits the guy and he's standing out of bounds, it's out on him and a turnover.
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