Just In: Another Offensive Foul

[TallTitan34]

Marquette offensive foul on Robmufan, his first.

[robmufan]

On me? He wasn't even planted!

[spiral97]

huh?  am I missing something?

[robmufan]

the fact that 5 of MU's 8 turnovers were on some very questionable offensive fouls...some called a split second before ne contace was close to being made

[marquette09]

Higgins definatly likes to call those offensive fouls

[spiral97]

agreed - the foul calling certainly was offensive.  good to see our team not be bothered by them and to play in control regardless.

[MUEng92]

MU got a gift on the offensive foul they called and counted the basket.  I believe it was McNeal early in the second half.  I think he shot it about when the defensive player's butt was hitting the floor.  The refs even got together to talk about it and still counted it.  I thought it must have been a makeup call.

I noticed later in the game there was a charge against PU and their coach immediately lobbied to have the basket count, but they didn't count that one.  I thought PU's basket was much closer than the one they counted for MU.

[TJ]

That gift "Count the basket" for MU on the offensive foul was both terrible and impossible.  I don't know how a NCAA ref could have made that call, or how the other 2 didn't overrule him.  It was just awful.

That being said, I don't really feel bad for PU, because there were 5 bad calls on the other end for ever one that benefited MU.  PU seemed to score immediately after every single missed obvious travel call (at least 4).

[Wareagle]

Agreed, the definition of a bad ref is one who has the ability to make a call that causes both coaches to go ballistic...  That zebraing was ridiculous.