rutgers got hosed on 4 calls at end

[Carl Spackler]

shooting foul on the last shot by rutgers
over the back
out of bounds off st johns not rutgers
st johns either traveled or out of bounds with 1.7 left


terrible officiating

.....but what a terrible inbounds play by rutgers--why throw into double coverage

[marquette09]

Higgins brought his A game today.  Wow that was terrible, feel bad for Rutgers.  Happy we don't have to worry about Higgins or Burr tonight. 

[Gwaki]

wow.  just wow.  Good bye higgins!

[Oldgym]

Horrible officiating.  Incredible.

[willie warrior]

Home cookin for St. John's in the Garden. This is why they could very well make the finals of the tourney.

[nyg]

That was crazy.  BE official's supervisor will have a field day.  Why didn't anyone from Rutger's staff bring the last 1.7 second miss up, isn't that reviewable?  

[wadesworld]

No shooting foul, offender caused the contact, defender was standing still and straight up.  That was an unnecessary force.

It was an over the back.

It was out on Rutgers, it was not out on St. John's.

There was definitely a travel and he was out of bounds with BOTH feet with 1.7 seconds left.

Really embarrassing.

Agreed on the bad inbounds play by Rutgers.  You have 5 seconds left.  There wasn't 1 second left.

[Clam Crowder]

My God that was awful. One of those three officials better get disciplined. Brownlee travelled, threw the ball out of bounds, and stepped out of bounds all before time ran out and no call! Pathetic!

[Silkk the Shaka]

Oh man these guys are getting torched in the post-game show too!  Gottlieb says Higgins and Burr should not ref another game this year - I'm loving this!

[Muhoops85]

My God that was awful. One of those three officials better get disciplined. Brownlee travelled, threw the ball out of bounds, and stepped out of bounds all before time ran out and no call! Pathetic!

If so, we will never have to hear Digger say "those guys can flat out ref"!

[drewm88]

John Marinatto better get on the phone and try to find some replacement refs for the rest of the weekend. No way can he allow those three to do another game in this tournament. What a disgrace.

[Masterr73]

No shooting foul, offender caused the contact, defender was standing still and straight up.  That was an unnecessary force.

You should really watch that replay, it was a foul, he was not straight up. I also say that S.Johns should have gotten T'd up for throwing the ball into stands, especially with time left. Pathetic

[willie warrior]

careful--Burr probably reads this site and will give us bum calls. Oh, I forgot, Burr can't see, so he will not be reading this site.

[#MUBB]

LOL

[TallTitan34]

Try doing a realtime google search on "Higgins Burr".

[T.V. Diener 34]

It seems to me that so many people know Burr and Higgins are just terrible but then you hear on tv how they're such good refs.  Jokeee

[The Man in Gold]

From a few weeks back: Dickie V on @JimBurr: "Whether he's right or wrong he makes a call with authority."

Mostly he's wrong.

[JerryWizig]

I also say that S.Johns should have gotten T'd up for throwing the ball into stands, especially with time left. Pathetic

Throwing the ball into the stands isn't a technical. It's actually a smart play to waste time that most teams don't attempt. The clock can't stop until the ball hits the ground, right? Didn't Wisconsin do the same thing to beat Texas a few years ago in Austin?

But Lavin could have gotten a technical for being way out of the coaching box. He almost ran into the St. John's player who traveled and stepped out of bounds.

[nyg]

Again, isn't that a reviewable action?  Maybe I am wrong. Why didn't Rutgers appeal?

[TallTitan34]

Can college teams play games under protest like in baseball?

[Gwaki]

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlOWkNBxlTo&feature=youtu.be

[TallTitan34]

Again, isn't that a reviewable action?  Maybe I am wrong. Why didn't Rutgers appeal?

Can you appeal when the refs run out of the building immediately?

[lab_warrior]

FYI:  Final score was 65-63. Over/Under was 128.5.  UH-GOOOOOO!!  Donaghy territory.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Try doing a realtime google search on "Higgins Burr".

Lots on Tim Higgins & Jim Burr.  One is talking about a Mary Higgins clark book.   

[nyg]

Can you appeal when the refs run out of the building immediately?

You bring them back out.  I am not blaming the Rutgers staff, but someone must have noticed.  Maybe I am making a big deal out of nothing, but I observed no one from Rutgers complaining to anyone.  Probably didn't even know until well after.  Shame.