NCAA Admits to Wrong Call

[mu_hilltopper]

I agree with Pakuni.  That's a travel.

[StillAWarrior]

I also want to add that the officiating in the Xavier game was God-awful with the vast majority of the BS hand-checks and ticky-tack calls going against Marquette, yet we still managed to blow them out of the water.

The calls in that game probably hurt Marquette more than the one supposedly blown call hurt Syracuse. Also Fab Melo should have been given a technical, we all know that. Why not release a statement about that?

The Xavier fans near me were complaining so much about the refs I couldn't believe it.  At one point, they called what I think was the third foul against Xavier in the second half - to Marquette's 8 at the time - and the guy just went off about how terrible the officiating against Xavier was.  Not sure what game he was watching.

[Dr. Blackheart]

I had a good view at the game.  The official was right there.  I will be honest, when I saw it live, my first thought was "did he just call a back court?". It didn't appear to me that is was as I knew the rule. No one protested, so I just thought I missed the catch first and then step back or the travel.  

It was a brain cramp play to start with....should have gone in the back court to give Scoop room for a drive and shoot (only 9 seconds on the shot clock anyway).  As it was, he was left tiptoeing the line facing in a bad position, trapped defensively at half court wasting time for a play to develop. No way he gets off a good shot--or any shot.

And in the replay, definitely a travel.

[Stuckin1977]

If Scoop hadn't "walked the tightrope" as Len Elmore described it, there never would've been this call.  Had he let the ball bounce into the backcourt and then picked it up, there never would've been an issue.  It's his own fault for how he handled the in-bounds pass

[MountainCreekHouse]

That call had absolutely nothing to do with us winning the game, it was the stellar clutch play of our boys. hollar at me.

[StillAWarrior]

If Scoop hadn't "walked the tightrope" as Len Elmore described it, there never would've been this call.  Had he let the ball bounce into the backcourt and then picked it up, there never would've been an issue.  It's his own fault for how he handled the in-bounds pass

My guess is that Scoop didn't know exactly where his feet were.  He knew he was close, but he was watching the ball (as he should have been).  By the time he looked down, he saw that he was on the line.  Honestly, at that moment, I doubt Scoop knew that it wasn't a back court violation.

But as LightBlueJerseys said, we won because our boys had ice water in their veins.  Holla!

[GGGG]

If Scoop hadn't "walked the tightrope" as Len Elmore described it, there never would've been this call.  Had he let the ball bounce into the backcourt and then picked it up, there never would've been an issue.  It's his own fault for how he handled the in-bounds pass

Or if he would have simply gone into the backcourt to receive the pass he would have been fine.  Even if he caught it in the front court, he was in the corner and could have easilly been trapped.  Clearly it wasn't a very smart play by a player with a reputation for not playing very smart.

[ToddRosiakSays]

NCAA admits error in MU game
               



One of the biggest plays in the Marquette Golden Eagles' 66-62 win over the Syracuse Orange in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday was set up by a refereeing error, the NCAA said.

               

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/118499329.html