Overtime tip and UConn no-basket

[JTBMU7]

UCONN can't make the postseason, ollie got his contract, napier got is pts, so this game was pretty meaningless for them if you think about it....

[MU82]

UCONN can't make the postseason, ollie got his contract, napier got is pts, so this game was pretty meaningless for them if you think about it....

And yet they still tried to win it. The fools!

[slingkong]

It wasn't goaltending.  The ball was not on its way down.  It was on a horizontal path.

[TJ]

It wasn't goaltending.  The ball was not on its way down.  It was on a horizontal path.

That may be, but it was clearly called goaltending by the baseline ref so that doesn't matter.

[Abode4life]

That may be, but it was clearly called goaltending by the baseline ref so that doesn't matter.

The game is over and it ended in our favor.  Most likely we will never see this situation again.  Why is everyone still arguing about this?

[TJ]

The game is over and it ended in our favor.  Most likely we will never see this situation again.  Why is everyone still arguing about this?

What else do we have to do?

[Bocephys]

What else do we have to do?

We could talk about how Mo Acker and DJ Newbill would be averaging 40 points/game apiece for the undefeated Marquette Warriors in some alternate reality.

[NCMUFan]

It seems like UConn's 1st overtime basket should of been 2 pts for Marquette. 

[TheGym]

It wasn't goaltending.  The ball was not on its way down.  It was on a horizontal path.

I thought my physics teacher taught us that it would be impossible for the basketball to be on a horizontal path

[forgetful]

I thought my physics teacher taught us that it would be impossible for the basketball to be on a horizontal path

Depends on your frame of reference.

[mileskishnish72]

I had noticed multiple bad calls throughout the game (going both ways) and the worst (by far) of the group turned out to be Karl Hess - I think he's probably the lead guy on that crew - he had some attention in the past when he kicked Gugliotta and Corchione out of a game at NC State. I think he may be worse than Burr, which is a very scary thought.

[CTWarrior]

The centers were facing the wrong way on the tip.  Based on the direction of the participants, UConn went the right way when they gathered in the tip.  I also think that the shot had begun its downward arc when it was blocked.  To me, the fairest thing would have been to give UConn the 2 points and just turn the teams around so that they were going in the right direction from that point forward.  That's what the rule apparently says, too.

But Ollie had it right, it was just a weird start to the OT, a bad call like any other.  Suppose for example the overtime started with everyone going in the right direction but no goaltending was called.  That would have been a bad call, but not an egregiously bad call.  The result would have been the same (except MU would still have the possession arrow) and no one would be talking about it now.

[MerrittsMustache]

The centers were facing the wrong way on the tip.  Based on the direction of the participants, UConn went the right way when they gathered in the tip.  I also think that the shot had begun its downward arc when it was blocked.  To me, the fairest thing would have been to give UConn the 2 points and just turn the teams around so that they were going in the right direction from that point forward.  That's what the rule apparently says, too.

But Ollie had it right, it was just a weird start to the OT, a bad call like any other.  Suppose for example the overtime started with everyone going in the right direction but no goaltending was called.  That would have been a bad call, but not an egregiously bad call.  The result would have been the same (except MU would still have the possession arrow) and no one would be talking about it now.

It would have been tough to give UConn the points because the official nearest the scorer's table blew his whistle and began gesturing at about the same time that the goaltend was called, possibly before. At the game, several of us thought he was calling traveling. Also, MU coaches were supposedly urging the players to let them score, assuming it would be 2 points for MU. There was a ton of confusion on the court at the time so making the goaltend call would have been tough to justify given the other factors involved.

[Benny B]

God, I am getting sick of this whole "cost UCONN a bucket thing" everywhere.

I have it on good authority from Benny Z that in his parallel universe where the officials lined up the players correctly at the start of OT, MU actually won the tip and on on the ensuing possession, Napier and Boatwright collided on a botched defensive switch sending both players to the floor.  Boatwright left the game with a major concussion and is basically done for the year and Napier is out indefinitely with a fractured clavicle.

So UCONN should be damn happy that the officials screwed up.