Worst foul call ever by refs in SH game ends their season. Wow. Down by one with 18 seconds left they call a flagrant 1 when Desi fouled on purpose because there was "no play on the ball." That decided the game and refs should never do that. Chris Webber was disgisted.
the fact that the ref actually said "no play on the ball" as the justification shows how he is either (i) a complete idiot or (ii) had some money on arkansas. either way that crew should be banned from the rest of the tourney (along with the crew that called the flagrant 1 during the play in games). I hate seton hall, but feel like I was just robbed watching a basketball game that the refs decided to determine themselves
I turned it off after that call because that was the game. You never do that as a ref unless you absolutely have to. That crew needs to be taken off tournament games immediately. They had a few minutes to watch it again and talk it over too. Inexcusable.
you're so right. that's the craziest part. they didn't call the flagrant until after watching the replay. and the replay clearly shows that rodriguez touches him lightly with his hands and the ballhandler falls after their feet get tangled. if they can't get that right, what are they doing? "not a play on the ball," have these guys ever seen someone foul at the end of the basketball game in their lives? rodriguez did exactly what every single other player ever has done. touch the guy with both hands, make the foul obvious, and stop the clock. here's the video btw: https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/842824315309441024
As Chris Webber said, "Nobody ever makes a play on the ball fouling to stop the clock mate. I feel terrible for the Seton Hall players."
Referees suck and I understand your point about the situation, but if that wasn't a flagrant foul, what is: he pushed the guy to the ground with in the back with two hands. It sucks for Seton Hall but F Seton Hall, I'm glad they lost.
What's interesting (to me) is the lack of consistency. In the St John's loss to Xavier at the end of January St John's was trying to foul at the end of a game in which 57 fouls were called and everyone in the gym knew St John's was trying to foul and the refs didn't call anything until Ahmed nearly decapitated a guy after half a dozen brazen hacks were ignored. If standards aren't enforced there are no standards. That's the problem.
The presence of referees on the playing field in sports is antediluvian. With digital technology and multiple cameras there is no excuse for allowing human limitations to affect the outcome of sporting events. In baseball balls and strikes can be called without humans; whether the runner beat the ball to a base is clearly evident via replay. Three second calls in basketball could be done via GPS. So could probably personal fouls and in any event what transpires on the court is more evident from 30 feet up in the air then from the limited field of vision that even good refs possess, much less drunks like Tim Higgins, who used to call things with his back turned. In football a chip in the ball could regulate some dope placing the ball on the field in situations where an inch matters and could determine whether a field goal is good or not or an extra point. The sooner these nice persons are taken off the court the better.