Odd occurrence with 4 and change left to play in the second half.
Garrett is dribbling the ball and elbows the defender Ponds in the head. The ref with the curved leg calls the foul and they go to the monitor to check for a flagrant foul due to the head contact.
After reviewing the play, It's announced that it's now a foul on Ponds. Booing ensues and all 3 refs come together I assume to discuss that you can only go to the monitor to determine flagrant or common foul and that you can't just reverse the original call and give one to the opposing team. After their meeting, Depaul gets to inbound the ball and I assume again that no foul is being assessed to either team and that they are ruling inadvertent whistle and Depaul is getting the ball at the point of interruption.
Less than a minute later, Garrett is fouled not in the act of shooting yet is sent to the line to shoot a one and one even though it's only the 6th foul of the half on the Johnnies.
You see new stuff every day in this wacky game.
On redmen, I called for the suspension of all three refs, for that craziness.
It wasn't like they missed a call. These were rules violations, plain and simple.
Well one of the refs was Ed Corbett. As good as it gets in officiating. The guy with the curved leg is very good and I've seen him work a lot of games very well. I don't know the other guy.
It just highlights how very difficult it is to officiate basketball. Even top crews are capable of mistakes and/or misjudgements.