L. Cranston posted:It was a good game. I hate for any game to be won on a foul. Rules are: the shooter has a right to land and the defender jumped toward the shooter and made contact. Good call.
A great season for AU and better luck next year.
You are technically right by the letter of the law but in final games, even this one, refs allowed them to play for most of the game but when it counted they got ultra-specific on that one call. Additionally, the others are right in mentioning that the no call for double dribbling which was obvious should have been called and alone would have most likely ended the game in Auburn's favor. True the Virginia shooter had to make all three shots to win but for a final game and everything on the line, it was just a questionable call especially coming right after the no-call on double dribbling. Auburn had a heck of a year and I wish them the best but this game will follow those players all their lives as something that shouldn't have happened. I do believe Auburn would have gone all the way if given the chance.
What kept going through my mind was how this was just the opposite (well maybe not completely the opposite) from the last minute no-call that ended the New Orlean's Saints hopes for a Super Bowl this year when the LA Ram's player was allowed to accost the receiver without a pass interference call. I just wonder if all these no-calls or bad calls have something to do with gambling?