Sunday, February 24, 2008
Big Sky Refs Blow Game for Bengals
On Sunday afternoon 40 minutes should have been enought time to settle the Bengals game vs. Montana. Unfortunately the Big Sky officials thought otherwise. On the final shot of the game a Montana player grabbed a rebound and very clearly called a timeout the ironic thing was they didn't have any left then the buzzer sounded to end regulation. The referees apartently didn't recognize the fact that the player had called the timeout which would have resulted in a technical foul and 2 free throws for the Bengals. I overheard the referee telling the Bengal radio guys that buy the time he realized what happened the horn sounded and so that justified overtime. Last I checked the refs had the ability to look at the replay to look for things like this. I just hate to see officials take games away from teams weather the played well enought to win or not. I hope the officals from Sundays game are repremanded for missing a call that was a turning point in the game.
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Yeah it was sad to see a ref make that kind of decision. If he got paid for the outcome of that game it was almost like he made it obvious. ISU should've had their best free-throw shooter at that free-throw line shooting technical shots. Similar to Seattle's situation in the Superbowl a couple of years ago against Pittsburg, sometimes you not only play the other team, you play the guys in the striped shirts.
I couldn't agree more it is a tragic loss for our team.
heres what the league has to say about this
The Big Sky Conference has suspended three officials for misapplication of rules, league commissioner Doug Fullerton announced Monday.
Eric Curry, Bob Scofield and Scott Harris will be suspended one game after misapplying rules in Sunday’s men’s basketball game between Montana and Idaho State from Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
With the score tied 58-58 in the final second, a Montana player called for a timeout after securing a rebound. Television replays confirmed the timeout was recognized by the officials before the final horn. Montana had used its allotment of timeouts, and should have been called for a technical foul, awarding Idaho State two free-throw attempts with time still on the clock. After the technical foul shots, Montana should have taken possession.
The officials, however, ruled that the timeout was recognized simultaneously with the final horn. Since the game was televised, the officials had the option to use replay to determine how much time remained when the timeout was recognized. The officials failed to review the play, and Montana won the game in overtime 73-62.
“We give officials great flexibility to interpret plays within the rules,’’ Fullerton said. “We never allow officials to set aside a rule. We’re not sure whether the game would have ended on the free-throw line, but Idaho State should have been given that opportunity.’’
Per NCAA rule, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee does not recognize or allow protests.
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