I hope he said that the refs stole the game. He’s got nothing to lose at this point, that horrendous series of calls just bounced them from the Tournament and made sure he lost this job.
I hope he said that the refs stole the game. He’s got nothing to lose at this point, that horrendous series of calls just bounced them from the Tournament and made sure he lost this job.
He seems a bit pissed
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Did we not see the the controversial call where we yanked their player down and their inbounds pass went straight out of bounds? A little soft but still a foul on us.
It was clear that the referees were going to give Nebraska a makeup call in the last few seconds.
Our task is to NOT put ourselves in a situation where we have to rely on the officials NOT giving a makeup call after we benefit from a cheap one. Sore losership but I guess what can you expect coaches and players to say?
Did we not see the the controversial call where we yanked their player down and their inbounds pass went straight out of bounds? A little soft but still a foul on us.
It was clear that the referees were going to give Nebraska a makeup call in the last few seconds.
Our task is to NOT put ourselves in a situation where we have to rely on the officials NOT giving a makeup call after we benefit from a cheap one. Sore losership but I guess what can you expect coaches and players to say?
Agree. Unfortunately we have lots people here that think he lost his job yesterday.No other sport is officiating influenced by the home crowd more than basketball (college and pro). Really don't know how you fix that issue outside of having robots ref games, can't really take the human element out of it regardless of hard you try. Really nothing you can do about as a team at this point, just have to move on and use it as motivation for your next game. Still plenty of opportunities to turn this ship around, won't be easy, but easy games aren't what raises your net. Steal one against Michigan and/or Purdue and I think they are in good shape again. As I have been saying all season regardless of a win or a loss, just let the season play out before you overreact either way.
Did we not see the the controversial call where we yanked their player down and their inbounds pass went straight out of bounds? A little soft but still a foul on us.
It was clear that the referees were going to give Nebraska a makeup call in the last few seconds.
Our task is to NOT put ourselves in a situation where we have to rely on the officials NOT giving a makeup call after we benefit from a cheap one. Sore losership but I guess what can you expect coaches and players to say?
Holding the ball at the end of the game and letting Murphy dribble more thsn once to the basket was a truly stupid coaching decision.
"Hey, we did not substitute in our deep bench when we were up over 10 points and it was four minutes into the game." (end of press conference)Maybe the officials should have held a press conference to discuss how poorly Pitino did his job.
I think I have come to the conclusion that basketball must be the hardest sport to ref because it consistently has the most incorrect calls made. I have seen it at so many levels youth through college (NBA is better). Ideally you don't put yourself in a position where an incompetent ref decides the game. But this was a brutal call to end the game.
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Agree. Unfortunately we have lots people here that think he lost his job yesterday.
People love drama
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Pitino is rightfully pissed about how it ended but I don't agree with his assessment that we played a great game to that point.
Regardless of how bad the foul call on Coffey was, and it was atrocious, how do the officials not at least review the OB call on McBrayer/Oturu? They pretty much always look at anything remotely close in the last 2 minutes just to make sure they got it right.
Gophers rebounded a Nebraska miss cleanly, not OB, and I'm not sure Oturu ever touched the ball. It would've been Gophers ball, and Palmer never gets the chance for that last foul to happen. I'm completely baffled at how you don't at the very least review the OB call. If the Big Ten had any guts, it would suspend Kelly Pfeifer. He made all 3 calls (charge on Murphy, which wasn't a charge), the OB call and the foul on Coffey. He had just a terrible night.
Gophers rebounded a Nebraska miss cleanly, not OB, and I'm not sure Oturu ever touched the ball. It would've been Gophers ball, and Palmer never gets the chance for that last foul to happen. I'm completely baffled at how you don't at the very least review the OB call. If the Big Ten had any guts, it would suspend Kelly Pfeifer. He made all 3 calls (charge on Murphy, which wasn't a charge), the OB call and the foul on Coffey. He had just a terrible night.
I’m thinking they can’t review the out of bounds play because review is reserved for “who touched it last?” and not “did he step out?” for the most part.
I’m thinking they can’t review the out of bounds play because review is reserved for “who touched it last?” and not “did he step out?” for the most part.
"Hey, we did not substitute in our deep bench when we were up over 10 points and it was four minutes into the game." (end of press conference)
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