Screw Job of the Year

by **Heinro** » January 3rd, 2013, 9:35 pm

Colorado clearly makes a 3 with .1 second left in Arizona and has the shot called no good. If this happens to my Shocks in Omaha this year, I'll be leading the riot.

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by **Jet915** » January 3rd, 2013, 9:42 pm

Haha, saw that too, I think these were NFL replacement refs or something. I would be pissed if I was a Buffs fan.

by **Turner** » January 3rd, 2013, 9:44 pm

Hopefully this video works: http://t.co/aTNERfOX

by **FearDaTrees** » January 3rd, 2013, 10:35 pm

I don't know. It's extremely close....I wouldn't say a complete screw job cause there isn't a view that clearly shows the ball out with time left.

by **Turner** » January 3rd, 2013, 10:37 pm

2 of those refs did MVC games last night.

by **hot nuts** » January 3rd, 2013, 10:44 pm

Looked obvious out of the shooter's hand to me in the side view replay. The view from behind the shooter is certainly not clear, but if the refs saw the side view....screw job.

by **pawball** » January 3rd, 2013, 11:10 pm

Where were they playing? Where were they playing? Where were they playing?

by **Ace Dad** » January 4th, 2013, 1:32 am

No screw job at all. The team on defense should have either scored another basket earlier or denied the team from getting the three off.

The losing team had 40 minutes to win the game.

A team does not lose or win a game on one possession.

by **MoValley John** » January 4th, 2013, 5:47 am

Ace Dad wrote:No screw job at all. The team on defense should have either scored another basket earlier or denied the team from getting the three off.

The losing team had 40 minutes to win the game.

A team does not lose or win a game on one possession.

Wrong. The losing team had 45 minutes to win the game. Colorado blew it in OT. Secondly, the basket was ruled good on the floor. There was nothing in the videos that justified he call being overturned. By rule, the original call should have stood. Had the referees followed the rulebook on replays, Colorado wins. Instead, they chose to ignore the rules. It had the makings of a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial.

by **cu8493** » January 4th, 2013, 6:44 am

Ace Dad, I agree with you most of the time, but not here. The team DID win the game in the 40 minutes. He clearly took the shot prior to the end of 40 minutes. This isn't a foul/no foul call or a travel/no travel. Judgment calls go for and against teams throughout the course of a game and good or bad are part of the game. This shouldn't have been a judgment call.

This is in fact a situation where the officials took the game away and directly determined the outcome of the game. One can argue that CO could have stil won it in overtime or could have made one more bucket or stop elsewhere in the game, but the truth is they should not have had to. Shot was up within the time frame. By rules it is reviewable and at least by all appearances from what is available to the public the shot left his hand before the 40 game was over.

Now, perhaps what they were able to view on the monitor is different than what the public has seen. If so, then o.k. But otherwise, the referees did in fact determine the game, in my opinion.