Friday, January 4, 2013

Even With Replay, Ref's Get It Wrong

Tonight (Thursday night) the Colorado Buffaloes played the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona and they were involved in a close game that eventually went to overtime.
But the officials, apparently believing they were replacement NFL referees decided to overrule themselves (they called the basket good initially) and overrule the replay that showed that the Colorado player released just before or at the moment the clock went to 0:00.
The Colorado coach was obviously angry- from ESPN: It's fair to say Colorado coach Tad Boyle was frustrated by the officials' decision to use an inconclusive replay of a potential game-winning 3-pointer to reverse an on-court call at the end of Thursday's game against Arizona.
How frustrated?
Enough that he wants college basketball to take a dramatic step: Don't go to the monitor to decide a game on such a close call.
"Get rid of instant replay," Boyle told ESPN.com by phone from Tucson. "In basketball, football, human error is part of our game. If human error is part of the game, let the officials call the game. Players, coaches and officials will make mistakes. It's part of the game.
"We spend all this money on replays and we still can't get it right. Get rid of it."
Boyle hadn't seen the replay of Sabatino Chen's buzzer-beating 3-point bank shot until well after the game.
The shot, waved off by officials after a lengthy review, would have handed the Buffaloes a stunning 83-80 victory over No. 3 Arizona in the Pac-12 opener in Tucson.
Instead, Arizona completed a 17-point comeback to win 92-83 in overtime and remain undefeated.
"After the game, I was disappointed in myself and in the way we played down the stretch, but I hadn't seen the replay," Boyle said. "That was like a shot to the gut. We're going to move on and not cry about it and not complain about it, and we'll take it like men and hopefully get better."
But Boyle won't let it rest. He said his first call on Friday morning will be to Pac-12 coordinator of officials Ed Rush.
"I would like an explanation," Boyle said. "I think the University of Colorado deserves one and the players and administration and student body and everybody involved in Buff Nation deserves an explanation. It's not going to change the result. I've never been involved in something like this." http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8811934/tad-boyle-colorado-buffaloes-basketball-coach-wants-end-instant-replay-controversial-overturned-call

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