ugh, now I’m all itchy.

he would have been burned at the stake back in the day.

Agreed, but you can really make that argument in any sport. NBA officiating is god awful the majority of the time too. At this point, everyone seems to accept it and hope that it evens out across both teams.

The game was poorly called. Most of the bad calls went Duke’s way, but Wisc. got away with a couple of things as well .

In the replays above, starting at 2:00, there is NO WAY you can conclusively say he touched the ball, hence me saying it really could have gone both ways even if the refs had seen that view (which they didn’t). The ball doesn’t even slightly change trajectory or spin. Just because you wanted a specific outcome,…

great photo! it’s quite unlikely that refs would ever have access to that high quality of a closeup during the the review. it would be great if they did.

nope. it’s completely arbitrary. even in the penultimate replay, you can’t say that it definitively hit his finger. it looks like it likely may have, but it’s so close, it could go either way, even if the refs had seen it. it’s not like it was an obvious out of bounds off of Duke. the Wisconsin player is the one who…

It’s laughable to think that this micro-touch of the ball shifted the outcome of the game at all, but let’s all talk about it.

happens to me too. have to refresh to fix it every time.

who knocks like that?!

Punched by an invisible leprechaun. Yup. I saw it.

kind of a bummer. wanted to see one last attempt at a return. guy was exciting to watch!

that Filed Under category tho.

Hayes in better days.

also the best.

I have a feeling this will be reused quite a bit in the upcoming days.

100%. It's been a pleasure watching him play throughout his career.

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why is that such a crazy question? seems pretty valid.

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