It was the most talked about college basketball game of the weekend; and not just because it featured a big upset. it had one of the weirdest endings to march madness that we’ve seen in awhile.
Minutes after the ending of No. 8-seeded Butler?s bizarre, 71-70, win over No.1-seeded Pittsburgh in the Southeast Region?s third round game, both the Atlanta (Matt Winer, Steve Smith, Seth Davis and Phil Martelli) and New York (Ernie Johnson, Greg Anthony, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley and Rick Pitino) NCAA Tournament studio shows aired interviews with John Adams, National Coordinator of Men?s Basketball Officiating.
Atlanta
On the crucial calls between Butler and Pittsburgh at the end of the game:
ADAMS: I?ve had a chance to look at the plays (in the final seconds of�Butler-Pitt game) as many times as you guys have probably, they were both fouls. �They tie in to two things we?ve been working on all year. We have a single point of emphasis, we enforce the rules as written, and every coach I?ve ever talked to says, ?A foul is a foul.? �These are fouls and if you don?t call them, you penalize the other team. I would feel just as bad for Pittsburgh as I would for Butler and vice versa. I?m a fan just like you guys are and while you would like to have a game end on a wide open three that somebody makes as time expires, that?s not what [More …]
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