[NU Sports] Re: Holy Orange............

[John Labbe]

I also watched the end of regulation and then got sucked in and stayed up to watch all the overtimes.  It was unreal.  Syracuse did lead at times during regulation, but they never lead during any of the first five overtimes and trailed by as many as 6 on at least two occasions, but they kept fighting back to tie it up at the end of each overtime.  Then Syracuse dominated the sixth overtime and never trailed.

However, I thought the refs should have let the final shot at the end of regulation stand.  For those that missed it, the game was tied with 1.6 seconds to play and Syracuse was inbounding the ball under its own basket.  They made a long pass down the court, it was tipped by a UConn player, and a Syracuse player put up a three in what appeared to be just an instant before the buzzer.  After review, the refs waived off the shot.  To me, it wasn't clear enough on the replay that the ball hadn't left the shooters hand when the clock went to zero.  Even on SportsCenter, where they had the benefit of the studio and many replays, they didn't sound convinced. To me, they should only overturn the call on the court if the replay is 100% conclusive.



 
On Friday, March 13, 2009, at 08:10AM, <hudhaifa3 at aim.com> wrote:
>Who else stayed up to watch one of the best games ever.
>Damn I am tired this morning........
>
>Hate to see someone lose that game.
>Even more unreal that the Cuse didn't lead the game until the 6th OT
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>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Double possession
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>I think we were on the road against OSU in 1983 when tied in OT with a few 
>econds left and we had to forfeit a jump ball because of the possession arrow.  
>he Bucks got the ball and made the winning shot
> may have" mis-remembered" my facts so if anyone else remembers the game fill 
>s in
>arry ------Original Message------From: John LabbeSender: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.comTo: 
>om MaycockCc: nwu-sports at tssi.comSent: Marr 12, 2009 6:42 PMSubject: Re: [NU 
>ports] Double possession
>'ve often wondered about this, too, but just assumed that whichever  team loses 
>he initial jump ball gets the possession arrow first and  then whoever the 
>ossession arrow favors at the beginning of the  second half gets the ball to 
>tart the half.
>he NCAA rule book provides the definitive answer:
>ule 6.1.2: The second half shall start with the team that controlled  the 
>lternating-possession arrow at the end of the first half given disposal of the  
>all at the divisionline opposite the scorers’ table.
>ule 6.2.2: The team that does not obtain control of the initial jump 20ball 
>hall start thealternating process when the next alternating-possession 
>ituation  occurs by beingawarded the ball at a designated spot nearest to where 
>he held ball  occurred.
>See http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/Basketball_Rules_2008-09fb2fc956-7592-4877-993e-dae20a6f90ed.pdf
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>n Mar 12, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Tom Maycock wrote:
>>> No, Northwestern did not get possession in the first half.>> Minnesota got 
>he tip.  Is the rule not whoever gets the>> opening tip the other team gets 
>ossession in the second>> half?  If it goes by the possession arrow, I didn't 
>now>> that.>> I think that whoever doesn't get the tip gets the possession 
>rrow,  > and then it alternates from there. Not 100% sure, but I believe  > 
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