Actually, the Duke player hadn't stepped out of bounds yet but Lowe was on the court out of bounds and the Duke player bounced the ball off of Lowe on the court and the ball was given to Duke. That was an obvious very badly missed call.
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Actually, the Duke player hadn't stepped out of bounds yet but Lowe was on the court out of bounds and the Duke player bounced the ball off of Lowe on the court and the ball was given to Duke. That was an obvious very badly missed call.
But when it comes to reviews … 50-50 doesn’t mean anything. It was called Pitt ball so it needs to be something like 90-95% to overturn it. At best, in my opinion … it was 45%. I saw nothing in that replay which indicated otherwise.
Man, when Hinson hits his first 2 three pointers, look out. He is obviously the difference maker.
I have to say, it was a great win. But my god, those guys in stripes did everything they possibly could to help Duke win. Wow. The phantom technical. The disparity of FT's. But that call....you all know the one.....I have never seen a call that was not so controversial become so parsed, and reviewed frame by frame like the Zapruder film. I don't think I have seen such scrutiny on game winning shots. It was simply a group of referees trying to come up with a way to give Duke the basketball. 7 minutes. Folks, that is not why replay was introduced into sports. Not for that. Again, it is so simple, if you can't find a reason to reverse a call in 45 seconds of review, then the call on the court/field stands. How do they get away with that??
And because of that.... FU Dookies. Go cry some more.
I have to say, it was a great win. But my god, those guys in stripes did everything they possibly could to help Duke win. Wow. The phantom technical. The disparity of FT's. But that call....you all know the one.....I have never seen a call that was not so controversial become so parsed, and reviewed frame by frame like the Zapruder film. I don't think I have seen such scrutiny on game winning shots. It was simply a group of referees trying to come up with a way to give Duke the basketball. 7 minutes. Folks, that is not why replay was introduced into sports. Not for that. Again, it is so simple, if you can't find a reason to reverse a call in 45 seconds of review, then the call on the court/field stands. How do they get away with that??
And because of that.... FU Dookies. Go cry some more.
When I heard Roach and Mitchell werent playing and we started out 5-0, I honestly thought we could win. College teams cant afford to lose starters. Look at WVU, who can beat anyone now that they have their starters back. That said, its all 3 point shooting. Pitt shot 50%. Duke shot 39%, still a great percentage. WVU shot 57%. Kansas shot 30%. College basketball is really just a 3 point shooting contest. When we shoot well, we will win. When we dont, we wont. This isnt like 80s, 90s, 2000s College basketball when pressing defenses or things like rebounding made a difference. Its really just 3 point shooting now
I’m certain the taunts from the Cameron lug nuts were clean and wholesome.
Karma is a bitch.
That’s my thought also. If it takes that long to make a decision, it defies logic to think there was remotely any level of certainty to justify a reversal.
There were 2 official calls that were wrong. The one that was reviewed for it seemed an hour was marginal but shouldn't have been reversed, simply because there wasn't any evidence to reverse it.
But the egregiously bad call was the one where Duke was awarded the ball when a Duke player in the air and going out of bounds hit the ball of off Lowe who was laying on the court out of bounds. The ball should have been given to Pitt since the last player in bounds to have touched the ball was a Duke player. But it was given to Duke. VERY bad call. But we overcame even that and still won.
I've shut down some Duke fans with "so you're a fan of a team that routinely taunts their opponents by slapping the floor on defense, and you are complaining about this?"
Most encouraging to me was seeing Lowe, Fede, and Liggett contribute. They all played critical roles and if we can get that to go along with Bub and Blake we should be competitive in every game going forward and have a chance at a run.
Amazing that Fede fouled a Duke three point shooter with a four point lead in the final seconds. Reading his lips he didn’t even understand he had done something wrong, he was saying “all ball.”
Then on the last shot one of the twins AGAIN contested a Duke three point shooter, with a four point lead. As a 10 year old I was taught never to do this, if he makes the 3 who cares you win by 1.
I would blame Capel but this is something these guys should have known long before they attended Pitt they were lucky it didn’t bite them
Then on the last shot one of the twins AGAIN contested a Duke three point shooter, with a four point lead. As a 10 year old I was taught never to do this, if he makes the 3 who cares you win by 1.
I would blame Capel but this is something these guys should have known long before they attended Pitt they were lucky it didn’t bite them
Blake is a really an all-time great. Not at the Blair or Knight level. But he got the team back to the NCAA Tournament and has a style of game and attitude that just resonates. I have no doubt that Duke fans were taunting him all game and while you'd expect a young pro to just let that go in one ear and out the other, its human to internalize that and feed off it or let it effect you in a bad way. I have no problem with what he did. He is a passionate player and he has earned the right to make a "mistake" here and there if you even categorize it as a mistake. You can tell he put a lot into that game.
The second call you mentioned was discussed in the game thread, and a player who is out of bounds cannot touch the ball. Lowe obviously was, so ball to Duke. The problem was that the Duke player’s foot had hit the floor before he threw the ball off of Lowe, which the official missed.
Agreed. Normally, this stuff is in bad taste, but the way it all played out and Hinson's explanation when interviewed, it is a classic all in good fun college moment, IMO.
Announcers I think said it couldn't be reviewed because it wasn't under 2 minutes or something
It doesn’t matter if your arms come down if you get all ball.
I’m not saying it was smart, but it was another in a line of terrible calls.
Fede hit the arm of the Duke player while he was shooting. He did touch ball, but also the kids arm. Dumb play.
That is correct. Out of bounds calls can't be reviewed except in the last two minutes of the game.
And the more I'm think about it, I'm just glad to see Pitt finally playing with some fire. Except for maybe last season, the program's lacked any sort of cohesive identity for over a decade. There's been no playing with a chip on their shoulder like in the 2000s. So if that results in Blake jumping on a table, I'll take it. And he wasn't the one holding up his middle finger.
Besides, considering Terry's ridiculous outrage over horns down the other night, and the Dukies outrage over a perceived disrespect of a student section that is famed for being overly obnoxious while sitting 2 inches from the court, anyone that thinks their college sport team's cheer novelties are sacrosanct needs to reevaluate their life.
It was obvious it wasn't all ball and it was just a dumb play by Fede.
Which I don't know why more teams aren't hitting Europe to recruit because they have always been strong on the perimeter.
I love betting against Pitt in the right situations. I'll gladly pay the money for us to win, and it's a consolation prize if we lose.
One time years ago, I bought game 7 playoff tickets for a Penguins series. While watching the game 6, that they had to win, I realized that I'd, in effect, bet a few hundred dollars on them to lose (as I'd then get my money back). I "lost" the bet. Then they lost in 7, anyway.
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