On the same play, even when the ref missed the Iowa time out AND when the Gopher tied Brady up, the Gopher's foot was out of bounds. The ref messed up twice in one sequence.
With Gopher's foot out of bounds, it should have been Iowa's ball.
Instead, ball given to Minnesota on alternate possession.
Iowa should have won in regulation
Instead Minnesota is gift wrapped a home win
HawkCentral lays it out when they wrote this:
A key moment came with 20.3 seconds remaining in regulation and Iowa (14-11, 6-6 Big Ten) leading 77-75. Hawkeyes guard Brady Ellingson had the ball deep in his backcourt, anticipating that he would be fouled. He then tried to call timeout when two Gopher defenders trapped him, but the referees didn’t award him one, instead calling a jump ball that gave possession back to Minnesota.
Iowa’s entire coaching staff was upset; Fran McCaffery and all three assistants burst onto the raised-floor court, vehemently pleading their case to the officials.
McCaffery had reason to be upset. DURING THE PREVIOUS TIME OUT, McCaffery had even alerted referees that if Iowa got the ball back, he wanted to get a timeout. So it had to be maddening that, in that very common situation where a player calls timeout, officials weren't looking for it.
“To be honest, I thought we won the game already with that timeout. We called timeout. Coach told the ref we were going to call timeout when we got the ball back. You could hear Brady calling timeout,” Jok said. “After that, I told them we had five more minutes to go and to keep fighting. We did that. We got five more minutes, but they got the best of us.”
The subsequent layup by Nate Mason with 9 seconds left tied the score at 77-77 and forced overtime. The Gophers would win in double overtime, 101-89.
“I know Brady was calling timeout but it was just loud and there was people around the refs,” said Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon, who was running toward the play also trying to get a timeout. “It wasn’t able to be heard, I guess.”
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was livid, but didn’t want to address the officiating after the game.
Jok said the non-call didn’t linger for the Hawkeyes, but he brought it up twice during his postgame comments, saying: “I thought we won the game already.”
Official Chris Beaver not only didn’t give the timeout, he also ruled a jump ball — even though replays showed the Gophers’ Jordan Murphy, whose hands were on the ball, standing out of bounds.
The alternate-possession arrow gave the ball to Minnesota. It meant a Hawkeye turnover with a two-point lead and the shot clock turned off; otherwise, Iowa would’ve had the chance to salt the game away with free throws. Brady Ellingson is a 100 percent free throw shooter (18-for-18).
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With Gopher's foot out of bounds, it should have been Iowa's ball.
Instead, ball given to Minnesota on alternate possession.
Iowa should have won in regulation
Instead Minnesota is gift wrapped a home win
HawkCentral lays it out when they wrote this:
A key moment came with 20.3 seconds remaining in regulation and Iowa (14-11, 6-6 Big Ten) leading 77-75. Hawkeyes guard Brady Ellingson had the ball deep in his backcourt, anticipating that he would be fouled. He then tried to call timeout when two Gopher defenders trapped him, but the referees didn’t award him one, instead calling a jump ball that gave possession back to Minnesota.
Iowa’s entire coaching staff was upset; Fran McCaffery and all three assistants burst onto the raised-floor court, vehemently pleading their case to the officials.
McCaffery had reason to be upset. DURING THE PREVIOUS TIME OUT, McCaffery had even alerted referees that if Iowa got the ball back, he wanted to get a timeout. So it had to be maddening that, in that very common situation where a player calls timeout, officials weren't looking for it.
“To be honest, I thought we won the game already with that timeout. We called timeout. Coach told the ref we were going to call timeout when we got the ball back. You could hear Brady calling timeout,” Jok said. “After that, I told them we had five more minutes to go and to keep fighting. We did that. We got five more minutes, but they got the best of us.”
The subsequent layup by Nate Mason with 9 seconds left tied the score at 77-77 and forced overtime. The Gophers would win in double overtime, 101-89.
“I know Brady was calling timeout but it was just loud and there was people around the refs,” said Iowa guard Jordan Bohannon, who was running toward the play also trying to get a timeout. “It wasn’t able to be heard, I guess.”
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was livid, but didn’t want to address the officiating after the game.
Jok said the non-call didn’t linger for the Hawkeyes, but he brought it up twice during his postgame comments, saying: “I thought we won the game already.”
Official Chris Beaver not only didn’t give the timeout, he also ruled a jump ball — even though replays showed the Gophers’ Jordan Murphy, whose hands were on the ball, standing out of bounds.
The alternate-possession arrow gave the ball to Minnesota. It meant a Hawkeye turnover with a two-point lead and the shot clock turned off; otherwise, Iowa would’ve had the chance to salt the game away with free throws. Brady Ellingson is a 100 percent free throw shooter (18-for-18).
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