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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

This, no way should that be called.

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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

 

I think saying a little obstructed is underselling it. His left arm was being held down as he grabbed for the ball to heave. It's not like Brown had a great look from 45 feet when Mack fouled him.

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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

This, no way should that be called.

 

The problem is that the first foul wasn't much of a foul, either. In the final equation, I don't have a problem with the end of the game because one dumb foul negated the other. The end result was Butler up by one, which was the scenario at the start of the sequence.

 

I don't think Pitt was wronged at all.

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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

 

I think saying a little obstructed is underselling it. His left arm was being held down as he grabbed for the ball to heave. It's not like Brown had a great look from 45 feet when Mack fouled him.

 

If Mack didn't hip check him then Brown would've been able to get to the 3 point line with his momentum and the time remaining. I'm not even sure they blow the whistle on the second one at all if Howard didn't flop like a dead fish.

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Is there really a significant number of people who think those fouls shouldn't have been called in the Pitt/Butler game? Or is this just a media-generated story?

 

 

They looked like pretty obvious fouls to me -- the kind that can't be ignored, even in the final seconds.

 

I'm kinda of the mind that the refs probably should have swallowed the whistle on the second one. I think you have to understand the consequences of your actions, and essentially giving the game to Butler because Howard was a little obstructed in an attempt to wheel and throw the ball 85 feet doesn't seem very just to me.

 

I think saying a little obstructed is underselling it. His left arm was being held down as he grabbed for the ball to heave. It's not like Brown had a great look from 45 feet when Mack fouled him.

 

If Mack didn't hip check him then Brown would've been able to get to the 3 point line with his momentum and the time remaining. I'm not even sure they blow the whistle on the second one at all if Howard didn't flop like a dead fish.

 

Howard was clearly fouled. He flopped a bit, but it was absolutely a foul.

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