<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re talking about last plays that are deciding games, not an incorrect travel call or something like that,\u201d Clougherty said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to call it discipline, but when his evaluation comes down, he might not get that second game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clougherty said a rule he has always held to over decades of officiating is to err on the side of not making a call. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe mindset is always, when I blow the whistle, I want to be able to justify the contact,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to be on the side of, let\u2019s make our no-calls our mistakes. Not the one where you blow the whistle and the replay embarrasses us because there\u2019s nothing there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The call brought with it the issue of whether the NCAA should expand a replay system that currently doesn\u2019t allow review of judgment calls on the sort of last-second foul that helped decide Thursday\u2019s game. The AP asked a handful of coaches around the country about it Friday:<\/p>\n
\u2014Self said replays that are allowed extend the ends of games. \u201cThe thing about basketball, it\u2019s comprised of human beings that actually, at times, could miss something. Players miss something. Officials can miss something,\u201d he said. \u2014 Creighton\u2019s Greg McDermott also said he worries about too many replays slowing down the games. \u201cI would probably want to talk to the NBA guys\u201d to see how they like the rule in their league that allows for coaches\u2019 challenges, he said. \u2014 Illinois\u2019 Brad Underwood said he wishes coaches could challenge foul calls in college. Regrading the Samford call, he said, \u201cIt was a tough play, and you kind of live with the outcome.\u201d\u2014 Arizona\u2019s Tommy Lloyd: \u201cListen, I think we\u2019ve got to be open to\u201d coach-initiated reviews on fouls. \u201cAt the end of the day, the number one deal is, get the calls right.\u201d<\/p>\n
College basketball does allow for reviews of some plays, including buzzer-beaters and shot-clock issues, shooters stepping on or behind the 3-point line, reviews to see if flagrant fouls were committed and out of bounds plays in the last two minutes. <\/p>\n
But on the biggest play of Thursday\u2019s game, there was no recourse.<\/p>\n
Afterward, Timberlake insisted he had been fouled. Staton-McCray disagreed and said if there was a foul, \u201cI guess Casper hit him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clougherty, the officiating lifer, recalled a Sweet 16 game in 1990 between Georgia Tech and Michigan State in which he counted a game-tying basket even though replays showed the ball was still in Kenny Anderson\u2019s hands when the buzzer went off. Video reviews of buzzer-beaters were still 10 years away, so the call stood. <\/p>\n
Georgia Tech went on to the Final Four that year. Clougherty did not. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese NCAA games, as close as they are, you better not miss a critical play, or they\u2019ll find someone else to referee the games,\u201d Clougherty said. <\/p>\n
___<\/h2>\n
AP Sports Writers Will Graves and Eric Olson contributed.<\/p>\n
___<\/h2>\n
AP March Madness bracket: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ncaa-mens-bracket<\/a> and coverage: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/march-madness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY (AP) \u2014 The referee who blew the critical whistle that worked against Samford at the end of its loss to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament might be following the Bulldogs straight out of town. It is routine for evaluators to analyze games and decide which officials move on to call the next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1975,223,1989,248,221,2754,2505,2074],"yoast_head":"\n
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