Doogie you're a solid poster and I have enjoyed going back and forth with you on threads over the last few years. That being said, if you want to go on an on and on over and over about what the officials missed, I can play this game too. After watching this game 3 more times, I tried like hell to see just how bad the officiating was from a WVU perspective.
1st Half Against WVU:
17:25- Carter shoving (w/2 hands) and hugging Graham trying like hell to deny the inbound pass.
16:53- Miles throws a lob pass to Konate with Doke standing right there ready to deflect the lob. He knocks the pas away and as Konate has his arms up begging for a foul, the other 9 players on the floor are busting their asses back to play on the other end.
12:33- West come on a hard hedge for Carter at the top of the key and bear hugs Garrett.
10:45- After a Bolden missed floater, now a loose ball along the baseline, Teddy Allen shoves Vick to the floor out of bounds.
10:20- Miles wraps up Garrett as he's cutting backdoor. Since Miles hugged the 1st option, Graham lobbed the ball to Doke.
9:03- Bolden catches a pass on the wing, takes 3 steps and then puts the ball on the floor.
8:13- After a Konate made jumper Bolden, once again wraps up Graham with both arms away from the ball on the inbounds pass.
7:36- Off a Carter missed fade away Bolden comes flying in and shoves Graham (who was waiting to grab the rebound) well out of bounds. Bolden goes on to grab the offensive board for an easy stick back.
7:31- After Bolden scored that easy stick back, he then goes on to bear hug Newman on the inbounds pass. That's not ball denial. That's called assault which is also a foul and once again, it wasn't called. The worst part of the play is instead of calling the foul, for some unknown reason Higgins felt the need to warn Bolden.
5:33- Garrett blows clean by Carter down the middle of the lane for a layup. However as Carter tries to sprint back & make an honest defensive play, he decapitates Garrett. Garrett missed the shot but instead of bitching and complaining, Garrett picked his ass up off the floor and busted his ass back on defense.
3:07- Carter reaches clear across Graham and damn near took Graham to the floor
0:34- Ensuing a Garrett airball Carter along with Svi hustled after the rebound and shoves Svi out of bounds with 2 hands. Carter grabbed the ball and the play moved to the other end.
2nd Half Missed Calls against WVU:
19:15- Carter slaps Graham twice going for the steal.
11:46- Carter takes the handoff, runs 3 steps and then dribbles.
4:34- Carter scores on a layup and is fouled. Before his shot goes through the basket Konate jumps up and grabs the rim with not just one, but with 2 hands. Offensive basket goaltend? Nope of course not.
0:46- Graham drives to the basket, head fakes and Carter grabs both arms trying for the steal. Somehow Graham maintained possession and KU was able to play on.
I'm sure I'm still missing a few but just for the thrill of it, I may just go back and watch the game for a 3rd or 4th time to see what else I missed. It's been said several times already and I agree that 35-2 from the FT line is lopsided. I also agree KU got the benefit of some calls as well.
What I don't understand is why WVU has turned into a team living off jump shots when they are bigger, more physical actually have the ability to bang around on the interior.
One more thing, Kansas has lost 3 games in Allen Fieldhouse as well as one in KC at the Sprint Center THIS SEASON!! Get the f**k out of here with AFH conspiracy theory bullsh*t.
