you can't blame a game on foul calls.  I try not to.  We shouldn't have blown our 10 point lead.  But yes, it is ridiculous.  But everyone knows(or it's just me) that refs don't call a lot of falls in the last 10 seconds.  The SECOND the game is over, they're out of there and never ever have to think about it again so, they're done.  

Like any basketball call(or really any sport) it's much easier to tell in slow mo or in a pic.  At full speed when it happened, did most of us really KNOW it was a foul.  It sure looked like it but no one I was with really knew for sure.  

I thought a lot of the blocks that K love had in the last 10 minutes or so were NOT clean.  At all.  He seemed to get a lot of good graces.  But at the same time, in the first half, it seemed like they got a lot of travels and other stuff on them that was probably questionable.  

Like I said, you can't blame it on the fouls and if we did, we should watch the entire game, review every single shot, reach in, etc, and see who got the edge.  But that's impossible.  We shouldn't have gone 6+ minutes without a FG.  That's what f'ed us.  

Sucks though.  That win would've been a bigger win that Gillespie ever had (IMO).  Oh well, I feel like we got a lot of respect out of it.  A lot of other teams were rooting for us.(a rarity)
I think Turgeon might have shown what he's going to be capable of with his own guys....

Lets just say I hope that wasn't the play Turgeon drew up.  Sloan to the hole trying to shoot over four players.  Really?  I mean I like the idea of dribble penetration, but we are trusting Sloan to make a great decision with the game on the line.  His decision making has been inconsistent at best throughout the season and we are trusting him on the last shot?  Sure he played a good game this time and he hasn't been that bad since the Big 12 Tourney.  But the fact is, our last shot was taken over four defenders.  Carter was sitting on the three point line to Sloan's right (the best place to be for a right handed point guard) and the posts actually had their hands up ready for a pass (one of the few times all season).  So I like penetration, but I hope it was drawn up a little different in Turgeon's mind.  Or maybe it was just poor decision making by Sloan.  If the right decisions are made, whether or not someone fouled Sloan is irrelevant.

I won't hold back.  I understand why you guys are saying what you are, so you don't sound whiny, but I'll go ahead and say it.

Y'all got f***.

The whole "don't call it late unless it's blatant" stuff is crap.  If it's a foul one minute in, it's a foul with one minute (or less) to go.  I'm not saying call every little touch, but if you've been consistently calling a certain amount of contact, you have to call it no matter how little time is left.  And that amount of contact is always a foul.

I was more amazed that Love was allowed to act as a pulling guard on Collison's layups...but they made 4 HUGE shots down the stretch and that is what won the game.  That is the difference b/w all-americans and 3 star players.

Congratulations on a great season and a hellava game.  Your post is definitely a pleasant change from the usual whining after a team suffers a tough loss.  If you represent Aggies fans even by a mere fraction, then you guys are one of the classiest schools and fans around.  

See you in the dance next year (same bracket or not.)  Hats off to the Aggies.    

Regards,
Rich, UCLA '96

we got jobbed.  there were so many non-calls that should haven ended in free throws, but we still didnt make enough shots down the stretch.  lets hope DJ stays another and really improves.

We got some love on that show and ultimately Wilbon said we were robbed and Kornheiser said we were being ridiculous.  Good times.

I have posted some video and photo evidence about the last play of the game here.

It should prove once and for all that no foul should have been called.

Bob - you're an idiot... whether it was 2 mins left or 2 seconds, that was clearly a foul both on the elbow and across the wrists where Shipp actually had a hold of his one arm. Granted Sloan would have had to make the free throws to change the outcome but it should have been called and anyone trying to justify that its not a foul needs to STFU.

Unfortunately, Sloan should have never got that deep in the lane. The Aggies needed to shoot for the win there as UCLA clearly had the momentum and overtime wasn't where the Aggies needed to be. Why Turgeon wanted Kirk to shoot the 3 though I have no clue, Kirk was 0-4 from behind the arc for the game. In that spot I want my best player taking the shot, even if the D knows he's going to take the shot... and that should definitely have been Carter taking the three.