Houston vs Arizona - Flagrant/Ejection

[grunewar]

What a horrible display of unsportsmanlike behavior!

The Officials were all over this one.......

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketb...n=ncaab,136602

[JugglingReferee]

A PC and a DQ... nice job officials!

What a stupid play by Red 12. Aubrey Coleman is his name.

[26 Year Gap]

Just wonder if the school & the NCAA have the guts to follow through and do what is right by suspending him. I won't hold my breath.

[mutantducky]

a 2 game suspension would be nice

[eyezen]

Penders said. "I'm just sorry the official interpreted it that way. The way I saw it, Aubrey got tangled and his momentum carried him forward and I think it was a mistake."

uhm, OK coach.

[zm1283]

Penders is a turd. Don't even listen to him.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Penders said. "I'm just sorry the official interpreted it that way. The way I saw it, Aubrey got tangled and his momentum carried him forward and I think it was a mistake."

uhm, OK coach.

And that turd Penders should get a game or two off for that line of BS.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by eyezen

Penders said. "I'm just sorry the official interpreted it that way. The way I saw it, Aubrey got tangled and his momentum carried him forward and I think it was a mistake."

uhm, OK coach.

Updated: January 25, 2009, 9:29 PM ET
Coleman says step on face accidental

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HOUSTON -- Houston guard Aubrey Coleman issued an apology Sunday after stepping on the face of Arizona player Chase Budinger during a game the previous day.
Coleman, a junior and the team's second-leading scorer, was ejected after stepping on Budinger's face following a charge call with 9:51 left in the second half. Arizona rallied for a 96-90 win in overtime.
"I want to apologize to Chase Budinger for what happened Saturday night. I never meant to step on him," Coleman said in a statement issued by the school. "I have never been in an incident like this before, and I have nothing but respect for him as a great player.
"I love the game too much to do something like that intentionally. I want to say I am sorry from the bottom of my heart," Coleman said. "I know that God knows what is in my heart, but I am hopeful that Chase will understand and forgive."
Houston coach Tom Penders said he regretted the incident but does not believe Coleman intentionally stepped on Budinger.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Just wonder if the school & the NCAA have the guts to follow through and do what is right by suspending him. I won't hold my breath.

The NCAA doesn't have the power to suspend the player in a non-NCAA Tournament game. It is usually up to the team and or conference.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

The NCAA doesn't have the power to suspend the player in a non-NCAA Tournament game. It is usually up to the team and or conference.

I do not know that is necessarily true. I think the NCAA leaves most decisions up to conferences or teams, but I know there are some built in suspensions that the NCAA is over. It might be unprecedented to suspend a player for an act that resulted in an ejection, but to say they do not have the power is probably overstating the reality.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not know that is necessarily true. I think the NCAA leaves most decisions up to conferences or teams, but I know there are some built in suspensions that the NCAA is over. It might be unprecedented to suspend a player for an act that resulted in an ejection, but to say they do not have the power is probably overstating the reality.

Peace

If nothing else, they could always "lean" on a conference or school to "do the right thing." Not that they would on this.

[GoodwillRef]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I do not know that is necessarily true. I think the NCAA leaves most decisions up to conferences or teams, but I know there are some built in suspensions that the NCAA is over. It might be unprecedented to suspend a player for an act that resulted in an ejection, but to say they do not have the power is probably overstating the reality.

Peace

When have you seen the NCAA step in and suspend a player or players for an on court incident that was not a NCAA Tourney game?

[Gulf Coast Blue]

http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2...084x1201199837

Unnecessary Roughness

Michael Ignatov, Arizona Daily Wildcat - Houston guard Aubrey Coleman steps on Arizona's Chase Budinger during a game Saturday. Coleman, who denies the act was intentional, was charged with a flagrant foul and was ejected from the game.
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Yet that's what's happening. On Saturday, the Arizona Wildcats (Bear Down!) took down Tom Penders' Houston Cougars in overtime, but the real story came when Aubrey Coleman smashed his foot down on Chase Budinger's face, causing Budinger to jump up (like any normal human would do) and go after Coleman.

The video that was on "Sportscenter" is right here. Watch it. Take it in, because Penders is saying that ESPN doctored the video.
They doctored it up, they put this X-ray vision thing in as if Aubrey was looking down, which painted a very poor picture of what actually happened," Penders told the Houston Chronicle's Lance Zeirlein. "We have replays from the game where they went through the entire sequence and run them back in slow motion. Aubrey's eyes never do anything but look straight ahead and then upward towards the ceiling when he saw the official give the charge signal. ESPN made it look like he was looking down and I thought it was a total distortion. And I think it was intentional on their part because I worked there and I've seen them do this kind of thing and they can do a lot with television. They can doctor it up."

Penders went on to say that he even called Norby Williamson (Norby!) and left messages but nobody has returned the call.

At first I thought this was a little ridiculous by Penders, but if you watch the video you do see what he is talking about. Coleman looks straight ahead and even though I think he knew what he was doing, he never looked down, but the graphic they added sure makes it seem like he did. I guess the best view of the whole thing comes from this picture from The Daily Wildcat in Tucson, where his face is straight ahead. That picture basically proves Penders' point.

[eyezen]

[QUOTE=Gulf Coast Blue;573574]
The video that was on "Sportscenter" is right here. Watch it. Take it in, because Penders is saying that ESPN doctored the video.
They doctored it up, they put this X-ray vision thing in as if Aubrey was looking down, which painted a very poor picture of what actually happened," Penders told the Houston Chronicle's Lance Zeirlein. "We have replays from the game where they went through the entire sequence and run them back in slow motion. Aubrey's eyes never do anything but look straight ahead and then upward towards the ceiling when he saw the official give the charge signal. ESPN made it look like he was looking down and I thought it was a total distortion. And I think it was intentional on their part because I worked there and I've seen them do this kind of thing and they can do a lot with television. They can doctor it up."[quote]

OK coach, even it that were true - because its clear to me that the guy looks down sees him and then looks up and stomps him - If I'm truly trying to step over a guy laying on the ground without harm I'm GOING to look down so I know where I'm going and make sure I don't step on him.

I'm not going to blindly keep looking forward and claim ignorance after I face plant him with my shoe.

Even better why do I even take almost 4 more steps to get to him, why don't I just stop and not even walk over him to begin with. Just ridiculous all around.

[deecee]

ahhhh lol -- because we dont have something called peripheral vision -- and he had NO idea that the other player (who is as big as mugsy bogues right) on the floor in front of him. Hes just a smart cunning player.