Kentucky-Louisville Switcharoo

[OKREF]

This situation happening is the officials fault. They have to get the shooter. Yes, Kentucky tried to get the other guy on the line. However the officials need to get the right guy.

Yahoo article..
It's possible Poythress took the foul shots because he thought he drew a blocking foul on Montrezl Harrell as he drove baseline before dishing to Noel, but the majority of the evidence suggests that wasn't the call that was made. The referee who blew his whistle did so after Smith's foul and pointed directly at Smith. Plus, the play-by-play in the box score attributes the foul to Smith.

Kentucky reply....
"Our bench argued that Poythress was the shooter & the official notified the official scorer that #22 was the shooter," Kentucky executive associate athletic director for external operations DeWayne Peevy tweeted. "After seeing the tape, it might have been the wrong call but it wasn't a switch-a-roo. It was confirmed to the official scorer."

The official called a foul, which by the way, didn't look like much of a foul, then none of the 3 knew who the shooter was.

[zm1283]

I really don't know how you could think that it wasn't #3 that was fouled in the video.

It's fairly obvious that they switched on their own and the officials didn't catch it or they identified the wrong shooter in the first place. These guys are good but they aren't infallible.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by zm1283

I really don't know how you could think that it wasn't #3 that was fouled in the video.

It's fairly obvious that they switched on their own and the officials didn't catch it or they identified the wrong shooter in the first place. These guys are good but they aren't infallible.

Really? I thought it was equally possible, from as much as could be seen in that video, that #22 was fouled. It is quite likely that #22 thought he was the one that was fouled. It looked more obvious to me that there would be a foul there than with #3. I know there are many times when I've called a foul where the I had the choice of more than one fouler and, not infrequently, the choice of foulees.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Jesus H. Christ.

Blasphemy. That's impressive.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Blasphemy. That's impressive.

Not everyone believes in Him.

Sorry I could not resist.

Peace