[nycfan]

I gotta say, I finally saw the play in question and have a hard time seeing the awful call I had read so much about. Definite foul. Player was definitely prone and was knocked into the support by the contact. I don’t think that was the INTENT of Fells, but you could argue he didn’t care what happened to the shooter. I don’t think reckless indifference is in the rules, but it ought to be.

That said, I can see how coming from behind the play, bang-bang, the ref thought he saw an intentional foul. I can also see on the replay that Fells went for the ball, so it was a tough call on State, but not the hideous call I was expecting. Maybe my expectations were out of whack from reading all the complaints.

BTW, I thought a foul call against State that I saw earlier in the game (when I watched that particular moment live) agaisnt a VPI three-point shooter when the State defender clearly got all ball, albeit from a strange angle, was a FAR worse call.

[nycfan]

So, here are the stats for State from the 11:49 mark through the end of regulation (via espn.com play-by-play):

8 Turnovers
FG 2-8 (0-1 for 3)
FT 7-10

One field goal at 9:53 (Fells), one at 2:11 (McCauley).

Score 11 points and commit 8 turnovers in just under 12 minutes and you can generally expect a very bad result.

[nycfan]

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