Was this really called a foul on us

[biazza38]

Saw this on twitter

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Yep. Was watching the game and the refs went over to check to see if it was a flagrant 1 or 2, and they decided that Caleb shouldn't have been standing there when the elbow hit his face. Notice the big man hooked Caleb before the elbow hit him, so that was one of the strangest calls I've seen. The rule is that you've got to give the guy with the ball some room, otherwise it's a foul.

 

[jerzeyguy]

You knew what kind of game this was gonna be after that call. Refs will keep pitt on the free throw line and keep Rutgers out of rhythm

 

[RUChoppin]

Yep. Was watching the game and the refs went over to check to see if it was a flagrant 1 or 2, and they decided that Caleb shouldn't have been standing there when the elbow hit his face. Notice the big man hooked Caleb before the elbow hit him, so that was one of the strangest calls I've seen. The rule is that you've got to give the guy with the ball some room, otherwise it's a foul.

Have to give the guy some room.... even when the screener is holding you in place so that the driving player can take you out with an elbow to the jaw.

 

[RUJMM78]

Horrendous call especially when refs checked the video tape.

 

[richthedentist]

Horrendous call especially when refs checked the video tape.

That was an illegal pick before the call refs have sucked in this game!!

 

[RUJMM78]

Finally a offensive spurt. Pitt leads only 37-35 with Mathis leading the way on offense.

 

[Super tRUper]

Unbelievable.

 

[jerzeyguy]

Another BS call - this on Geo

 

[ScarletKid2008]

I still am irate at this call and the laughable part is it was originally called in Pitt and somehow a long video replay of watching that convinces them it’s on RU !?!?

 

[jerzeyguy]

Refs will control the rest of this game through the free throw line. Were not winning it

 

[SirScarlet]

I texted my buddies very early on in this game that we would not win.

It was clear the refs were going to ensure that Pitt won this game. That call sealed the deal.

Ridiculous the way they have called the game.

 

[anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy]

The refs have made this game brutal to watch

 

[SirScarlet]

The refs have made this game brutal to watch

Not if you're a Pitt fan!!

Lol

 

[RW90]

Clearly a flagrant jaw foul.

 

[RU MAN]

Yep. Was watching the game and the refs went over to check to see if it was a flagrant 1 or 2, and they decided that Caleb shouldn't have been standing there when the elbow hit his face. Notice the big man hooked Caleb before the elbow hit him, so that was one of the strangest calls I've seen. The rule is that you've got to give the guy with the ball some room, otherwise it's a foul.

What was so bad about that call, is that the kid screening Caleb should have been called for a foul before the so-called call against Caleb for not giving the ball handler enough space. We lost tonight because our kids and our coach didn't come to play. But these officials tonight did us no favor.

 

[bethlehemfan]

Refs didn’t help but we made it easy for them with some soft basketball.

 

[RUChoppin]

Don't get me wrong, we also played like liquid hot garbage for long stretches tonight.... but that doesn't negate that this call was totally absurd.

 

[Westcoast]

Yeah, that was one of the strangest calls I've ever seen. And complete garbage. Then they called Baker on an offensive foul as he's dribbling down court and the Pitt player sticks his head down to Bakers elbow as Baker dribbles by and they call it on Baker.

Granted, there were makeup calls against Pitt later but those "cylinder" calls were crap and the Baker elbow was garbage.

 

[S_Janowski]

The “cylinder” calls on both Caleb and Geo were complete BS.

You could literally make that call every other play of the game.

Ridiculous.