After that there are many up there: Fordham 83, Ole Miss 01, Fairfield 87, Penn 79, several others warrant consideration, feel like I am forgetting a big one.
I picked Syracuse over BYU because even though we had a very large lead against BYU and played great for 25 mins, it very much felt like a quintessential tortoise and hare game. I just knew we were going to run out of gas and fall short. The Syracuse game was more of a half court grinder type game. I really thought that was our best chance, especially after MacDonald drained that off balance banked three. If I’m not mistaken, I believe near the end of the game a rebound slid out of Hameed or Kirksay’s hand giving Cuse an extra possession. It still hurts.
After that there are many up there: Fordham 83, Ole Miss 01, Fairfield 87, Penn 79, several others warrant consideration, feel like I am forgetting a big one.
Have to agree with you, I'll add that tournament loss to St. Peter's, I believe, who called a time out when they didn't have one. Refs let it go and we lose on a buzzer beater. We should have been given the ball and iced it for the win. While the refs tried to figure out the TO situation, Peacocks huddled and set up the winning play.
EP, was the ref or SPU coach named Murray? I was at the game and I remembered it well.The refs "stole" the game from us.
Yup, Al Murray. The infamous timeout, no timeout game. I was there too.
From the NY Times, March 5, 1989...
A reversal of a decision by the officials in the waning seconds of overtime helped St. Peter's reach the final of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament today with a 77-76 triumph over Iona. St. Peter's will play for the tournament championship Monday night against LaSalle, an 85-69 victor over Fordham in the other semifinal. The tournament winner gets an automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
Jasper Walker of St. Peter's signaled for a timeout with 14 seconds left in the overtime after he scored a basket to cut the Peacocks' deficit to a point at Byrne Meadowlands Arena. St. Peter's had no timeouts left, so the calling of one would have brought a two-shot technical foul and allowed Iona to keep the ball after that. But the St. Peter's coach, Ted Fiore, convinced the officials that his team had not, in fact, called for a timeout in a valid manner. The officials agreed and did not charge the Peacocks with the timeout.
Al Murray, the official who made the original call, reversed his decision after conferring with the other two officials, Jack Hannon and John Corio. They said that a timeout has to be called verbally, and they were backed up by the league's supervisor of officials, Joe DeBonis. Decision Reversed ''The request must be verbal,'' DeBonis said. ''You must hear the verbal call. A signal is not a timeout.''
Iona called for its last timeout after the officials reversed the decision in a frantic and confused situation. Afterward, Nestor Payne threw the ball away in his attempt to inbound the ball from underneath his basket. When St. Peter's took over from the same spot, Walker threw it in so poorly that Willie Haynes of the Peacocks had to chase it all the way past the half-court line.
Haynes recovered well, drove through two Iona players and made a jumper from 15 feet on the left side with 7 seconds left to provide the final margin for St. Peter's. #1,699 Career Points Gary Brokaw, the Iona coach, stopped short of severely criticizing the officiating. ''It is sad that we lost the game on a decision that was reversed,'' Brokaw said. ''We're upset that we worked so hard to get in a position to win the game. It is sad that the game was taken away from us.''
The winning basket by Haynes, a senior guard from Lockport, N.Y., was the 18th in his career at St. Peter's, where he is the school's career-leading scorer with 1,699 points. Shelton Gibbs held the previous record with 1,688 points.
Haynes surpassed Gibbs with 6:27 left in the first half, when he converted two free throws for his 11th and 12th points. Haynes ended the game as the team's leading scorer with 23. Iona, which finished at 15-16, was led by Glenn Grant, who scored 24 points.
''We're 22-7 and still people don't believe in us,'' Fiore said about his Peacocks, who have more than 20 victories for each of the last three years. Simmons Leads LaSalle
The Peacocks will go into the final against LaSalle with only two losses in their last 16 games, both at the hands of Iona.[/i]
Cjb, thanks. A great recap of a not so great ending. If they (SP) did have a TO remaining, I wonder if they would have been granted that TO. My guess is Yes.
Cjb, thanks. A great recap of a not so great ending. If they (SP) did have a TO remaining, I wonder if they would have been granted that TO. My guess is Yes.
Of course they would've given it to them.
The other thing I remember about this call was Gary Brokaw stomping his feet in protest - some may remember, the childlike foot stomp was Gary's preferred display of angst.
Manhattan (10-10, 6-5 MAAC) won at home 77-59 over Niagara (7-15, 5-6 MAAC). Pauly Paulicap led the Jaspers with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Greg Kuakumensah, with 13 points off the bench, was the sole Purple Eagle to score in double figures.
Marist (6-15, 5-7 MAAC) won at home 72-61 over St. Peter's (10-11, 7-5 MAAC). Jordan Jones, with 18 points, led 5 Red Foxes who scored in double figures. Fousseyni Drame led the Peacocks with 15 points.
Rider (13-9, 7-5 MAAC) won at home 61-60 over Canisius (9-14, 4-8 MAAC). Dimencio Vaughn, with 18 points, was the sole Bronc to score in double figures. Malik Johnson had 17 points to lead the Golden Griffins.
Siena (11-10, 7-5 MAAC) won at home 65-49 over Fairfield (9-13, 5-6 MAAC). Elijah Burns led the Saints, scoring 21 points. Wassef Methnani was top scorer for the Stags with 12 points.