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@cliffd64 @BabeLuuth @game7__ It’s not up to the ref as in the rule is not up to the ref. He must enforce as a coach cannot touch a referee.

@GoBlueArizona @BabeLuuth @game7__ If a technical foul is not up to a ref... then who makes the call? A sportscaster? A fan in the stands? No... technical fouls are awarded by referees. The referees on the court did not incur any infraction therefore there was no call. You'll just have to accept that.

It's rare that sports fans agree on anything. But everyone seems to be in agreement today: Duke got robbed this weekend. Dan Hurley and UConn have been flagrantly ignoring the rules for the entirety of the NCAA Tournament. Sunday was no exception. There were still 0.4 seconds on the clock. The game was live. Dan Hurley walked toward a referee on the sideline. He got in the official’s face. Then he pressed his forehead directly into the ref’s forehead. SI called it a “menacing forehead tap.” No technical foul was called. If it had been, Duke shoots two free throws. Down one. With an 86% free throw shooter at the line. Here's what actually happened and why this should be a much bigger story than it is. Braylon Mullins hit a 35-foot three to give UConn a 73-72 lead with 0.4 seconds left. It was the shot of the tournament. Nobody is disputing that. But in the seconds after the shot, Hurley walked toward a referee, got in his face, and pressed his forehead directly into the official's forehead. Sports Illustrated described it as a "menacing forehead tap." The clock still showed 0.4 seconds. The game was not over. A technical foul on a head coach for making contact with an official during a live ball is one of the easiest calls in basketball. There is no gray area. Contact with a game official is a technical. If it's called, Duke's Isaiah Evans steps to the free throw line, trailing 73-72. He shot 86% from the stripe this season. Makes both? Duke wins 74-73. Makes one? Overtime. That wasn't the only violation. When Mullins' shot went in, UConn bench players ran onto the court to celebrate before the game was over. They caught themselves and ran back, but they had already entered the playing area during a live ball. Duke's radio announcers immediately called for a technical. That wasn't called either. Two separate technical foul violations. Zero calls. In the span of 0.4 seconds. And here's what makes the Hurley part impossible to ignore. Three weeks ago, on March 7, Hurley was ejected from UConn's game at Marquette in the final second for getting in a referee's face. He was chest-to-shoulder with the official. Double technical. Ejected. The Big East fined him $25,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct. In the Sweet 16 against Michigan State on March 27, Hurley challenged an out-of-bounds call, got it overturned, and then sarcastically offered his glasses to the ref who got it wrong. Lip readers caught him asking about Lasik. Nothing was called. Two days later against Duke, Hurley was officially "warned" during the game for leaving his coach's box. Told to stay put. Then after the buzzer beater, he went forehead-to-forehead with a ref. Ejected and fined $25,000 at Marquette. Taunted a ref to his face at Michigan State with no consequences. Warned during the Duke game for leaving his coach's box. Then physical contact with a referee in the biggest moment of the tournament. The full breakdown of every missed call and what would have happened if any of them were made is here: itsgame7.com/news/duke-got-… UConn came back from 19 down. Mullins hit one of the greatest shots in tournament history. That part was earned. But two technical foul violations in 0.4 seconds, and neither one called, on a coach who was ejected for the same thing three weeks ago? That's not intensity. That's a pattern. And last night, it changed the outcome of a game.

@CLE_RichSports @FastbreakHoops5 Because he won 25% of every event he entered? Maybe it’s an unheard of scoring average? Perhaps you’re talking about his cut streak? Today’s golfers cannot sniff what Tiger did.

@FastbreakHoops5 Why does Tiger keep showing up on these lists?

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@Buckeyenatio @Buckeye12P00kie @TransferPortal @JoshHenschke Well we didn’t play Ohio in those 11 years 😘You definitely have vacated wins 😉 “A winning record since ‘36” blah blah blah. Did you not line up? Since you don’t care for history, how about 1-4 your last 5?

@GoBlueArizona @Buckeye12P00kie @TransferPortal @JoshHenschke the fact that Michigan played football 11 years before Ohio State, OSU was a brand new program, not to mention 3 wins are tainted, games that are genuinely considered after 1936 (poll era), which is surface level ball knowledge, and osu has a winning record since 1936

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@Buckeyenatio @Buckeye12P00kie @TransferPortal @JoshHenschke Which part? Michigan has won 62, to Ohio’s 52. It can’t be that complicated lol

@GoBlueArizona @Buckeye12P00kie @TransferPortal @JoshHenschke I love when people without ball knowledge say stuff like this

@Buckeye12P00kie @TransferPortal @JoshHenschke BUT the program has kicked Ohio’s ass 62 wins to your 52 😭😭

@TransferPortal @JoshHenschke Uh oh. The program is collapsing. Again.

@TommyD429 @game7__ Oops there you go again with the hearsay. Where can I hear the ref say that? Until then, stfu

You mean the ref coming towards Hurley talking and making contact ? Don’t deflect from the truth of what actually happened and the rule that debunks your claim that any contact is a technical. The only person in the World that could’ve called a technical said there was nothing to it, so go sit in time out.

@TommyD429 @game7__ I didn’t know you are Seth Davis, Pile. Since when do you greet or acknowledge someone forehead to forehead 🤣 literally the definition of disrespectful. Thank you.

Hoping this is the last time it needs to be addressed, but there seems to be confusion as to what the rules are regarding contact between a coach and official. Many seem to assume that any contact between a coach and official by rule must result in a technical. This is not true. This is what's in the rulebook, specifically rule 10.2.h which says an unsporting Class A technical should be assessed to a coach or player who "disrespectfully contacts an official or makes a threat of physical intimidation or harm to include pushing, shoving, spitting, or attempting to make physical contact with an official." The phrases "disrespectfully" and "physical intimidation or harm" are by definition subjective. So it's up to the official in that situation to decide whether he is being disrespected or intimidated. The ref in this situation did not believe he was. Seeing as how the "contact" came right after Mullins' game winning shot, it's reasonable to interpret that Hurley was pumped about the shot and not trying to intimidate or threaten the official. That is my interpretation as well. Reasonable (and especially unreasonable lol) minds can differ, but to assert that the referee did not follow the rules in this situation is factually inaccurate.

@cliffd64 @BabeLuuth @game7__ Again, that’s not it. It’s not up to the ref. A coach cannot touch a referee, period. Which part of that do you not understand? You don’t know ball lol. Also, which part of UofM screams I’m a duke fan?

@GoBlueArizona @BabeLuuth @game7__ Apparently not according to the ref involved... if he doesn't believe there was any infraction, then there is no call. Boo Hoo... your team choked. Big time. Historically.

@dbrooks720 And one team has lived on the free throw line. Not going to happen Saturday.

@GoBlueArizona It’s a Tyson vs Lennox. Fight. One can over whelm u with a fury of punches. And one can punish you with jab and body shots over time kill you. Gonna be great match up

Michigan beat a crappy Tenn team by 30 now everyone is giving Michigan the tittle and not giving AZ a chance. I hope the media glosses them all week and they keep drinking the kool aid and inflated egos. As an Arizona fan. This is right where I wanna be.

@TommyD429 @game7__ Everything in your post is hearsay lol. Let me help….It’s second-hand. It’s garbage. Can you say bullshit? Reminds me of when my sister told on me and my dad sided with her. Until the referee gets in front of a microphone, shut the fuck up. It’s hearsay.

@GoBlueArizona @game7__ Both were quoted as saying they didn’t know what all the fuss was about…plus the referee walked towards Hurley talking and they both touched heads. Hurley didn’t say a word.

@NUCLRGOLF @TWlegion Not an updated field, shit head. That list are golfers who have been invited. Hope you can see the difference 😉

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@CSURamT @Harold_is_back At which part in your post did you say you are withholding more in tax during Trump’s presidency, you dumb fuck.

@Harold_is_back Point is, I used to not have to have more withheld.

Did my taxes this weekend. Nothing like being middle class w/ 2 dependents, own a home, max out 401K, HSA & FSA contributions, and don't claim any deductions in my paycheck, but still owe $6K... The new Trump tax plan seems to cost me more every year.

@TommyD429 @game7__ Ahh yes, heresy. This does not change the fact a coach cannot touch a referee, ever.

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@TWlegion @NUCLRGOLF Not the field list ya monkey. That’s ther invite list. Massive, massive difference.

🚨The Masters Tournament updated their field list today and Tiger Woods is still in it — he has not withdrawn. He’s continued to practice in recent days, sources told us & @NUCLRGOLF. ➡️ Do you think he will play The Masters?

@BabeLuuth @cliffd64 @game7__ Again, irrelevant. Should it be a tech? Yes, a coach touched a ref.

@GoBlueArizona @cliffd64 @game7__ You don't know ball if you think a technical foul should decide a close game. You're a butt hurt duke fan

@BabeLuuth @cliffd64 @game7__ (1) why not lol? (2) the game was not over. You can’t touch receive a tech before a game even starts. What are you smoking? You don’t know ball.

@GoBlueArizona @cliffd64 @game7__ You don't end the game on a technical foul after a miraculous shot point, blank, period

@AdkinsSportsTLK @BadSportsRefs “No way,” yet he touched the ref. Lololol

@BadSportsRefs No way. We don't know the full context of this video. He may not have been able to hear the ref speaking or just goofing with a long time ref that is buddies with a lot of coaches. Absolutely no.

You make the call: should Dan Hurley have received a technical foul for this?

@TommyD429 @game7__ But you can’t touch a ref. Period. Actually crazy it wasn’t a tech, fine, and suspension.

It looks like the ref was talking to Hurley as he was walking over maybe to let him know they’re checking to see how much time is left on the clock and they both lean in to probably hear better and both bumped heads. Hurley didn’t say a word. And yes, Hurley has a weird look in his eyes and on his face, but when doesn’t he ?? Bottom line is Duke got Laettner’d… lol

@cliffd64 @game7__ Nah this is not it. It doesn’t matter what Duke could have done. We want to call the game fair, right? That’s a tech all day. Getting in a refs face is a tech, touching him? My guy, that’s a tech, fine, and suspension.

When you have to rely on a referee to call a technical foul (and obviously that's an opinion) your beloved team has already lost the game. The pure fact of the matter is that in the space of 19 minutes Duke itself lost a 19 point lead, turned the ball over in its own end with 5 seconds left and failed to make free throws down the stretch. Change those things and Duke wins. Demanding the refs hand you a victory for some alleged transgression is pathetic. Address how non of the Duke bigs came up big in the second half instead.