'They say time doesn’t exist in Las Vegas casinos. The reason for the expression is because there are no clocks out on the floor. UAB_MBB learned all about it' in the NIT championship loss, writes columnist JoeGoodmanJr.
There will be time to celebrate this postseason run for UAB, but that time is not now. It’s time to be angry about a complete failure of time ...The first mistake came with 9:25 left in the game. UAB led 49-47. The Blazers’ defense forced a desperate shot by North Texas. Rubin Jones clearly didn’t get the ball out of his hands in time. No call. Instead, North Texas player Aaron Scott grabbed the offensive rebound and fired a pass out to Tylor Perry, who drained a second-chance 3-pointer.
Officials indicated that they knew they missed the call, but said it couldn’t be reviewed per NCAA rules.Not only did the error wrongly benefit North Texas, but it took the lead away from UAB when its defenders had spent valuable energy to force a turnover. There’s also this. After drilling an easy look that shouldn’t have counted, Perry got hot and went on to make three more key jumpers.
On that critical possession, with UAB trailing 63-59, the Blazers’ defense forced North Texas’ Kai Huntsberry into a desperation turnaround to beat the shot clock. He didn’t beat anything, though, except maybe UAB’s spirit. The ball was still in Huntsberry’s hands when the shot clock ended. Time expired on North Texas, but, as we already know, the artificial construct of time apparently does not exist anywhere in Las Vegas.
I don’t make a habit of writing about judgment calls by officials. There are always questionable decisions. That’s the nature of unscripted drama. The universe finds a way to make things right. This is different, though, this wasn’t a church-league game on a Wednesday night. It was the championship game of a national tournament.
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