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Green was also fouled. Hurts when your team loses uh?

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The Hoyas play ugly. They disguise their by weaknesses with tough defense and plastering Patrick Ewing's ugly mug on the jumbotron every game. Goodness knows that's enough to stun even the most seasoedn of teams. The refs called the game too tight and this led to them missing the obvious around the world trip Jeff took. Even if that travel was called the game wouldn't have ended. There's no excuse for the choke job Vandy laid down with two time outs left and plenty of time for a good look.

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The officiating toward the end of this game was totally criminal. I just saw the end (after FL vs. Butler) and the refs were obviously throwing the game to Georgetown. Only an idiot could argue that it may have just appeared that way on TV...TOTALLY obvious.

The Florida/Butler game was even worse. That was the most corrupt officiating I have even seen in 30 years playing and watching basketball. I'm just glad none of my Gators were injured in two halves of being hacked, shoved and bumped right to the floor without a foul call...truly a disgrace.

I don't know who owns the referees in this tournament. It could be a consortium from Vegas, the mob, or just the NCAA trying to keep it close and interesting. Whoever it is, I wish they would be caught and punished...severely!!

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CBS SUCKS

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CBS is doing a terrible job with their game selection. They should move back and forth more often. Coverage is far to narrow!

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Yeah, and the refs shouldn't have called that ticky-tack, shoulder-bump foul against Seton Hall with five seconds left years ago, giving the championship to Glen Rice's Michigan team.

And the NE Patriots had to deal not only with the flu, incompetant wideouts, and practice squad players seeing playing time for the first time all year during this year's AFC Championship, but four lousy, crucial calls, any one of which, if called correctly, would've given us another Pats-Bears Super Bowl and yet another case of the Peyton Manning face.

And Bill Lambier didn't foul Kareem in the closing seconds of Game 6 of the '88 Finals, though the zebras saw it differently, resulting in unearned back-to-back trophies for Magic and LA.

The list goes on. Jorge Orta. Ben Drieth. The phantom foul on Dwayne Wade in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Etc. Get used to it. That's life. That's sports.

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Vandy fans should know: you're always liable to get robbed in New Jersey!

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Tonight the best team lost!!!!

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I find it amusing that you guys place the outcome of a 40 minute game on one play...I had no interest in this game, other than as an NCAA Tourney fan and bracket "filler-outer."

Oh, I think Kobe traveled on his way to 50 tonight...He probably had his foot over the foul line when he hit 16 of 16, too...

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Another game handed to the "Majors" by the refs. Mark my words CBS, NCAA, and NIKE (official sponsor of the NCAA...just watch the NCAA rep to the pairings announcement interview and what he was wearing noticeably) have the fix in to have all major seedings advance to the "final 8" so they can talk about it. That was a major comment in todays pregame show !!!! NCAA, CBS, and NIKE are afraid of the understarts like Xavier, Vanderbilt, Southern Illinois etc.

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The CBS sports announcers claimed that it is traveling to lift your pivot foot before you shoot. This is NOT true. Both the NBA and NCAA rule books clearly state that it is fine to lift your pivot foot as long as the ball leaves your hand before it touches the ground again.

See the diagram on p. 67: http://www.ncaa.org/library/rules/2005/2005_ill_basketball_rules.pdf

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I can't believe basketball commentators can make such an idiotic mistake. One of the basic fundamentals of officiating is that a player cannot travel during a dribble. When Green regains possession of the loose ball he clearly establishes his right foot as his pivot foot. He pivots and pivots and shoots what constitutes a hook shot. If you can't lift your pivot foot to shoot then nothing but an old-fashioned set shot is legal.

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What about all the crank calls the refs were making against Georgetown down the stretch. They were bad refs and were trying their best to force GU into defeat. One missed travel doesn't mean much... es[pecially when they were hacking Green to death.

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As a fan and referee I know I miss alot on the football field with everything going on but this is just to obviuos come on u have three guys out there in a much smaller area to cover and you miss a call like this. I am neither a fan of both these teams but you got to make the call. the other night I was watching Tenn and Ohio ST game with 3.1secs the ball was in bounded by Tenn they miss the in bound pass and seemed a player from Ohio touched the ball they took off 1.1 sec which seemed that it was too musch time taken off the clock Tenn got the ball back at half court with 2.0 left and lost the game it might seem that the refs do have thier favorites and maybe these were both the cases

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Vandy fans your team played well, congrats on the hard fought game. But come on, why all the hoya hate! There were several calls that could have gone either. Vandy clearly excelled in the first half, but Gtown came back strong in the second. Again, congrats to Vandy on a great season.

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Vandy fans your team played well, congrats on the hard fought game.
But come on, why all the hoya hate? There were several calls that
could have gone either way. Vandy clearly excelled in the first half, but
Gtown came back strong in the second. Again, congrats to Vandy on a
great season.

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The "no call" on Green's travel is typical of NCAA officiating. How can 3 sets of eyes miss an obvious travel? It is apparent that the higher the seed, the calls go their way. In the Florida-Butler game, the officials let Florida "play" and restricted Butler's attempt to play defense. Horford gets away with pushing, BUMPING,and elbows when he posts up. A Butler player "touches" Horford and it's a foul. Referees prove once again ... they are "minions of the devil." Officials "choose" to make a call and "choose" not to make a call. They are absolutely terrible. The tournament would be better if the players "called their own."

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I really didn't care who won the Georgetown-Vandy game. And bad/missed calls are just part of the game. But I am offended by the people on this comment board who claim that Jeff Green didn't travel before his shot. He clearly traveled 2 or 3 times during the "moves" he put on the Vandy defenders. Anyone who can't tell that is either dishonest or blind or doesn't know enough about basketball to submit a comment to a board like this.

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#11 is missing the point-- of course you can lift your pivot foot to take a shot, it's called jumping. That's not what Green did, though. He lifted his pivot foot WHILE HIS OTHER FOOT WAS STILL ON THE #$*%ING GROUND, spun around on his other foot, then jumped and shot. It was simply a case of switching pivot feet, a VERY obvious travel, and the refs missed it.

As a Vandy fan, I'm not going to claim the fix is in, that's a harsh claim. It was a terrible call though, and the "fix" not being in doesn't ease the pain any.

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Can you say 'Washington-UConn Sweet 16' all over again? Uh, yeah.

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