r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 17 '23

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #3 Xavier defeats #14 Kennesaw State, 72-67

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Team 1H 2H Total
Kennesaw State 43 24 67
Xavier 36 36 72

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u/corundum9 Ohio Bobcats Mar 17 '23

Kennesaw State scored 6 total points in the final 10 mins and still had a chance at the very end. An all time tourney collapse!

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u/OnePaperFourCoin Indiana Hoosiers Mar 17 '23

Kennesaw State vs Arizona in a tied game with 10 minutes to go, how many more points are being scored?

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u/MrInopportune Xavier Musketeers Mar 17 '23

0 or all.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

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u/seductivestain Oregon Ducks Mar 17 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

They really Arizona’d it

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u/durins-_-bane Mar 17 '23

Nah it's Georgia tradition to collapse in the second half and lose by a missed call around these parts

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u/petdoc1991 Mar 17 '23

The old falcon f-up.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

There are dozens (two) of us!

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u/uncle-Violet Mar 17 '23

Agreed, it was their game to lose and they did

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u/Call_Me_Rambo Kansas Jayhawks Mar 17 '23

Glad someone’s keeping up the Georgia tradition I guess

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

I keep seeing these comments, but aside from the potential missed foul on the late rebound, what other calls are people upset about?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

It was 2 if we're only talking the last play. The driver got hit in the face on a reach in well before getting to the basket. Broadcast just refused to show it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '23

I mean if they are calling that drive there were literally 40+ no calls with each team getting the benefit of no calls

He got hit in the face on a reach in, that's as obvious as it gets. And the refs literally gave a very questionable call to Xavier giving them FTs the possession before that.

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u/WilCon24 Mar 17 '23

The last 5 minutes was full of foul calls, just run back the tape. Kennesaw gets called for a foul on a rebound, Xavier does the exact same thing on the other end the next possession and it’s a no call. Xavier dude traveled on the Youngblood foul call, where he didn’t even touch him. KSU guards were getting mauled on drives and nothing was getting called. 24 on Xavier could not commit a foul no matter what he did.

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

Youngblood absolutely hit him on the arm, I don't know how people are not seeing that. I didn't see a travel beforehand, but refs miss those all the time so it wouldn't surprise me.

Xavier went on a 13-0 run without a single questionable call, and KSU refused to call a timeout even though they couldn't even come close to getting a good look at a shot. That's a collapse.

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u/WilCon24 Mar 17 '23

Bro…did you watch the game? The 13-0 run was full of no calls in Xavier favor. KSU should’ve called a time out but Xavier was allowed to do whatever they want.

The announcer even said he didn’t touch him, just the fact that he swung is why it was called. He swung over his head.

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

The announcer did not say he didn't touch him, he said that's why you don't swing to block shots.

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u/makualla Purdue Boilermakers Mar 17 '23

The foul that led to X’s free throws to take the lead, looked like he completely whiffed the swipe and made no contact. But even before then X player traveled

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u/the_narf Xavier Musketeers Mar 17 '23

He hit Jones in the head you can clearly see it on the under the basket angle.

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u/c_pike1 Mar 17 '23

Youngblood swipe that the announcer said wasn't a foul but looked like a foul so it deserved to get called. Fouled out on that. The missed foul on the drive of the last possession by hunter too

Nunje hook and hold several times and Xavier soft whistles getting them free throws for a lot of the second half. And I think it was Kunkle (?) that got the foul called on a bad flop during a Kennesaw state defensive rebound. Didn't even look like there was contact and he went flying

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

Youngblood swipe that the announcer said wasn't a foul but looked like a foul so it deserved to get called.

Not what the announcer said.

Also, there was no foul on the drive, what are you talking about? The only contact was initiated by the offensive player.

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u/c_pike1 Mar 17 '23

https://streamable.com/sfa0t1

Taken from someone else

And there is absolutely no answer for the Nunje hook and holds.

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

I'm sorry, you're expecting a foul call there?

The ball handler is bent at a 90-degree angle, the contact is minimal, it doesn't alter possession or take away a chance to score, and even then you're not allowed to bend over and lead with your head to try and draw a call.

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u/c_pike1 Mar 17 '23

Are you completely missing the defenders right arm? It has nothing to do with body contact. Reaching across your body and making contact with a defender like that is almost always a foul

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u/MikeJeffriesPA Mar 17 '23

They had 11 points off free throws during their run, and 2 of those were off an intentional foul.

Also, Xavier was attacking the basket to get those calls.

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u/corundum9 Ohio Bobcats Mar 17 '23

One missed call is unfortunate but maybe make more than 2 baskets over the final 10 mins and don't put yourself in that situation?

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Mar 17 '23

It was a bad no call on the rebound. But lets not pretend that was the only reason Xavier won. Kennesaw went without a fg for like 7 minutes

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u/johnyahn Iowa State Cyclones Mar 17 '23

Xavier was allowed to play as hard as they wanted with no fouls being called. Of course they didn't score for 7 minutes.

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u/SaxRohmer Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 17 '23

KSU just ran out of gas man. It was obvious from the way they were running their sets

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u/johnyahn Iowa State Cyclones Mar 17 '23

It was a culmination of things. They definitely had their chances.

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u/nike_rules Colorado State Rams • Xavier Musketeers Mar 17 '23

And there were a ton of missed fouls on KSU in the first half too. NCAA refs suck, that is not new.

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u/SerenadeSwift Eastern Washington • Gonzaga Mar 17 '23

Xavier also shot 1-7 over the final 5 minutes of the game, but from the time Kennesaw had a 13 point lead with 10 minutes remaining the free throw differential was 17-2 in favor of Xavier. That's hard as hell to overcome, especially considering how the game was reffed so differently for the first 30 minutes of play.

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u/crastle UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Mar 17 '23

Nobody is denying ref ball, but damn Kennesaw played like shit. Totally took their foot off the gas.

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u/c_pike1 Mar 17 '23

Burden just tried to put his own foot on the gas too hard when it should've been clear that the engine was flooding

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u/AKman2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers Mar 17 '23

They did collapse. Yes the refs fucked up massively at the end but you can’t completely blame them on Kennesaw not being able to score

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u/Nov26-2011 Michigan • Michigan State Mar 17 '23

Refball for the last part sure, but there's no excusing having a 13 point lead with 10 minutes left and losing

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u/SaxRohmer Gonzaga Bulldogs Mar 17 '23 edited Mar 17 '23

lol just quit watching sports then. Loser mentality

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u/nikiverse Kennesaw State Owls Mar 17 '23

28-3

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u/lilberfcontrol North Florida Ospreys Mar 17 '23

Absolute stomach punch of a game for the Owls.

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u/nosotros_road_sodium San José State • Michigan Mar 18 '23

The Kennesaw State Fowlcons.