Greg Oden Flips Out And Gets Away With It

Don't know ... looked like Oden was going to foul him and then the Xavier player took a step into Oden (or in his direction) ... and since Oden's like 6 inches taller and probably got 50 pounds on the guy, he flew.

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The Ohio State University and Greg Oden have been a victim of the poor officiating. All season, including several times today, Oden was just out and out hammered with no call. One key play late, Oden had position for an offensive rebound, the ball came off the rim toward him, and yet, no jump or move to it. He was just grabbed and held. Then, how about the leg whip steal be Xavier in OT, with no call. I have watched VCU and Winthrop use the poor officiating to pull upsets.

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Looks to me like the officials must have gotten a better buy off from Ohio State. Why is it that during the middle of the game, someone can get mauled like Oden did, and nothing is called, yet in the end of the game when teams are trying to foul to stop the clock, the officials will call a foul if a player is merely looked at wrong??? Looks to me like the officials need to get paid by the league more and less by the big name schools!!!

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the X guy did a decent flop job. oden gets hacked all game long. give the guy a break. Cage hits that foul shot and you guys win. or coach sean miller fouls under 5 seconds osu doesnt get that 3 pointer off.

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His hands are going to the ball and are you seriously advocating that the officials decide the game like that?

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Funny how they (OSU) almost covered the spread (-7.5) in OT. Like the Refs had money on it - If they had $ on OSU though they still lost....

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This is crazy. Did the refs blow a 12-point lead down the stretch? No. Did the refs miss the back end of a one-and-one that would have sealed the game? No. Did the refs leave Ron Lewis with a chance to set his feet and shoot an open 3? No. Did the refs allow OSU to go on a 10-0 run to start OT? No. This can't be blamed on the refs, sorry. XU had a bunch of chances to seal this game, and they blew it. Brian I know you, as a Michigan fan, are not used to playing in the tournament, but come on.

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I agree with the article: it was, by any definition, a flagrant foul, and yet the refs balked at making the obvious call. Over at the Xavier bench, I believe, a coach was seen asking for the obvious call -giving the crossed arm signal for flagrant foul. I am amused though, by some of the other comments here. Obviously there are more than a few brackets that would have gone up in flames - had Xavier gotten the win. I am so happy that the level of sportsmanship that is exhibited by fans, doesn't translate to the sportsmanship on the court. Otherwise, basketball would require shin guards, helmets, shoulder pads, and cut men.

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Xavier had an 11 point lead and at least 4 or 5 opportunities to finish off Ohio state by making key shots. They did not. The officiating had nothing to do with that.

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Rancid you are correct. I was just pointing it out from a gambling standpoint- Xavier hits a couple of more free throws and they win in Reg. I wish they would have since I had Tenn. beating OSU anyway. That will be a good game. UT played at OSU early in the season and lost by only 1pt. Of course UT has to defeat UVA before they get a shot at OSU!

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OSU won that game. Xavier lost....seriously stop whining like a BITCH.

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FFM, did you even watch the game? Xavier's coach did the crossed arms thing about 10 times during the game. it is one of Xavier's signals for calling plays.

Oden was going for the ball, and the smaller Xavier player collided with him and went flying. Compare that to the leg-whip take down/steal that the Xavier player got away with and honestly say which one should have been a flagrant foul.

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It is easy to rip Ohio State because they ended up winning. How about the absolute mugging of David Lighty on the putback? Refs swallowed their whistles on that one. Watch the entire game, don't edit it to one play that goes in your favor. Maybe Mr. Cook went to Xavier, but the refs favored the Musketeers most of the game.

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In Sean Miller's comments post game he stated that he did not think that the foul was intentional. This is sounding more like sour grapes from a UM fan who's looking for a 'moral victory' over the Buckeyes. Lord knows UM can't beat OSU in football or basketball.

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CBS's coverage of the NCAA tournament is about as poor as the officiating. They show few replays, especially if they show the poor officiating call. The transmission for audio is terrible. There have been many times when the game is shown and no audio is present, which at times isn't a bad thing since they are all so stoic and so aligned to "abiding by the etiquicy rules of the NCAA" by not speaking badly of the officiating. This is completely rediculous, but what do you expect from a media congloberate operated by a bunch of liberal sheep. And refering to the flagrant foul that wasn't called on Ogden, this is a great example of what I just described. Only one replay was shown and it was from the far straight-away camera. No comments were made by the announcers. Not one!!!!!,,,What BS!!!!

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Looked like a flop to me. To change the subject, I love how #34 on Xavier runs at Oden then realizes he's kinda big and stops.

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Ridiculous! It was an obvious, flagrant foul, and should have been so called, but many are not. That's basketball. However when the CBS crew, dumb, dumber and dumbest attempted to clean it up, that was ridiculous

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It was an obvious, flagrant call and should have been called. But many are not. That's basketball. But when the CBS crew, Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest attempted to clean it up, that was ridiculous.

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Look, it was a judgement call. There's no doubt that he was trying to foul him. I've seen hundreds of no-flagrant or no-intention foul calls on similar plays every year. It's all water under the bridge either way...

Ohio State won because they played to win the entire game. Xavier ran out of steam, and STILL could have put it away with a foul shot.

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Great game.

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Greg Olden Got a way with a foul. It should have been a intentional foul .

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