Greg Gard was guarded in many ways after the game about his thoughts on the officiating, especially in the closing minutes of Wisconsin’s loss to Indiana. He has to be careful with what he says, or a fine will be thrown his way. However, he was still clear about his thoughts without trashing the officials.
The call that was stuck in his brain wasn’t the foul call against John Blackwell at the end of overtime to send Lamar Wilkerson to the line and seal the win for the Hoosiers. It was actually the final possession of regulation when Indiana was actively trying to foul, and Nick Boyd instead was called for a charge. He couldn’t believe it.
In the post-game comments, Gard spoke to the media about that Boyd charge call, “I’ve never seen anything like that. They’re trying to foul, they actually foul us three times coming up the floor. Offensive, when we are driving away from the basket…I don’t know…I don’t understand that call.”…