The Kentucky Wildcats lost a heartbreaker on Saturday to the Auburn Tigers where they had a late lead, but the Tigers were able to squeak out the victory thanks to a last-second basket. There was one play that really left a bad taste in the mouths of Kentucky fans, and that was the offensive foul on Collin Chandler late.
The Wildcats had a one-point lead with under 15 seconds to play, and they were inbounding the ball, which Auburn was going to foul. Chandler went to start the out of bounds play and gave his defender a push, to which the Auburn defender flooped like no other. The official behind the play ended up calling the foul, and he didn’t have any kind of great view to see the foul.
The officials hadn’t called this once all game long, but they called it when it mattered the most, and it hurt the Wildcats. After the loss, it was clear Coach Pope was incredibly frustrated with this call, as he was incredibly passive-aggressive in his press conference. Basically, Coach Pope was talking about the call without talking about the call…