So, it looked like we were going to have a battle in Chicago, as Tennessee took a 16-14 lead with 11 1\/2 to play in the first half. Then, the following things happened before the Volunteers would score their next basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was 6 minutes for Tennessee without a score until Jaylen Carey drove to the basket and got a layup. The Wolverines 21 point run took any hope out of the game being interesting as Michigan ran away to a 95-62 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yaxel Lendeborg scored 27 points, while 6 other players scored 8 or more points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do have to use this moment to state that I do not understand the challenge\/appeal system. The reason that I say this is it doesn’t make sense what you can challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the score 16-15, right before Michigan went on their run, Trey McKenney stole the ball and drove down the court to try to get a layup, but DeWayne Brown came from behind to block the shot. After a foul stopped play, they showed a replay of it, and you could see the ball hit the backboard before Brown swatted it away. It should have been goaltending – but because it wasn’t called on the field, it apparently couldn’t be challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, when Lendeborg made his exciting drive to give the Wolverines a 5 point lead, the ball was going in but a Michigan player clearly touched the rim (and after the replay, clearly touched the ball) while it was going in. It should have been offensive goaltending. But it wasn’t called on the field, so it also apparently couldn’t be challenged (if I understood what the TV crew was explaining).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be fair, it evened out. Michigan should have gotten a basket on the first play, and should have lost a basket on the second play. But it still is confusing – what is the point of having a challenge system if you can only challenge goaltending if it is called. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basically, if the refs miss a call and don’t call anything, it is too bad for you. But if they call something and it is wrong, you can at least correct that. That is stupid – a missed call is a missed call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I understand that they don’t want fouls to be called because of replay, since when you slow the game down to replay, you could probably find contact and a foul on every play. But it feels like if you can challenge if a block is goaltending, you should be able to challenge it – whether it is called or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It didn’t matter – the Wolverines ran away. A couple of calls didn’t decide a game where Michigan won by 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to the Big 10 regular season champions on cutting down the nets in Chicago and heading to the Final Four in Indianapolis, where they will meet Arizona in what should be a fantastic game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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