Arizona vs Duke refs blasted for March Madness flagrant foul fiasco

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Duke basketball players discuss win vs Arizona in March Madness

Following Duke basketball’s win vs. Arizona in the NCAA Tournament, Kon Knueppel and several Blue Devils discussed the Sweet 16 game.

Some college basketball fans are crying foul over the officiating in Arizona’s 100-93 loss to Duke in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.

And one play in the March Madness game especially caught their ire.

Not long after Arizona’s Jaden Bradley was called for a flagrant foul after bringing Duke’s Kon Knueppel to the floor in the second half, Duke’s Patrick Ngongba II brought down Arizona’s Henri Veesaar in a similar manner.

However, the officials ruled Ngongba’s play to be a common foul, not a flagrant foul, drawing criticism from the CBS Sports announcing team as well as social media.

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CBS Sports announcers criticize officiating in Arizona vs Duke game:

Here’s how the situation went down on CBS as the play was being reviewed:

“It will be interesting to see if the officials stay consistent with that call, because they already gave it to Arizona,” analyst Jim Jackson said.

“Yeah, I don’t see much difference in Bradley’s versus this one,” play-by-play announcer Brian Anderson replied.

“I think J.J. (Jim Jackson), you really nailed this … Ngongba takes him down,” rules analyst Gene Steratore said.

Then after the officials announced it as a common foul, Steratore said: “I’m a little surprised by that fellas, I’m a little surprised by that. You know, it’s one thing to be tied up like J.J. said earlier, but then you take him down to the ground. To me, now we’re into those other descriptions of excessive and that’s unnecessary to me. That’s excessive to me. That rises to a flagrant foul.”

Anderson then said: “I’m with you. That’s a big break for Duke.”

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Publish date : 2025-03-28 19:26:00

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