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A reader sent along video of the end of the Arizona-UAB game.

If you haven't seen it, it's worth checking out.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi8OtV_-6ag

Two points:

1. I just noticed that the guy counseling Kyle Fogg after he made his inexplicable intentional foul was Jamelle Horne. This is funny because it was Horne who made the second inexplicable intentional foul that propelled UAB to a 72-71 victory.

2. And hats off to Len Elmore for trying his best to come up with some kind of excuse for Horne's final-second lunge and foul. Len kept talking about how Horne must've thought "there was a play on" even though there is no play in any playbook that calls for a foul in the final second of a tie game. It was a wild opinion, of course. But if he was just trying to protect Horne, well, that's pretty nice of him.

One thing I noticed from watching the end of that game...was the Arizona coach whistling like that, with his 2 fingers in his mouth, to distract Johnson at the foul line? Or was he trying to get the attention of the referees for something? I saw it live and wondered what he was doing. I couldn't believe that a coach would really try to do something to distract another player at the foul line, so he must've been trying to get the attention of the refs for something. They did blow the horn right as Johnson was getting ready to shoot. It was effective icing anyhow as Johnson missed the FT.

Every time I watch that I still get that "I can't believe that just happened" feeling. Just unbelievable.

I have noticed that all of the recaps of the game do not mention the impressive stat that 6 DIFFERENT UAB players made 3's. That is just crazy. Teams will not know which guy to guard for 3's. We have too many and there are at least 3 on the court at all times. It will be hard pressed to find a day where all of our 3 point shooters are having a bad game.

hehehe...let the opposition find out on their own.

BTW, most of those 3's come from downtown Montgomery - even more impressive.

UAB_Trek Wrote:hehehe...let the opposition find out on their own.

BTW, most of those 3's come from downtown Montgomery - even more impressive.

I know. Moving that line back has not affected our guys one bit.

carolina_blazer Wrote:One thing I noticed from watching the end of that game...was the Arizona coach whistling like that, with his 2 fingers in his mouth, to distract Johnson at the foul line? Or was he trying to get the attention of the referees for something? I saw it live and wondered what he was doing. I couldn't believe that a coach would really try to do something to distract another player at the foul line, so he must've been trying to get the attention of the refs for something. They did blow the horn right as Johnson was getting ready to shoot. It was effective icing anyhow as Johnson missed the FT.

I saw that too... Considering that you get a technical for doing stuff like that if you're on the floor, I was pretty surprised that the coach would be doing that. Pretty bushleague if you ask me. And I don't think he was trying to get the refs' attention because you could hear it even after they switched cameras (while AJ was setting up for his FT).