VIDEO: Refs ignore obvious violations before Ball State's 2OT buzzer-beater
A common complaint in college basketball is that officials are too whistle-happy at the end of games, playing too large a role in the outcome of the contest.
This was not a problem during an insane sequence at the end of the second overtime between Ball State and Eastern Michigan.
Following a mad scramble off a missed Cardinals jumper, it seems as though the officials could have called any variety of a jump ball, traveling, or a foul, yet they pocketed their whistles, allowing Francis Kiapway to stick the game-winning 3-pointer.
Francis Kiapway sinks the game-winning 3-pointer after a crazy last possession. Ball State to 13-6, 4-2 MAC. pic.twitter.com/SKvbvla5t0
— Dakota Crawford TSP (@DakotaCrawford_) January 23, 2016
Kiapway had 22 points on the day, none bigger than the ice-cold jumper from distance for the win.