Video Replay No Help to Boylen
Judging by the replay, you'd have to say that coach Jim Boylen got away with one against San Diego State on Saturday.
In surely the most controversial play of the 72-63 loss to the Aztecs, Boylen interfered with a ball in play while kneeling perhaps a foot out onto the court. The Aztecs' Lorrenzo Wade had just picked Utah's Luke Nevill from behind, and was racing to catch up to the ball as it bounded near the sideline. He appeared capable of corralling it to start a fast break.
However, Boylen opened his hands to catch the ball as he straightened up and tried to get out of the way, appearing to touch it at the same time as Wade.
The ball bounced down and deflected off Boylen's foot and out of bounds. San Diego State coach Steve Fisher and the crowd erupted in disgust -- for the rest of the game, angry fans chided Boylen to get off the court -- particularly after the referees ruled that the ball went out of bounds off the Aztecs.
Which is exactly how Boylen saw it.
"I was kneeling down, out of bounds," he explained. “The ball hit the line, and I caught it. ... The ball hit the line, and I caught it. And that's what they called. The ball hit the line, and I caught it."
The broadcasters calling the game disagreed vehemently, though, saying Boylen should have been assessed a technical foul. "There's no way that you can get away with that," one said.
Yet he did, although Boylen was later assessed a technical foul for taking a few steps onto the court to contest a no-call after having been warned about doing the same thing earlier.
Not that any of it mattered much.
Though the Utes scored on the possession after the sideline incident, their basket only cut the lead to nine, and the Aztecs quickly extended it again to 11 and kept the Utes at arm's length the rest of the way -- with only the modest aide of making one of the two technical free throws.
In surely the most controversial play of the 72-63 loss to the Aztecs, Boylen interfered with a ball in play while kneeling perhaps a foot out onto the court. The Aztecs' Lorrenzo Wade had just picked Utah's Luke Nevill from behind, and was racing to catch up to the ball as it bounded near the sideline. He appeared capable of corralling it to start a fast break.
However, Boylen opened his hands to catch the ball as he straightened up and tried to get out of the way, appearing to touch it at the same time as Wade.
The ball bounced down and deflected off Boylen's foot and out of bounds. San Diego State coach Steve Fisher and the crowd erupted in disgust -- for the rest of the game, angry fans chided Boylen to get off the court -- particularly after the referees ruled that the ball went out of bounds off the Aztecs.
Which is exactly how Boylen saw it.
"I was kneeling down, out of bounds," he explained. “The ball hit the line, and I caught it. ... The ball hit the line, and I caught it. And that's what they called. The ball hit the line, and I caught it."
The broadcasters calling the game disagreed vehemently, though, saying Boylen should have been assessed a technical foul. "There's no way that you can get away with that," one said.
Yet he did, although Boylen was later assessed a technical foul for taking a few steps onto the court to contest a no-call after having been warned about doing the same thing earlier.
Not that any of it mattered much.
Though the Utes scored on the possession after the sideline incident, their basket only cut the lead to nine, and the Aztecs quickly extended it again to 11 and kept the Utes at arm's length the rest of the way -- with only the modest aide of making one of the two technical free throws.
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4 Comments:
I was there and Boylen clearly interferred with the ball but this was not his worst conduct by far that night. During the first half as SDSU was shooting 2 fouls the arena was quit and he began screaming and berating his own number 11 telling he he wasn't a man and if he wanted to play he needed to be a man, louder and louder, out of control screaming at his own player. In the 2nd half he became incensed at the refs and charged center court sreaming "what the
FU&%! What the FU%& was that for all to hear. He was dragged back to his bench by his asst coaches only to break free and do it two more times.
And remember this was a day game a perfect time for families to enjoy a basketball game with their young kids.
This guy is out of control and an embarassment to the University, the Conference and college athletics in general.
Shame on him and the University for tolerating such conduct.
Thank you Bill for having some sense. I am so tired of being the only one who complains about this joke of a coach. SDSU fans had a BLAST mocking him as he continues to put on a sideshow. The technical foul he got was huge as the Utes were getting close to tying up the Aztecs then Boylen gives them two points when Lorenzo Wade went down. Worst hire in UTE history, wake up Chris Hill!
Thanks for the comments BigUteFan, but just to clarify, the Utes gave up only 1 point on the technical, since Kyle Spain missed the other, and the Utes were nowhere CLOSE to tying the game at the time of the technical. They trailed by 9 when it happened, 10 after the tech shots, and 12 after D.J. Gay made two free throws in place of Lorrenzo Wade, who left the game briefly with the shoulder injury suffered on the foul that began the sequence.
Thanks,
Mike
Trust us real Ute fans "bigutefan" we are far more tired of you that Coach Boylen.
You one-man campaign really makes one wonder about your own mental stability.
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