Game Thread: Temple @ George Washington (Wednesday 1/16/13)

[TUOwl06]

Wow, some interesting calls. Thankfully, they might allow us to escape.

[owlfan2272]

Refs have been on our side can we be on our own side?

[owlfan2272]

Temple wins in the least satisfying way but I'll take that over the most impressive loss any day. Survive for now.

[TUOwl06]

Well we won....

O'Brien came up big with a couple big 3's. Wyatt was feast or famine. I actually thought RHJ was the best player for Temple tonight.

We are not a tournament team.

[vaNtR]

The officiating in this game was absolutely atrocious for both teams. Temple should have been called for a foul when that referee was knocked over with the GW player and they called it out of bounds with no replay. TJ DiLeo was pushed out of bounds after making a defensive rebound twice without a call. Just awful. These guys were amateurs and Temple escaped with a W, but I feel like they should have lost this game.

If Dunphy doesn't bench Dalton Pepper for Quenton DeCosey next game I'm going to lose my mind. Scootie Randall continues to play entirely too many minutes as well. Just a tough night for the Owls.

[Florida Colonial]

GW had this game taken away by some mystery calls... no doubt about it. Some of the worst calls I've seen. Not even close to being correct.

[vaNtR]

That foul on Rahlir Jefferson 75 feet from the hoop to put Temple up by 2 was just an awful call. That said, the intentional foul call they gave him earlier was incredibly suspect as well -- although the 2 replays hardly had great angles. Worst officiating I've seen all year in a Temple game.

GW played well for a while, but struggled in the last 5+ minutes. That kid Armwood is very good -- I had no idea he was that talented before this game.

[owlfan2272]

There were horrible calls but I don't think you can say any game was taken away from you when you can't make 1 field goal in the final 7 minutes. There was plenty of opportunities for GW that they just didn't take advantage of so it's unfair to blame everything on officials though I think everyone admits there were some horrible calls.

[GW Dawgs]

Originally Posted by owlfan2272

There were horrible calls but I don't think you can say any game was taken away from you when you can't make 1 field goal in the final 7 minutes. There was plenty of opportunities for GW that they just didn't take advantage of so it's unfair to blame everything on officials though I think everyone admits there were some horrible calls.

Just got back from the game and heard the same statistic about GW not making a FG in the last 7 minutes on the post game show. GW just doesn't have a guard that can force the action at the end of a game, whether it be to drive to the rim or find a big down low.

With that said, the refs had no control of the game. Just flat out missed calls, bad calls, and calls that make you wonder if they understand what a foul actually is. Both teams have reason to be upset. It's frustrating that ball games like these are marred by incompetence.

[owlfan2272]

Yeah it was pathetic the way the game was called and pathetic in some ways the game was played just one of those games where someone has to win and someone has to benefit from poor officiating. Fortunate to have gotten the break but Temple is in for a long season if they think they can play like this and go anywhere.

[vaNtR]

Does GW do that peanut butter and jelly dance at every halftime? That was hilarious.

[GW Dawgs]

Originally Posted by vaNtR

Does GW do that peanut butter and jelly dance at every halftime? That was hilarious.

Yep, but the cheerleader wearing the banana costume is new this year.

[TreachX]

What I took away from this game:

- GW is very good defensively. Temple has had some problems missing shots this season, but this game seemed to be more of a case of GW just stifling their offense.

- Scootie can still contribute on defense, but looks absolutely lost on offense.

- Temple might have the most awkward shooters in the conference. Between Randall, Cummings, Pepper, and O'Brien, I'm not sure whose shot looks worse.

- The reffing was bad. GW got the benefit of some questionable calls earlier in the game, but the refs certainly made it up to Temple in the late going.