But in the final eight seconds, Jared Harper missed a free throw, the officials missed a double-dribble on Virginia's Ty Jerome, and Auburn was called for a foul that sent Kyle Guy, an 81.8 percent foul shooter, to the line to essentially win it. Let's remember two teams that played really hard that only had 13 turnovers combined, didn't shoot it very well because there was great defense."Ībout that game's ending: Pearl dodged questions about it after the game. Let's not remember this game because of just how it ended. "This will be a memorable game, and I'd like it to be remembered for a great game. "We weren't supposed to be here," said Pearl after the game replaying 40 thrilling minutes that unfolded at U.S. Virginia defeated Auburn 63-62 after Cavaliers guard Kyle Guy hit three free throws after being fouled attempting a game winner with less than a second on the clock, turning an almost certain triumph - the Tigers led by four with 17 seconds remaining - into devastating defeat. After 40 minutes worth of screaming and scheming his Auburn Tigers in a back-and-forth battle with Virginia, he was coming to grips with reality that he had just coached his last game of the season. No words as he headed to the tunnel, no emotion as swaths of fans shouted around him in bedlam. “Oh my God!”Īnother body blow for Auburn, before heading home.MINNEAPOLIS - A dejected Bruce Pearl exited the elevated court at U.S. A turnover there would have effectively given Auburn the game.
Before Guy got his shot off, Virginia’s Ty Jerome appeared to double dribble with a few seconds left. Doughty then joined four teammates around a smartphone, to watched another replay.
He insisted that Breeding thought he was doing the right thing, and Auburn would just have to live with it. He didn’t mind though: Doughty again sympathized with Breeding. I told him I thought it was a foul, and felt like a jerk. Doughty asked me if I thought Breeding made the right call. “She’s on my side,” he says, smiling slightly. “You did not touch him!” his mom said on a FaceTime call. “It’s a cold world out there, people will do stuff like that.”ĭoughty said he’s not going to hide from the heartbreaker: he planned on watching a replay of the foul call back at his hotel. “Definitely we don’t want to go that route,” says Doughty. Doughty discourages any fans from threatening the ref, on social media or elsewhere. According to the Associated Press, polices escorted some members of Auburn’s student section out of the stadium. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings, with boos. You can’t win like that.”Īuburn fans filled the cavernous U.S. For real.’ They’re going to make all three of these and we’ll have 0.6 seconds. We were about to storm the court as we were like ‘Damn. So they walked over to the bench and said something to us. “We thought we won it,” says Auburn senior forward Horace Spencer. After Guy missed the shot, Auburn’s bench and fans - thinking the game ended - started celebrating. “I just don’t think the game should be decided like that,” says Auburn’s Bryce Brown, whose hot shooting allowed Auburn to erase a 10-point deficit with 5:22 left. Rarely, however, are such non-blatant infractions whistled at the end of games.
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