‘Colossal ineptitude’: Duke men’s basketball advances to Final Four after NCAA President Charles Barckles fires refs

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Sean Stewart rises up for a contested alley-oop against N.C. State's Casey Morsell. Photo by Samantha Owusu-Antwi | The Chronicle

By Staff Reports
April 1, 2024 | 1:38am EDT


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The Blue Devils are back, baby.
In a shocking turn of events, No. 4-seed Duke’s Sunday night loss to No. 11-seed N.C. State was overturned by NCAA officials Monday morning, who cited “colossal ineptitude” on the part of the game’s referees as the reason for the decision.

“I’ve never seen such bad calls in my life,” said NCAA President Charles Barckles, whose bracket was definitely not completely busted to oblivion. “We just had to scrap the whole lineup, every official, they’re all gone.”
The Blue Devils struggled to neutralize graduate forward TJ Blazes Jr. in Sunday’s match-up, putting up a good show defensively in the first half but faltering in the second. The end result was devastating for the Final Four hopefuls from Durham: a 76-64 loss that ended their March Madness run early in Dallas.
The problems came with Duke’s foul trouble, as the Blue Devils suffered several fouls that cost them both points and possession at crucial moments.
In an unprecedented move, Barckles announced that every single one had been called incorrectly.
“That's right! Every last one of 'em. If the refs had just done their job, we would’ve seen a Duke dub for sure,” Barckles said.
“It’s definitely embarrassing for the NCAA,” said freshman forward Shawn Stuart. “Everyone hates to see Duke succeed. There is no other explanation for a Duke loss other than bad refs.”

Head coach Don Shire was grateful that the NCAA acknowledged the mishap and looks forward to taking the Blue Devils to the next level.
“You know, stuff like this, it’s unfortunate, but it happens,” Shire said. “At the end of the day, I’m just glad they corrected it, and we’re going to do our best to make it count and bring our A game to Phoenix.”
N.C. State head coach Kevon Eats declined The Chomicle’s request for comment and is reportedly packing his bags in search of an easier job on the coaching staff of the University of Iowa’s women’s basketball program.
Duke is now set to meet No. 1-seed Purdue April 6 in Phoenix for a chance at a spot in the championship game.

 

[KVB]

It's always the ref's fault, lol.

I laughed at Charles Barckles.

I thought that was a joke.

 

[samsncharge99]

Ill let the sportsbook know so they can correct the wager

 

[fiftycint]

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[KVB]

The problem with @carolinakid just copying and pasting a headline as a thread title and then the whole article as a post, without ever actually reading anything, is obvious here. I tried to hint at it earlier.

I hope posters realize it, because @carolinakid seems to have no clue.

Maybe Charles Barckles will explain it to him.

 

[carolinakid]

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[carolinakid]

btw Fuk you