Herb Sendek tried to call timeout

preacherfan

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Read the rule book. You can't call time out once the other team inbounds the ball. He's clearly too late. But sorry you had to endure an epic Kentucky win. That must suck for you.

Correction: You can't call time out after the other team has taken possession of the ball. It has nothing to do with actually inbounding it. Some sources say that once you have the ball even before stepping out of bounds, no time out can be called by the other team. Other sources say that no time out can be called if you possess the ball out of bounds before you throw it in.
 

Dward13

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Yeah he was slow to do it. By the time he tried we already had the ball throwing it in.

at that point the official doesn’t have to grant it. It was the right call.

If they have beef it’s with the clock operator. But i’m not at all sorry that. feel like we’ve gotten screwed over by the clock our fair share in both football and basketball that we were long overdue for that to work in our favor.
 

Woodrow24

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He can say whatever he wants, but he should have done a better job coaching in overtime. He had his chance after Oweh’s shot to win the game and it didn’t happen.
 
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How many threads do we need about this? Can't call a timeout once a UK player has the ball.

Instead of a timeout he should've been screaming at his guys to foul up three with such little time left 🤷🏻‍♂️.

I'm not happy with how our season has went. I'm not happy that this game was much closer than I predicted. I'm not seeing much that has me excited for the future (that can change depending on how recruiting and portaling turns out). Watching that game I didn't feel like either team could beat Iowa State. What I'm not going to do, though, is apologize for winning this one after so much seems to go against us. I contend that apologizing and being soft is why UK athletics has been in rough shape in both major sports. And by the way, I still want Mark Pope to tell Greg Sankey to kiss his *** on that bogus fine!

Not sorry, Cinderella, the slipper doesn't fit 🤷🏻‍♂️.
 
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bbnkat02

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How many threads do we need about this? Can't call a timeout once a UK player has the ball.

Instead of a timeout he should've been screaming at his guys to foul up three with such little time left 🤷🏻‍♂️.

I'm not happy with how our season has went. I'm not happy that this game was much closer than I predicted. I'm not seeing much that has me excited for the future (that can change depending on how recruiting and portaling turns out). Watching that game I didn't feel like either team could beat Iowa State. What I'm not going to do, though, is apologize for winning this one after so much seems to go against us. I contend that apologizing and being soft is why UK athletics has been in rough shape in both major sports. And by the way, I still want Mark Pope to tell Greg Sankey to kiss his *** on that bogus fine!

Not sorry, Cinderella, the slipper doesn't fit 🤷🏻‍♂️.
The whole internet is pissed off we won today. Good. Screw 'em.
 

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Not for sure why he would have needed or wanted a time out. Every coach goes through this scenario 100 times during practices.
 
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BMR1987

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To set his defense
Well then let's forfeit, apologize to Sendek, and allow Santa Clara to play Iowa State instead.

And then rename Rupp Arena the "Mitch Barnhart Safe Space for Feelings, Fair Play, and Moral Victories".
 
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UKFootball78

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Someone correct me if I wrong here,but I believe the rule is you have until the ball makes it to inbounders hands to call a timeout. At that point you no longer have possession and can't call a timeout. Pretty sure we got the ball in the inbounders hands to quick for him to get a timeout.
 
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Kentucky lost the game. A technicality and SCs abject stupidity in not fouling saved us but in everyone's mind it's another embarrassing defeat and an indictment of the phys ed teacher on the sidelines
 
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Dward13

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Honestly even if they missed the timeout call or got it wrong, we don’t have to be sorry for ****. They still owe us years of missed calls in our favor to make up for Higgins screwing us in the tournament repeatedly and decades of obscene home cooking in our opponents favor during conference play.

We consistently deal with far and away the worst road whistle in the sport during conference play because every team in the league plays a home game against us up like it’s the actual super bowl or some once every generation type super game and the officiating crews clearly get caught up in that.

So what…we’re supposed to feel bad that one out of the last 100 or so went our way?

Miss me with that. I’m gonna enjoy the heck out of the next 2 nights of basketball unapologetically thank you, smiling ear to ear while i read through social media taking in all the salt from fans of rivals programs like UofL and from non rivals fans that have delusions of being our rivals like Arkansas, Florida etc.
 

HenryMuto

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He ran toward the official who was running away from him and has his back to him. Why didn't he go toward the baseline official who might have seen him ?
 
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fisherscatfan

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Regardless, you can call a TO during a dead ball. The clock is stopped till touched inbounds.
That isnt how it works. It is a dead ball until it is available to be in-bounded. Once Aberdeen grabbed the ball it was available to be inbounded. The timing rule of the clock starting is not relevant.

Think about after a foul, UK is handed the ball under the basket and start their in-bound play. The clock hasn’t started and the opposing coach sees a flaw in his alignment. He cannot call a timeout to readjust his defense once the ball is handed to UK because it is now available to be in-bounded.
 

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Aunt, uncle, balls and what not
 

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If that would’ve been SEC officiating after Oweh shot the ball. They would’ve erased the shot and restarted the play.
 

preacherfan

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Someone correct me if I wrong here,but I believe the rule is you have until the ball makes it to inbounders hands to call a timeout. At that point you no longer have possession and can't call a timeout. Pretty sure we got the ball in the inbounders hands to quick for him to get a timeout.
No, that is not the rule. It has been explained multiple times in the various threads.