MINNEAPOLIS (AP/97.1 The Ticket) -- Several members of the Auburn student section were escorted out of U.S. Bank Stadium by police after the Tigers lost to Virginia 63-62 on three foul shots by Kyle Guy in the final second of the game.
Fans are livid with the foul call. An Auburn fan is being taken out by security. Raining boos. Wow. #FinalFour pic.twitter.com/RYLQ7Wvc3v
— Henry Lake (@lakeshow73)
April 7, 2019 Needless to say the auburn fans aren’t happy pic.twitter.com/YJN6Jphj4L
— Steve Dagostino (@DagsBasketball)
April 7, 2019 The free throws came after the Tigers had rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit, and after it appeared that the Tigers had won the game. Guy missed a 3-pointer from the corner and the buzzer sounded, and Auburn players began spilling onto the court to celebrate.
But official James Breeding had whistled a foul on the Tigers' Samir Doughty for bumping into Guy on the shot, and that gave one of Virginia's best free-throw shooters a chance to win the game.
They called a foul on Auburn for this play on Kyle Guy’s three-pointer#FinalFour pic.twitter.com/qDiEDNVlyW
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli)
April 7, 2019 The officials also missed an apparent double dribble just prior to the foul on Guy
“As Ty Jerome brings the ball up the court, he accidentally bumps the ball off his back foot … he then re-possesses this ball with both hands. That ends his dribble.”@GeneSteratore explains a missed double-dribble violation on Ty Jerome near the end of the game. pic.twitter.com/763pV0sXyA
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports)
April 7, 2019 The Associated Press contributed to this report.
