Creighton vs. San Diego State got here all the way down to a controversial name that pushed the Aztecs into Last 4

Over the roar of the gang you would hear the whistle.

Within the closing seconds of Sunday’s Elite Eight sport between the San Diego State Aztecs and the Creighton Bluejays, senior SDSU guard Darrion Trammell had the sport in his arms. The rating was tied at 56, and Trammell turned the nook on the prime of the important thing within the ultimate seconds, He lofted a shot along with his proper hand from the center of the important thing, which clanged brief off the iron.

However the whistle blew.

The whistle blew for a foul on Creighton’s Ryan Nembhard, whose left hand was on the suitable hip of Trammell as he let his shot go. The foul despatched the senior guard to the road who hit the second of his two pictures to provide the Aztecs a one-point lead.

They’d in the end win by that time, 57-56.

Was it a foul, or maybe extra precisely, was it a foul that ought to have been known as at that time within the sport? You be the decide:

As you possibly can see, the referee who made the decision did a great job at getting himself into place to see the play. Here’s a take a look at the view he had in the mean time of fact:

After the sport, the CBS studio crew appeared to be of combined thoughts concerning the decision. Gene Steratore made the case that the left hand of Nembhard, which you’ll see on Trammell’s hip, impacts the shot. Charles Barkley, nonetheless, made the case that in that state of affairs, the referees ought to have swallowed their whistles, and allow them to play. Barkley additionally made the case that Trammell’s shot was probably brief no matter Nembhard’s hand on his hip.

Finally, the consensus opinion appeared to be that it was a foul, however that in that state of affairs, maybe the referees ought to have let the play stand. Particularly with how bodily the sport had been to that time. That was an opinion shared by ESPN analyst and former coach Seth Greenberg:

The closing seconds additionally reminded lots of the ending of Tremendous Bowl LVII.

One factor we might be positive of, that is probably going to be a subject of dialogue for not less than this week, if not past.