Saint Joseph's Preview and Game Thread -- 2/1/2025

[natetheskate]

I hate to say it but with every getting a piece of the pie...refs are going to want theirs...and we will see some gambling/fix scandals...what was the spread for this game?

[RamblerRagas]

The spread was -1.5 in favor of Joe's

The officials did not succeed with their scheme.....

[natetheskate]

Lets be real....did you think the last call of the game was a foul?

[RamblerRagas]

Watched a recording of the game midday today. Whistle shouldn't have been blown. JD sold it well but good awareness also to take advantage of it. I want to think it was a make-up call after all the blown ones and questionable ones going against us prior

[Sloth84]

Agree. Was it a foul? I think technically yes. But should it have been called. No. Not enough contact and in a game that was pretty physical....it should not have been called. So we were lucky.

However - with about 2 minutes to go, there were 2 calls against the Ramblers that likely resulted in a 4 point swing in St Joes favor - when the score was tied. The traveling call on Sheldon when he dished to Miles for the dunk. Was it a travel? Very very close but I don't think so. And even it it was, it should not have been called. There are at least a dozen traveling violations that don't get called in every game - some of them egregious. There was no reason to call this one.

On the ensuing possession, Quinn was called for a foul on a drive by Brown on which we secured the defensive rebound. Now Quinn fouls a lot and will never get the benefit of the doubt...but there was clearly no foul on this play. Brown made both free throws.