Samford Robbed Late Against Kansas On Atrocious Foul Call

Samford was absolutely hosed by the refs in the closing moments of the team's narrow loss to Kansas.

The Bulldogs cut the lead to just one point with 14 seconds remaining at 90-89, and it appeared Samford guard A.J. Staton-McCray had pulled off an incredibly clean block on Nicolas Timberlake.

Refs saw something different from the rest of the nation.

Staton-McCray was called for a foul, Timberlake hit two free throws, Kansas pushed it to a 92-89 lead, Samford missed three to tie on the next possession and that was that. 

Watch the insane foul call below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Samford robbed against Kansas.

That's the definition of a clean block. I'm not sure how much cleaner A.J. Staton-McCray could have been. It doesn't appear Timberlake was touched at all.

All ball, gentlemen. All ball. Didn't matter. Refs called a foul, sent Timberlake to the line, the lead was pushed to three and Samford quickly tried to tie it.

How different of a situation would it have been if Samford got the ball back with it being just a one-point game? There would have been no need to try to force a three. They could have run a set to try to attack the rim.

However, fans will never know because refs made one of the most atrocious calls I've ever seen in the NCAA Tournament. It feels like the ref simply anticipated a foul and blew his whistle before seeing if one actually happened. Sickening.

Refs call atrocious foul on Samford late during failed upset attempt. (Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images)

Samford played like absolute dogs and threw everything the team had against Kansas. They nearly pulled off an incredible upset. Instead, the refs decided to get on the whistle in the closing moments. Simply no excuse for that bad of a call. Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.