Kansas large man Hunter Dickinson grabbed an offensive rebound and had the ball cradled into his physique with each arms, with no intention of letting TCU take it away from him.
Coach Invoice Self wasn’t happy with how that play ended for his preseason AP All-America heart, who by no means gave in as Trazarien White tried to wrestle ball away — even after officers blew the whistle within the second half of the 12th-ranked Jayhawks’ 74-61 win at TCU on Wednesday night time.
“I assumed it was asinine that our man would hold onto the ball like that,” Self mentioned.
The 7-foot-2 Dickinson and 6-6 White remained tangled even whereas stumbling out of bounds as whistles blew to cease the motion. TCU guard Vasean Allette and freshman Malick Diallo additionally reached for the ball. As soon as Dickinson lastly gave up the ball, officers reviewed the play and issued technical fouls to each him and White.
“That was a bonehead play. However what made it a bonehead play as a lot as something … when the whistle blows, you cease. And I am positive they blew it a number of occasions,” Self mentioned. “Price us a possession, so yeah, I wasn’t blissful to see that in any respect.”
The Horned Frogs had possession after the tie-up and White responded with an alley-oop dunk on a go from Noah Reynolds with 12:44 left to place them up 48-47. That was the final time they led the sport.
Dickinson, who completed with a team-high 16 factors and 9 rebounds, wasn’t one of many gamers that Kansas introduced into the postgame interview.
TCU coach Jamie Dixon, who was on the reverse finish of the courtroom from the place the gamers bought twisted up, had a a lot totally different response to the play than Self.
“It was unimportant, I suppose,” mentioned Dixon, who did not assume there was something soiled or vicious in regards to the play.
“I do not even know what the T’s had been for, however I suppose the officers instructed them to cease,” he mentioned. “They did not do what they had been instructed to do by the officers.”
Reporting by The Related Press.
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