After Sunday night’s second round thriller between No. 1 Arizona and No. 9 TCU ended in a 85–80 overtime victory for the Wildcats, all eyes were directed at the NCAA’s officiating once again.
It was a rough Sunday for tournament officials as a brutal technical foul call on Illinois guard RJ Melendez for hanging on the rim loomed over the early afternoon games.
The Melendez technical was perhaps superseded by the non-call at half-court at the end of regulation between the Wildcats and Horned Frogs on Sunday night.
After Arizona wing Bennedict Mathurin buried a deep three to tie the game at 75 with less than 15 seconds to play, TCU had one final opportunity to win the game in regulation and pull off an improbable upset over one of the national-title favorites.