trinity beat st. micks in a do or die clash by 1 point always. Very good game.

Yeah I was just being stupid... I know that he shot the 2 accidentally. For the record, the umpire changed his mind with the ball in the air, when he realised both feet were over the line. Unley didn't argue as much as someone would if they genuinely thought it was a 3-pointer. Unlucky.

Umpires do it all the time mate. They get in a better position and can see that the player had his feet on the line. Sounds like you know it was a 2 pointer but are trying to claim some sort of technical victory?

Cabra won by 1 point against PAC in a great game, after begin as far as 12 up in the 3rd

Let's see if I've got this correct...

Mercedes
Sacred Heart
St Pauls
Unley
Sacred Heart won this group.

St Ignatius
St Michaels
St Peters
Trinity
Trinty won this group.

Blackfriars
CBC
Pedare
Pembroke
Did Pedare won this group?

Who won these 3 groups?

Adelaide
Cabra
PAC
Westminster


Pasadena
Aberfoyle Park

Golden Grove
Brighton

the umpires at the unley sacred heart game were absolutely crap! its unlucky that the most deserving team lost the game beacause of that.

Is there any wildcard entrys. For the team with the best percentage that finishs 2nd.

if there is you would hope unley would make it just to make the finals any good

Unley are out

as if they had the best team

Daly
Boonstoppel
Fidles
Goodall

Do SHC have Harri Harvey in KO?

I would like to commend Unley on how they handled themselves after the game. They could have carried on as "August 15" suggested, but no, they held their heads high, kept their pride in tact and walked of the court knowing that haveing a winge would be fruitless. This is the pinnacle of sportsmanship, yes they were dissappointed and yes they got robbed but Unley should be proud of the way they handled themselves and their coach should be congraulted for leading by example.

This is what school sport should be about, yes their will always be winners and losers, but if both teams can walk off the court with their heads held high regardless of the result they should be congraulated. Thankyou Unley for losing with class and keeping your pride well and truly in tact.

yeah umpires do it all the time. i think not... im pretty sure once hes in the air u cant predict that his foot was on the line to start with. if he didnt know he should of kept it as a 3 and let it go into over time. he landed over the line, shot it without any part of him touching it. clearly a 3 point shot.

I know both the refs who were on the game, the ref in question at first thought it was a 3 but JUST BEFORE the player shot it he realized that his foot was on the line therefore it is a 2 pointer!

noooo ref 23...he had three fingers raised the whole time the ball was in the air - i made sure of that so dont try tell me otherwise...after the ball went in then he signalled two the bench...so ur wrong...it sounds like a cover up bullshit story for a guy trying to defend his mate...or himself? and anonymous...what!?! this thread would be about how sacred heart got robbed?! how would they have gotten robbed if it was counted a three...because for the first 2 seconds every thought it was a three...so theres no question...the whole was it a three issue wouldnt be raised in the first place...robbed? what? the thread just becomes how unley come back from 15 down in the fourth and hit a massive three at the buzzer

haha..yes ostrich i was thinking the same thing...they wouldnt have been robbed at all...probably shouldve thought that through anonymous...and i also noticed the fingers change to the bench...AFTER the shot went in...THAT is against the rules...and how long a look do u think this guy got?! u dont get 5 seconds to go..yep 3...wait...no..hang on..im going to move into a better position and then see from there...oh..yes...no thats a two

You must have been pretty concerned about the shot being a 2 pointer if you watched the umpire the whole time instead of watching a potential game tying buzzer beater...

It isn't hard to understand... one second left, the umpire knows a shot is about to go up, pre-meditates and assumes that the shot will be a 3-pointer (because they are down by 3), so puts his hand up to signal a 3 basically as the guy sets himself up for a shot. When the player is in the shooting action, the umpire checks to see where the players feet are as all good umpires should, and sees that BOTH of the shooters feet were over the line. Simple.

I am also keen to hear more of how Unley were cheated out of this victory by the umpires. (note to Unley players - excluding umpires decision on last shot)

"unley" if your team was so good the game should never been that close, YOU LOST GET OVER IT.

the problem is the umpire cannot change his decision on a call like that. it is an error, not like misinterpreting a blocking call or whatever. it is in the rules, and by no means would he be able to have, as he explained 'got into better position' after signalling three as at that point the shot would have been in the air and the shooter's feet would obviously have been in a different place. if you read casual onlookers post unley have obviously taken this incredibly well, and any complaints they do make are probably fair and could not be considered 'whinging' by any decent person. put yourself in their shoes...what would you do? im sure it would be difficult to sit back and accept it when you genuinely feel you have been robbed

'interested' is 100 percent right - every thing u said is spot on..that was the best post in the thread

was there any communication between the refs? You all seem to be looking at the ref signaling the three but did anyone see if the refs partner was indicating to him that is was actually a two pointer. If so he was correct in only awarding a two pointer.

"b" all good team have off games. to sarcasticly say that unley are sooo good is unfair. they had to play 5 on 7, played poorly and when the game was on the line a 3 was hit.

also james wouldnt be stupid enough to shoot a 3, he stepped back, looked at his foot and shot the 3.

Im guessing the game was at Sacred Heart, cos Mercedes got raped by the ref there as well, they had only 1 ref on a k-o game which is crazy. The foul count was 13-1 SAC's way.....

unley were robbed, you dont signal a three and change, its the equivalent of blowing your whistle and then calling play on... james is my hero!

Just so everyone knows, both refs have nothing to do with Sacred Heart and Unley need to take it on the chin. I am NOT the ref in question but he is my best mate and there was interaction as i was at the game and saw it all!!!

"unley" its time to wipe away the tears pick up your shoes,bag and ball and go home better luck next year.

would there have been so much bitching about and muck slung at the player if he had missed said shot. I doubt it. Its so much easier to abuse a referee isn't it.

out of the teams which are already through who do people think are the strongest?

and when do the other teams play their knock out games?

exactly anon - well said

and also - i think there shouldve been some talk between refs - there wasn't and the decision was made then and there when both refs initially signalled three...veryyyy fishy....did these guys even get told it was a KO game?! harsh unley...harsh...i feel for u

unley if only you did'ent have x amount of turnovers or miss shots or miss rebouns you might be playing next week, but your not and SHC is get over it try again next year.

You guys are bloody clowns!! Why on Earth would the umpire just decide to hold a grudge against Unley for some reason. You think as the ball in the air he is thinking 'If this goes in... I'm gonna change my mind and call it a 2, just to piss Unley off'? Absolute idiots. Sacred Heart won... they are the better team.

I have spoken to some VERY trustworthy people who were at the game who were apparently sitting on the side and very close to where the buzzer beater was hit and they said there was no doubt that it was a 2 pointer... BOTH feet over the line. And whoever said this James kid looked at his feet, I highly doubt he would have done that if he knew time was about to expire. You are just making up lies now.

And BTW, umpires can and do change their minds alot of the time when it comes to 2/3 pointers. Haven't you ever seen players who put one foot forward as they release the ball? What is the umpire supposed to do there? Call it a 3 even if he has put his foot over the line.

Can't believe how stupid some people can get when they lose.

jimmy de bas haha what a joke. i have got a very "reliable source" also who says it was a three... you clown you argue nothing but circumstantial evidence. notice how there are shc people on here saying it was a three yet no unley peopel saying it was a three. umpires dont signal something for no reason... if he signalled the three, why change it, my source said he looked at the scoreboard before changing it...

"727" so all the players live with you? how can you say none of the players have posted on here i dont think so

its funny how every post from unley and SHC have all said it was certainly a 3 except you jimmy de bas. as he was stepping back he looked down, wouldnt you if it was a must make 3? im pretty sure you would.

is there a video of the game, so we can end this once and for all. the decision they made is final but is there any evidence that it was or wasnt a three.

im a sacred heart player who was standing directly infront of james when the shot went up. there'd obviously be no point in me lying about whether it was a 2 or 3 as it wouldnt change anything now but both of james' feet were over the line by a reasonable amount. also if all of this crap is being argued..did anyone notice harri's BANK 3 pointer which was also signalled as 2 points!?

The refs were quite terrible. They made wrong decisions, were quite indecisive and most of the time both the refs were behind the ball - not keeping up with the play.

these refs should be put on notice and get banned from umpiring crucial games. Go ref under10's u clowns

Yeah cheating... good call twerp. Get over it.... you lost. SHC won the year 10 title in 2005 and have proven yet again that they are better than Unley and Mercedes. See you at the dance dudes!

bit harsh saying there cheating thereay through. both schools should be allowed to supply there own ref, thats what they did in the last year's year 8 knockout.

but saying that wouldnt it be easier for people who organise the pools just to assign refs, who arnt from those schools?

Cabra - salad finger's'll get em over the line.

Can I just say that these guys are not getting 'paid for calls' by Sacred Heart. They get paid for coming out and doing 4 games of basketball starting at 830 in the morning. I have refereed there in the past and it has been that way ever since I started. To say that Sacred Heart paid off the refs is laughable.