Ohio State got beat soundly by Purdue last night. They also got pounded in the ass by Ref/Showman Ed Hightower. The man is a menace and must be stopped before I end up losing my mind and burning his house down. From the blog Eleven Warriors come this laundry list of Hightowerocity.
- Awarding Purdue possession after blatantly throwing the ball away on a fast break with OSU trailing 26-14.
- Under the bucket, he was right in front of a call in which the ball bounced off Chris Kramer and out of bounds with OSU trailing 37-30. Kramer even dropped his hands to the floor in disgust because he knew it was off him but Hightower still blew it drawing a smile from Kramer.
- In the first half, a questionable failure to reset the shot clock after Purdue nearly stole the ball led to OSU calling a timeout but upon the possession restart, the shot clock wasn’t reset and of course OSU shot themselves in the foot by failing to get off a shot before the clock ran out.
- My favorite BS call of the day was a phantom moving screen call on Evan Turner with 10:24 left in the game. The whistle gave Turner his fourth foul. Unbelievable call. And of course, Eddie got all theatrical making the most of his airtime on the horrific call.
- One last grasp at unnecessary airtime occurred when he stopped the game to counsel BJ Mullens after he dunked on Robbie Hummel and gave him a very brief scowl.
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