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Questionable calls at end of Syracuse-UNC-Asheville game - USA TODAY

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Questionable calls at end of Syracuse-UNC-Asheville game - USA TODAY
Mar 15th 2012, 22:14

Syracuse escaped UNC-Asheville 72-65 on Thursday, avoiding being the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

But it wasn't pretty -- and it wasn't without controversy at the end.

The Orange benefited from two questionable calls late in the game. The first came when a lane violation was called on the Bulldogs on a missed Syracuse free throw on the front end of a one-and-one by Scoop Jardine. After the call, Jardine made two free throws to put Syracuse up by six with about 1:20 left in the game.

The other controversial play came with Syracuse up by three points and less than a minute left. On an in-bounds play by Syracuse, the ball was awarded to the Orange though a Syracuse player appeared to touch the ball last.

John Adams, the NCAA director of men's basketball officiating, said on TruTV after the game that the lane violation was a correct call but the out-of-bounds one was not.

"On the lane violation, the (UNC-Asheville) inside player, I think it was No. 4, his foot in the lane before the shooter releases the free throw," Adams said. "That is a correct call. That is a lane violation."

Adams acknowledged a second lane violation on the play, too (involving a Bulldogs player crossing the 3-point line before the shot hit the rim). It doesn't matter, though, because that call was correct.

On the out of bounds play, Adams said the official made a mistake.

"I'm not going to alibi for the gentlemen in the game. They work their butts off. When you see this call, it's either a foul or you give it to the other team that didn't knock the ball out of bounds," Adams said.

"He didn't get it right."

(Thanks to The Big Lead for videos.)

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