[brainbuster]

I agree, he did absolutely walk! But I made the comment last night as I clearly saw on the jumpstop, that he was hammered across the arm as he was going back p which caused the travel, so if you don't call the foul, you shouldn't call the walk(actually, you shouldn't even be a ref). But Bundy might have had the 2 biggest rebounds in the game during the final moments of the game! They were huge!

I have to agree with you on that one.. He was absolutely hammered, but everyone knew that call would never be made! Seems like at the end of big time games, the refs sometimes tend to swallow their whistles and neglect calls that should most definitely be made. I think that refs today are more lenient than those of 10-15 years ago. Some things that I have seen in this tournament in terms of officiating have just blown my mind, the worst being the inconsistency of calls from quarter to quarter. I most certainly think that a ref should never decide a game, but I also believe that the games, no matter who is playing, should be called fairly and consistent! And yes, Bundy did have what might have been the two biggest rebounds of the game in the final moments. Like I said, both teams played hard and left all they had on the floor.

The officiating was certainly not the deciding factor, it was just a turning point. The deciding point was the fact that Valley didn't convert on their free throws. Championsip teams have to hit their free throws! No matter what, this game was definitely one for the record books!