After Sunday night’s second-round thriller between No. 1 Arizona and No. 9 TCU ended in an 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The Melendez technical was perhaps superseded by the noncall at half court at the end of regulation between the Wildcats and Horned Frogs on Sunday night.
