The award for the weirdest game of the night goes to VCU-George Washington — which is saying something. The Rams walked away with a 54-53 win, but not before a frantic final sequence caused one of college basketball’s craziest endings this year.
George Washington hits would-be buzzer-beater, but loses on foul call after time added to clock
George Washington lost in the most unimaginable way possible.
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
George Washington was down two on its final possession when junior guard Yuta Watanabe hit the go-ahead three-pointer as time seemed to expire.
Yuta Watanabe beats VCU at the buzzer. pic.twitter.com/To8O69kcGg
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) February 9, 2017
The referees decided to put 0.4 seconds back on the clock, which shouldn’t have been enough time for VCU to get off a clean look while inbounding the ball under its own basket.
But ... George Washington was whistled for a foul while defending the inbounds pass, and VCU got two free throws out of it.
VCU wins on a charge on an inbounds pass. pic.twitter.com/vZ6ubgmYDl
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) February 9, 2017
JeQuan Lewis made the shots and VCU escaped with the most unlikely win imaginable.
VCU moves to 19-5 and 9-2 in the conference. George Washington, the hard luck loser, is now 12-12 overall and 4-7 in the conference.
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