UCLA lost to Washington Sunday, and the play everyone is talking about is this inbounds pass with 47 seconds left, when Washington guard Tim Morris threw the ball directly into the face of UCLA forward Alfred Aboya:
Was it a dirty play on the part of Morris, or a heads-up move to avoid a five seconds penalty? I'd vote for dirty, but I appear to be out-voted by the participants themselves. The Seattle Times reports:
Was it a dirty play on the part of Morris, or a heads-up move to avoid a five seconds penalty? I'd vote for dirty, but I appear to be out-voted by the participants themselves. The Seattle Times reports:
Morris immediately tried to apologize to Aboya, who noted the apology after the game. But some UCLA players began riding Morris about it, prompting Bruins coach Ben Howland to intercede.
"I threw it off his face and one of their guys said something like, 'Don't do that again,' and I said something back to them. And Howland said, 'Back up,' just trying to cool down the situation a little bit," Morris said.
Said Aboya: "They were doing everything they could to win. It's allowed."
Howland asked an official to penalize Morris but he said he was told that "there was nothing he could do."
If the referee says it's OK, and if Aboya says it's allowed, maybe I shouldn't have a problem with it. But it seems like a bush-league move to me.
