Austin Reaves Reprimanded

[CoachTalk]

Reaves was definitely doing a Vince Carter impression and not the throat slash but I agree with Sky that he should have been more classy. I think the Big 12 is being too cute by half.

Dude just hit a game winner on the road after a 41 spot. I guess he couldve went over to Dixon and shook his hand.

Suspension for that? nah

 

[CoachTalk]

What are you talking about? He apologized, in this reality, not through a wormhole into a different dimension.

Guessing he was told to do it... We all know that.

 

[steverocks35]

Dude just hit a game winner on the road after a 41 spot. I guess he couldve went over to Dixon and shook his hand.

Suspension for that? nah

Do you realize there is a lot of space between shaking the other coach's hands and acting like you've been there before? I said in my post that he shouldn't be suspended, but you take one small aspect of what I said and blow it out of proportion. It must be exhausting for you to be constantly aggrieved.

 

[Hollisp]

Thread is everywhere.

My $.02 he scored 41 AND hit the game winner in a competitive NCAA Div 1 game ON THE ROAD.

He can Vince Carter himself all night after that.

His apology was 100 forced by admin. No way he writes that after the adrenaline wore off.

Big 12 reprimand is, as I stated, soft. No reason to do it. It’s not like there’s a rash of throat slashes happening throughout the league. Just let it go.

Also, if I had done all that AR had done in that game I’d be throat slashing still today. Ha

 

[BoulderSooner]

Guessing he was told to do it... We all know that.

this

 

[steverocks35]

Guessing he was told to do it... We all know that.

If Coach Kruger told him to apologize then I'm "guessing" that he thought it was an issue as well.

 

[Hollisp]

If Coach Kruger told him to apologize then I'm "guessing" that he thought it was an issue as well.

Naaa just getting ahead of it. It’s what people do now. It’s honestly not that a big a deal one way or the other.

 

[steverocks35]

Naaa just getting ahead of it. It’s what people do now. It’s honestly not that a big a deal one way or the other.

I agree, it's not a big deal, but it could have been, and that's my point.

 

[BoulderSooner]

I agree, it's not a big deal, but it could have been, and that's my point.

it could not have been that is the point

 

[Sooner04]

Guys. Moths to a flame. You're finding opposite sides on every argument in every thread.

Austin went a little overboard. No big deal. It only takes one ref trying to be a hero to turn that into a BAD deal for the good guys. Upper AD staff probably didn't like the celebration and forced the apology once the reprimand came out.

 

[thebigabd]

Throat slashing gestures are pretty awesome, and have been used in sports for a long time.. I would have done the same thing.

 

[Hollisp]

Guys. Moths to a flame. You're finding opposite sides on every argument in every thread.

Austin went a little overboard. No big deal. It only takes one ref trying to be a hero to turn that into a BAD deal for the good guys. Upper AD staff probably didn't like the celebration and forced the apology once the reprimand came out.

^^^^^^^

 

[Hollisp]

Throat slashing gestures are pretty awesome, and have been used in sports for a long time.. I would have done the same thing.

I wish there were more throat slashes. Gets me even more amped up. A good villain always makes for better drama.

Just rewatched the Reggie Miller choke gesture game the other day. Incredible stuff! Everyone remembers it. I became a huge RM fan after that.

 

[steverocks35]

Guys. Moths to a flame. You're finding opposite sides on every argument in every thread.

Austin went a little overboard. No big deal. It only takes one ref trying to be a hero to turn that into a BAD deal for the good guys. Upper AD staff probably didn't like the celebration and forced the apology once the reprimand came out.

I 100% agree with this

 

[tmeyer3307]

So, will the Big 12 reprimand Texas for leaving the bench early on the game winner they hit? That's not worth a possible Technical? Back in the day I thought you couldn't leave bench until time ran out. Just a thought.. OU didn't clear the bench like Texas did.

 

[Sooner Season]

My son and I had a big disagreement when this happened so it's probably a generational thing to some extent but the facts are:

He almost single handedly saved our tournament hopes and season with that shot. Obviously he's going to be excited and emotional and rightly so. After a season that I'm sure has been somewhat frustrating for him individually, it was a big time exhale for him and he showed it. He is probably the hardest competitor on our team and those kind of players show emotion.

But it's also a fact that he put himself and the team in a potentially disastrous situation. I know it wasn't a throat slash, but it was close enough for a referee to overreact. I think we are fortunate we didn't have any grandstanding officials like Gerry Pollard or John Higgins or they would have definitely seized the opportunity. If you doubt that go look at the video of Pollard last year T'ing up a player for a dunk and glance that ejected him from the game.

But, it didn't happen, good thing, lesson learned, move on.

 

[TulsaWorld]

Guerin Emig: Putting Austin Reaves' wonder game vs. TCU in perspective. Excerpt...

It wasn’t Wayman, Buddy or Blake. It wasn’t Bedlam, wasn’t Texas. It wasn’t the postseason. It was at 5 p.m. on ESPN2, not 8 p.m. on Big Monday.

And yet I can’t recall any Oklahoma Sooner having a more consequential basketball game than the one Austin Reaves had at TCU Saturday.

Reaves scored 41 points on the Horned Frogs. He had never scored more than 24 as a college player.

Reaves scored 41 of OU’s 78 points. He scored 16 of OU’s 26 in the first half, 24 of OU’s 39 at the 13:29 mark of the second half and 26 of OU’s 46 at the 8:44 mark.

Reaves’ sequence of plays over the final 1:32 were as follows: four-point-play on a made 3 from the top of the arc plus the free throw... defensive rebound at one end and drive and two free throws at the other... pass to Brady Manek for game-tying 3-pointer... short jumper to win the game with 0.5 seconds remaining.

About that rebound and assist? Reaves didn’t just score 41 points, he added 6 assists, 5 boards and 3 blocked shots.

 

[hoopsaustin]

he also is not "lucky" he didn't get a suspension or "lucky" he didn't get a tech


this is a non issue

See big 12's dumbass reprimand.. you gotta know how all the weak ass people are these days and not keep doing dumb stuff during games

 

[hoopsaustin]

it could not have been that is the point

Lol ya... or if he didn't do the stupid risky crap then ya 100% "it could not have been"..

 

[MrAnderson]

Little did we know, when AR said "it's over" he was talking about the season.