Usually women’s college basketball is not filled with this much drama and suspense unless it’s March, but the ending of the #5 Rutgers vs. #1 Tennessee game had me yelling at my television screen.

The Lady Vols were trailing 58-57 when Nicky Anosike grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled by Kia Vaughn.

However television replays showed the game clock seemed to pause as Anosike came down with the ball and two-tenths remained on the clock.

At this point, the Rutgers bench started celebrating, thinking they had finally knocked off Tennessee … only to find out the referee called the foul before the clock magically froze at two-tenths of a second.

Two free throws later and the Scarlet Knights found themselves on the short end of the stick.

Rutgers was coming off an 73-71 upset of previous No. 1 Connecticut and was trying to become the first team to ever beat No. 1 teams in consecutive games.

It’s hard to imagine that referees can be so bad this often.

Even with the advantage of instant replay, somehow the zebras still managed to get this one wrong.

Keep your head up, Scarlet Knights.

TAGS: NCAA, Women's Basketball

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