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West Virginia did what it needed to do to tie Saturday's game against No. 3 Syracuse and a point-blank shot with 8 seconds to go had everyone on the sideline jumping and screaming -- but for all the wrong reasons.
WVU's Deniz Kilicli tried to score on an offensive rebound and bounced his shot off the backboard, only to have Syracuse's Baye Keita smack the ball off the glass and keep it from going through the basket. It should have been called goaltending, but the officials let the play continue despite vehement protests from the WVU bench.
After a trying timeout, Kevin Jones missed a 3-pointer as time expired and Syracuse beat the Mountaineers, 63-61, inside the Carrier Dome. The crowd of 28,740 was the largest to see a college game this season and they saw...
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