Virginia guard Ty Jerome: I double-dribbled and knew refs wouldn't call it
This won’t go over well on the Plains.
Virginia guard Ty Jerome is now telling reporters that he purposely double dribbled knowing the refs were not going to call it.
“I knew they weren’t gonna call double-dribble after they let that one go. … It’s hard to be a ref. They miss a lot. So you’ve got to play on,” Jerome says in a quote shared to social media by USA Today’s George Schroeder.
Auburn led 62-60 with 5.4 seconds left when UVA in-bounded the ball to Ty Jerome. He then drove up the court and lost his dribble, picked it up and started dribbling again. The ball was never touched by a defender, meaning Jerome double-dribbled by definition. Fans are pointing out that it’s hard to believe Jerome was able to think this through, as he is claiming, since it all happened so fast.
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 7, 2019
He had no clue he double dribbled and certainly didn’t think in that split second that they wouldn’t call it! That’s laughable. Give us all break!
— Sarge_AU (@rsaucer) April 7, 2019
I’m sure he actually thought that in the heat of the moment 🙄. He’s just trying to justify the call after the game. He knows he got away with a rule violation & he knows down deep that UVA doesn’t deserve to be in the Final. Hopefully Tech will correct the error Monday night.
— AUBURN_FAST (@AU_2_Fast) April 7, 2019
Virginia’s Ty Jerome said he double-dribbled as Bryce Brown raked a hand across his jersey (trying to foul, but it wasn’t called.)
“I knew they weren’t gonna call double-dribble after they let that one go. … It’s hard to be a ref. They miss a lot. So you’ve got to play on.”
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) April 7, 2019
Doesn’t deserve to be in the finals??? Lol. They auburn fan must have forgot about their guy fouling.
Well as I can see by what your login is, let me explain a little basketball to you. If the double dribble had been called on Jerome, it would have been a turnover and Auburn’s ball and Guy would never have been fouled the game would be over. Thanks genius for continuing to validate your lack of knowledge.
Let me explain a little basketball to you. If Auburn doesn’t shoot well below their average they win the game. 3-16 treys in the first half. Not scoring in what, the 1st five minutes of the second half. That cost you the game. One missed call isn’t why. There were other bad calls. Saw plenty of walking on both sides. Any bad call can alter the trajectory of a game. Just because it happened at the end doesn’t make the call worse. Matching your shooting % in both tournaments would have won you the game
I have noticed during this Auburn run to the top that virtually every member of the SEC that comments here has supported Auburn except Bama fans. Some have but most have either been silent or negative. Remember that in November.
So you noticed that some Bama fans weren’t here pulling for their Rival and you think any Bama fan cares? Plenty of Auburn fans express they didn’t pull for Bama in the NC game and who cares really?…. It’s a rivalry and to each their own…..
I’ve noticed that you are right. The fans of Auburn’s biggest rival have been silent or negative. Did you chide the Auburn fan base for their lack of support for Bama in the NCG? Or the glee they still show over Bama losing.I’ve also noticed that very few Florida articles have positive posts from UGA fans. As a matter of fact it is usually a dissertation on how bad they are and why. When your doorstep is clean you can sweep mine. Otherwise your observation is a double standard.
Darth… He lives on UT articles trolling their fans and bashes UF every chance he gets… He will then go on other articles and talk about class. It’s a waste of time trying to point out his hypocrisy as he doesn’t get it…
Can you put that in English so the rest of us will have some idea what you are trying to say? Thanks!
Hmmmmmm he will wish he had never said that. The brothers in stripes will have him out of the game too quick to talk about.
Exactly! Ty. Ty. Ty. Ty. Ty. You have one game left and you couldn’t let it wait 48 hours to talk about it? Guess who won’t get the benefit of the doubt in the championship game.
Translation: The ACC always gets the calls. It’s been very obvious this tourney. You think that foul is call if Zion is defending him? Dream on.
They were lucky the supposed foul on him wasn’t called since they would have had even less time to get off a good shot. So all three calls/noncalls in the last 6 seconds actually went VA’s way. Just like the Duke-UCF game.
This headline’s clickbait is almost as dumb as Jerome’s quote.
The headline makes it sound like he says he intentionally double dribbled and planned to do it before it happened.
Jerome is an idiot for even commenting on the situation the day before the most important game of his college career.
Thanks, I thought I was the only one who thought that.
No way he planned that.
I don’t think he is saying he planned it or even did it on purpose. He is simply saying he knew the refs wouldn’t call the double dribble after they had already neglected to call the foul just before. That’s why he said you just play on.
That’s a big gamble to take, but it paid off for him.
Sure Auburn caught a tough break. But do the fans not realize that the guy (Harper) who made 15 FTs in a row, missed his second one??? He hits that, worse case scenario, you are in OT. Harper missed FT, Refs missed a double dribble, Auburn player didn’t close out properly and left his feet for a foul. Unfortunately, that’s how sports go.
Yes, that was important. So was the fact that Harper should have gotten two shots and the ball. The foul on him was before the inbound and blatant to prevent the clock from stopping. It should have been an intentional foul. Two shots + Possession.
*starting
Time to move on Auburn fans. We won the SEC & MidWest Region in dominating fashion. Celebrate that. Haters will pick the scab for as long as we continue to talk about it. Turn the page.
this is always going to happen in close games, that why you need to win by 15 points… not trolling, my fandom has been kicked in the gut more than ones this year because of this…
This Virginia player and the Bama Crmsontide comments here validate the old saying, “better to keep your mouth shut and thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Yet you continue to open yours…..
You’re back. You must have been cowering in some hole somewhere while Auburn was winning, or were you buying poison for Auburn’s trees again.
I never left and have been posting the entire time… Yoi should know this as I was on the same thread where you got called out for you dumba$$ comments about class… Maybe you didn’t see it because you were to busy trolling UT articles….
Like usual you prove you’re a dumba$$ again…..
You shouldn’t lump all fans together. Especially on the internet. Do you want to be lumped in with Trudawg? Some fans can’t appreciate the game if it isn’t their team playing. They don’t appreciate a players skill because he isn’t on their team. Some fans can’t appreciate the success of others. All fan bases have those types of fans. Even UGA. Having a better chance of wining an argument with a smart person…. and your quote are 2 of my favorite.