I was watching Pardon the Interruption yesterday afternoon, when Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon read out an email asking what they thought of this play from the UCLA Bruins/Washington Huskies basketball game this past weekend.
For those of you who don't watch that clip (and really, you should), the play that unfolds is this: Tim Morris of the Washington Huskies has to inbound the ball. However, the UCLA Bruins defense is tight enough that he can't find anyone open. His five seconds almost up, Morris pulls a school yard trick and bounces the ball off of UCLA's Alfred Aboya. But instead of a quick bounce off Aboya's feet or knee or something equally inoffensive, Morris throws the ball as hard as he can off Aboya's face.
There was no call made by the referees. To Aboya's credit, he did not retaliate beyond giving Morris a few choice words.
On PTI both Kornheiser and Wilbon agreed that the refs should have given Morris a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. I agree with them completely.
However, since the on-court officials made no call, I think it is up to the NCAA disciplinary committee to suspend Tim Morris for at least a game. That kind of behavior cannot be tolerated. Even if the NCAA chooses to let Tim Morris to play, Washington's coach Lorenzo Romar should bench Morris for a game.
In any event, disciplinary action must be taken.
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