Rutgers gets robbed

St. John’s beat Rutgers 65-63 yesterday in the Big East Tournament but the Scarlet Knights got royally screwed by the refs.

In the closing seconds, a St. John’s player steals the ball, attempts to run out the clock, but runs out of bounds in the process and throws the ball into the stands. The clock should have been stopped with a second or two remaining but the referees ran off the court to the locker room and Rutgers' season officially ended.

Check out what the Big East commissioner said later:
"The Big East Conference acknowledges that two separate officiating errors occurred at the conclusion of the St. John's vs. Rutgers game," Commissioner John Marinatto said of the performance by referees Jim Burr, Tim Higgins and Carl Walton in a statement issued by the Big East. "Both missed violations should have caused the game clock to stop and a change of possession to occur prior to the end of the game. Neither error is reviewable or correctable under NCAA playing rules."

The three officials who worked Wednesday's St. John's-Rutgers game have voluntarily withdrawn from the Big East tournament in the "best interests of the tournament and their colleagues," a conference source told ESPN.