Look, no officiating crew is perfect. There are going to be some missed calls in each and every game throughout every sport. That’s really just the way it goes.
But as far as what Syracuse’s Buddy Boeheim just did goes? Nah, somebody needed to make this call.
Boeheim — who is the son of Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim — deliberately punched Florida State guard Wyatt Wilkes in the stomach as he was getting back on defense during their matchup in the ACC Tournament.
And it wasn’t just him turning quickly into Wilkes that led to the contact. In looking at the video, he seemed to go out of his way to hit Wilkes in the stomach. He swung his arm into Wilkes with a closed fist.
It was awful and appeared to be pretty malicious.
Here is Buddy Boeheim pretty obviously punching a dude in the gut. pic.twitter.com/xIbUSdoiRa
— Troy Machir (@TroyMachir) March 9, 2022
It looks much worse from this angle.
What the hell Buddy Boeheim pic.twitter.com/pedj2Mzjk1
— Joe Tansey (@JTansey90) March 9, 2022
The thing is it wasn’t actually called. The officials somehow missed this and the Boeheim went on unpunished for this. It’s not a great look at all.
Fans were absolutely livid nothing was done about this.
