Kamari McGee was ejected from the Wisconsin vs. Purdue game for what the refs deemed as a flagrant two foul. The original call was a moving screen call on Trey Kaufmann-Renn. When they went to review it on the video screen, it was overturned to a foul on McGee and elevated to a Flagrant 2, which is considered extreme and deliberate. Fans all over college basketball lost their minds over the call as it was clearly not even close to a flagrant two.
Watch the video below if you missed it:
Kamari McGee EJECTED on this play 😳🤔 pic.twitter.com/17eAjPGT74
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 15, 2025
College basketball fans all agree, Kamari McGee got screwed on a terrible call
It's rare for college basketball fans to agree on something, and here we are, the world of CBB, all thinking this one was wrong. It's impressive because the refs clearly overturned it and elevated it. Sure, there's a case to be made that McGee fouled (even though the original call was the most correct). However, elevating it to a flagrant two is ridiculous.
Just awful officiating. https://t.co/OAbqFPGIGJ
— Tom Oates (@TomOatesWSJ) February 15, 2025
You won’t find an ejection weaker than that on Kamari McGee. Some really poor officiating and the #Badgers have been the victim of it most of the first half
— Dylan Buboltz (@DylanBuboltz) February 15, 2025
I need a statement from the Big Ten at halftime or I riot
— Jason Long (@JasonC_Long) February 15, 2025
Kamari McGee has just been ejected from the basketball game. It appears to be another hit to the groin call that clearly the refs deemed to be intentional.
— Sean Paul (@SeanPaulCBB) February 15, 2025
What an egregiously shit call. He was trying to fight through TKR’s screen and is about nine inches shorter.
We need to…
McGee can’t help he’s a foot shorter than that jack ass who set a moving screen.
— Lisa (@lmyarbro) February 15, 2025
Pathetic. F these refs.
EJECTION FOR THAT?????????????? NO CHANCE IN HELL THAT IS A HORRIFIC CALL
— Ryan (@BrewPack8) February 15, 2025
It may end up being a decisive call for Purdue as Kamari McGee is the leading candidate for the Sixth Man of the Year award and one of Wisconsin's best players. They now will have to spend the rest of the game without him. Will that matter to the outcome of the game? Maybe if Wisconsin does end up losing, it will feel to Badger fans as if they were cheated.
While there has been an emphasis on removing groin shots in basketball, the flagrant two would need to be proven to be intentional, and nothing in the video indicates at all that it was intentional. McGee was trying to slip through the screen and continue to defend his player, but the refs obviously and wrongly thought differently, and the Big Ten will need to make a statement on it.