Greg Gard's response to the controversial foul call tells you everything

Greg Gard was guarded in many ways after the game about his thoughts on the officiating, especially in the closing minutes of Wisconsin's loss to Indiana. He has to be careful with what he says, or a fine will be thrown his way. However, he was still clear about his thoughts without trashing the officials.

The call that was stuck in his brain wasn't the foul call against John Blackwell at the end of overtime to send Lamar Wilkerson to the line and seal the win for the Hoosiers. It was actually the final possession of regulation when Indiana was actively trying to foul, and Nick Boyd instead was called for a charge. He couldn't believe it.

In the post-game comments, Gard spoke to the media about that Boyd charge call, "I've never seen anything like that. They're trying to foul, they actually foul us three times coming up the floor. Offensive, when we are driving away from the basket...I don't know...I don't understand that call."

Then when asked about if he felt like the officials were consistent in that call with how the game was being called all-game, he said no, "it's a hard game to ref, but that wasn't a hard call."

Greg Gard said he's never seen a call made like that in all his time coaching

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It was a strange call; you can see how it was interpreted with Boyd trying to push through a double-team, but it was the series of calls that cost the game.

There was a no-call at the end of the game when Sam Alexis clearly traveled, falling to the floor and rolling onto his back. That led to the play referenced above and the three no-calls when Indiana is clearly trying to foul. Instead, Boyd is called for a charge. Then, in overtime, there was the call on Blackwell, and whether you argue he tripped Lamar Wilkerson or not, it was the series of bad calls or no calls that continued to only hurt Wisconsin down the stretch of the game.

It was a brutal loss and yet, Wisconsin needs to shake it off and find a way to rally and take on top-5 Illinois on Tuesday.