“It’s a shame it had to be played that way.” — Bo Ryan

The 2014-15 college basketball season will be remembered for Kentucky’s undefeated run to the Final Four. It will be remembered for Duke’s 1,000th win and fifth national championship under Coach K. Above all, it will be remembered as one of the most horrid officiated seasons in sports history, culminating in a title game with equally horrible calls.

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan didn’t hold back in his post game comments, seeming to at least partially blame the refs for his team’s 68-63 loss.

This foul call in particular nearly caused a Bo Ryan meltdown.

Ryan’s got a legit gripe here. Bronson Koenig was vertical trailing the play, and Tyus Jones initiated contact jumping into him. If anything, the refs should have just swallowed the whistles here and let them play on. But they didn’t, and it was a huge turning point in the game.

Compare this to a Wisconsin blocking foul minutes minutes earlier.

Koenig took to Twitter, needling refs for the call.

Trying to keep my chin up n all but it's a little sore, not sure why — Bronson Koenig (@BronsonK_24) April 7, 2015

But that was nothing compared to these two out of bounds screw-ups late in the game.

The first came with 3:14 left and Wisconsin trailing 61-58. Justise Winslow went baseline on a defender, stepped on the line a few feet away from the ref before dishing to Jahlil Okafor for an “and-1” opportunity. It was a huge momentum-shifting play. One that stretched the lead to five points.