Dylan Ennis has incredible block robbed from him by phantom foul (Video)

Dylan Ennis skied for a block that was swiftly taken from him

Oregon is in a tightly contested battle with North Carolina at the moment, and it’s definitely one of those games where a huge momentum swing could change everything. Dylan Ennis had the perfect opportunity to take that momentum and swing it in Oregon’s favor. Carolina was running up the court on a fastbreak and had a good layup opportunity. Two Oregon defenders, Casey Benson and Ennis, managed to get back in time to slow him down. Benson took man while Ennis skied for the block and sent his shot into the second row. Sure, Carolina had the ball back but after a play like that how can Oregon not feel hyped?

Then the phantom call came in. The ref’s whistled the play dead claiming that Benson made contact with Justin Jackson. He did not make contact with Jackson leaving Oregon, and their fans, completely befuddled as to what just happened.

This is a really bad call. Benson made no contact with Jackson at all and actually did his best to avoid making contact with him. Ennis had a perfectly clean block so whatever the refs thought they saw was clearly the incorrect call. Jackson proceeded to go to the line and make his free throws turning a huge momentum swing in Oregon’s favor to two points for North Carolina.

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However, as bad as this call is, it’s not the worst thing in the world. Ennis sent Jackson’s shot into the second deck he smacked the ball so hard. It was an awesome play, but Carolina was going to get the ball back anyways. There’s no guarantee Oregon was going to stop them from scoring that possession. For all anybody knows this play was merely delaying the inevitable. That said, denying Oregon even the chance to prevent those points via free throws still makes this a bad call.