The most questionable call in USC-ASU game was by Tim Floyd

We've seen Tim Floyd displeased before, but Sunday night at Arizona State was one of his most epic tirades. Trailing by six, the Trojans had the ball and 48 seconds left in the game when point guard Daniel Hackett collided with the Sun Devils' Jamelle McMillan. One official apparently signaled blocking against ASU. Another official overruled him and signaled a charge on USC.

Then Floyd sent some signals of his own.

He yelled, he stomped and he may have even brushed into a referee. The performance earned him an ejection and a double technical foul. ASU's Derek Glasser sank the first three of his four free throws to put the game out of reach.

Of course, 48 seconds is an eternity in a close basketball game -- especially when you've still got a timeout. Had Floyd kept quiet, Arizona State would have taken the ball but no foul shots. Had Floyd studied his USC history, he might have remembered a night 10 years ago when the Trojans were trailing by five on the road at Oregon. Adam Spanich nailed a pair of three-pointers in the final 2.8 seconds to complete one of the most unbelievable comebacks in college basketball history.

Unfortunately for USC, Sunday's game isn't history yet.

Floyd was furious about the mixed signals, and Hackett agreed that, "One ref called the block, the other one called the charge." But league officials reviewing the tape may take a closer look at what the refs were doing with their hands -- there was still some uncertainty after the game. Regardless, the officials looked bad. Floyd looked worse. The Pac-10 may also be checking to see just how close he got to one of the refs during the argument.

Of course, with the blunders of Pac-10 officiating the last couple of years, a lot of fans must be wondering if anybody from the conference is really paying attention.

Back at ASU, it's still a question of what went through Floyd's mind. Considering the success rate coaches have at changing officials' minds, the only practical reason for him to put on such a show was to fire up his team. But by doing so, he ended any hope of winning on Sunday and Hackett said that it wouldn't carry over into next week.

"Coach is into the game," Hackett added. "He's a great basketball coach, and he had all the right to do that. I thought it was a bogus call, he thought it was a bogus call, a lot of people thought the same."

-- Adam Rose