Emanuel Miller wins it for TCU despite stepping out of bounds ahead of shot - ESPN

Emanuel Miller scored 29 points and his desperation 3-point, running bank shot at the buzzer carried TCU past Georgetown 84-83 in a thriller Saturday in a Big East/Big 12 Battle contest in Washington.

But not without some controversy.

Replay showed Miller stepped on the right sideline with his left foot just before releasing the ball. Though officials reviewed the play, because they missed Miller stepping out-of-bounds in real time, by rule they couldn't overturn the shot.

Jayden Epps sank a pair of foul shots with 2.7 seconds left to give Georgetown an 83-81 lead. On the inbounds, TCU's Micah Peavy ran the baseline, and like a quarterback rolling to the right to evade pressure, threw the ball on a near-straight line to Miller who caught it, turned, took a dribble and launched it before falling to the floor.

Despite the controversial ending, first-year Hoyas coach Ed Cooley said the one play wasn't the sole reason his team lost.

«We had three of the best officials in America on our game today,» he told reporters. «High-level officials. Final Four officials. Regional final officials. The game is not defined by one play, all right, and that's what everybody is going to talk about.

»We had opportunities throughout the game. We missed a lot of free throws, missed a couple of blockouts. Everybody's always going to think of the last play, 'What could've, should've.' Give them credit. They had to throw the pass, the kid caught it and made the shot."

Cooley did say he believes the rule in general should be evaluated.

«If they can review it to see if he was out-of-bounds and it could be reversed, then I think we do have to take a look at that,» he said. «Not because we're on the other side, what's in the best interest of the