Texas Tech BB coach on controversial foul: Let's 'call Patrick Mahomes and ask him'

Texas Tech coach Grant McCasland watched the No. 22 Red Raiders' 82-81 overtime victory over No. 6 Houston on Saturday from the locker room after he was ejected less than four minutes into the game.

McCasland was assessed two technical fouls for arguing a flagrant 2 call on JT Toppin after Toppin appeared to kick Houston's Joseph Tugler in the midsection on a jump pass.

"This is genuinely my thought: JT Toppin is a left-handed basketball player, and we worked against the double team," McCasland said after the game. "He spun to throw the basketball with his right, but he gets crowded quickly, and he's trying to throw with his left.

"I don't know. Maybe we should call Patrick Mahomes and ask him because if you're in a throwing motion, and you have to switch hands and you're a lefty, you're going to have to throw your body in a way to torque it to throw it with your left hand. Your body is going to turn in such a way that your right foot is going to go forward to throw it."

The officials reviewed the play, Toppin was issued a flagrant 2, McCasland argued and had to be held back while being escorted off the court.

"I don't know what else to say," McCasland said. "If your judgment is that this is something that we told him to try to do something in a double-team. Two things I love about JT Toppin: One, he was really excited to play in this game, and he competes and he's done a lot to put himself in this position. He went to the locker room in complete disbelief. He did not know why. He still had no idea in regards to why. He's basically in tears in the locker room."

Texas Tech AD Kirby Hocutt posted a statement on X, formerly Twitter, saying he was "appalled and disappointed by the official's egregious decision to eject JT