Matt Painter reveals he did not see controversial no-call on Milos Uzan

The Sweet Sixteen game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Houston Cougars was a thriller. It didn’t come without controversy, though, and a no-call on Houston’s Milos Uzan became a major issue late in the game. Despite that, Purdue head coach Matt Painter shared that he didn’t see it.

On the play, Uzan appeared to use his arm to shove a defender off of him. That gave him room to get a shot off, which he missed, and a scramble led to Houston inbounding from out of bounds. Instead, had the seeming offensive foul been called, the Boilermakers would have had the ball.

“Yeah, I didn’t see it that way,” Matt Painter said. “I just got asked that question. So, I didn’t see that play. I didn’t ask that question because I didn’t see it.”

"HE GOT AWAY WITH ONE THERE!" – Steve Lappas on the Milos Uzan push-off that was not called an offensive foul.

Houston would score the game-winning bucket on the ensuing play. 🏀🎙️ #MarchMadness https://t.co/NbEPFU1DFe pic.twitter.com/k8jN0hw843

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 29, 2025

The sequence came at the end of the game. There were left than 10 seconds left when Uzan pushed off and shot. By the time the ball went out of bounds, there were just 2.2 seconds left. That let the Cougars set up an out of bounds play, which they scored off of with less than a second left to take a two-point lead. That would, ultimately, be the difference in the game.

That no-call wasn’t the only controversy in the game, though. There were several 50/50 balls where it seemingly could have gone out of bounds off either team, which Matt Painter took issue with. In particular, he would have liked to see the officials conference and discuss those close calls.

“Yeah, it’s frustrating, frustrating for our guys. As long as they get it right,” Painter said. “A couple of them, the one thing I didn’t understand is why they didn’t collaborate and get together. That’s the only thing I was asking, like, obviously, they missed the one. And then the other one, they missed that one too, but like at the time, I didn’t realize it. Sometimes when it’s 50 feet away from me, it’s really hard. I didn’t understand why they didn’t get together. They can’t go and review that, but they can get together and kind of talk it through and help each other. There’s three people out there. So, that was my only complaint.”

Regardless if the officials got the calls right or wrong, it’s in the past now for both sides. Painter and Purdue were sent home in heartbreaking fashion. Houston, meanwhile, danced on to the Elite Eight where they’re preparing to take on the Tennessee Volunteers.