but he isn t there the next night when they take on china s rockets. a team with players from the people s liberation army. their team has a little bit more of an edge because of the military affiliation and from the beginning of that game, a lot of fouls, a really physical type of game. although dubbed the china/u.s. friendship basketball match, this game is anything but friendly. the officials did not do a good job controlling the situation. foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and chinese team was only called for 10. it was an indication something bad could happen in the second half. hoya s coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. it was an emotional game, it was a tense game and that happens. that happens in athletics. those tensions, those feelings are not abnormal.
but he isn t there the next night, when they take on china s rockets. a team with players from the people s liberation army. their team has a little bit more of an edge because of a military affiliation and from the beginning of that game, a lot of fouls, a really physical type of game. although dubbed the friendly china/u.s. basketball match. this game is anything but friendly. the chinese officials did not do a very good job of handling and controlling the situation. foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and the chinese team was called for ten. that was an indication to me that something bad could happen in the second half. hoya s coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. it was an emotional game, a tense game. and that happens. that happens in athletics, those
full bottles of water came flying out of the stands. it was just a really chaotic and ugly scene. the fight is over, but the hoyas and their fans have no idea how big of an incident it will become after the video hits the internet. watching on youtube, again, that s when you really think, boy, it was a lot bigger than i really even realized at the time. they met us at the airport the next morning. the coach acknowledged that the best host in the world and we both expressed our regret over what happened. the hoyas fly to shanghai where they win their last two games and run a basketball clinic for local youth. beijing is behind us, man. we re excited to be here in shanghai. with them, they take one lesson that coach thompson had not initially intended to teach when he planned the trip. the image that the world has captured, you know, there s a still shot that day of three or four guys, jason clark on the
disgusted and i directed to a criminal investigation. get to the root problem of what had happened out there. because the camera is pointed in the other direction when the fight begins, it s difficult to determine who started it. but take a closer look at the video. the video moves away. you see the coach initiate the action by throwing a water bottle at him, by lifting his arm and throwing a water bottle. and that s not all. an even closer look at the video reveals a surprising twist. it s actually the referee who throws the first punch. video comes back when the altercation was on and from the video you re able to tell the coach is on the ground and we learned later when he s charging him, the referee does throw a punch in defense of himself and drops the head coach on the ground. and then just kind of a melee starts. bradley, austin, howard and
to smooth it out economically and politically. in fact, biden attends the first game the hoyas play which goes on without incident. but he isn t there the next night, when they take on china s rockets. a team with players from the people s liberation army. their team has a little bit more of an edge because of a military affiliation and from the beginning of that game, a lot of fouls, a really physical type of game. although dubbed the friendly china/u.s. basketball match. this game is anything but friendly. the officials did not do a good job controlling the situation. foul after foul after foul being called on georgetown. by halftime georgetown was called for 30 fouls and something bad could happen in the second half. hoya s coach john thomas iii says tensions were running high on both teams. it was an emotional game,