Fans Respond to No-Call on IU's Anthony Leal After Tangle with Purdue's Caleb Furst

Indiana's Anthony Leal appeared to kick Purdue's Caleb Furst below the belt in Sunday's game, but the IU guard was not hit with a flagrant foul. Purdue fans were not happy.

Indiana Hoosiers guard Anthony Leal (3) grabs a rebound | Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Things got pretty spicy pretty early in Sunday afternoon's rivalry clash between Indiana and No. 13 Purdue. Early in the first half, a tangle up between Hoosiers guard Anthony Leal and Purdue forward Caleb Furst resulted in a potential ejection situation — though that wasn't the end result.

On a missed shot attempt by Purdue, Leal and Furst got tangled up while attempting to box each other out on the rebound. Leal rooted Furst out of bounds and the Purdue forward seemed to pull the Indiana guard down while falling to the ground.

You can decide for yourself on whether this should have been a flagrant foul:

They OVERTURNED this from a foul on Leal to NO FOUL at all.

Big Ten Officials have lost any sort of credibility they were holding onto.pic.twitter.com/TdXpcseVog

— Zach Vogt (@ZachVogt30) February 23, 2025

As Leal got up, it looked like he kicked Furst below the belt. Initially, a foul was called on Leal and it was reviewed to see if it should be upgraded to flagrant. But the officiating crew determined it was incidental and ruled there was no foul on the play.

That didn't sit well with Purdue fans. Here's a look at just some of the responses from social media:

What is the B1G doing? Leal literally kicked Furst in the groin. Should’ve been the easiest ejection in basketball history. Ruled… no foul. My word. Hall of Calls strikes early. #Purdue https://t.co/noOo0bV1tC pic.twitter.com/zE2Q7JL6oZ

— Ben Kolodzinski (@brkolo) February 23, 2025

I do not know how McGee got ejected in the Wisconsin game but Leal didn't get ejected for that

— Joe Jackson (@joejacksonCBB) February 23, 2025

Nope... I really don't know what in the world the refs were looking at if they didn't see Leal INTENTIONALLY extend his for into Furst's daddy button!#B1G #BoilerUp #BeatIU

— Numba One Sprunga (@SamSprunger1) February 23, 2025

Furst may get dinged here but Leal absolutely needs to get tossed

— ISC Purdue 🚂💨💨💨 (@ISC_PU) February 23, 2025

Anthony Leal gets nothing on that kick in the nuts against Purdue.

Kamari McGee gets thrown out for an incidental nuts tap against Purdue.

Make it make sense @bigten

— Brandon Meeks (@MeeksKnowsBall) February 23, 2025

Anthony Leal...

IU refs just giving gifts out to players doing dirty things. Gotta expect it at Assembly. pic.twitter.com/FFWmtwnKhG

— Sean Grove (@SeanGrove15) February 23, 2025

Sunday's game between Purdue and Indiana was the second of two meetings this season. The Boilermakers defeated the Hoosiers 81-76 in January at Mackey Arena.

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