Its every game. Any player that is off balance, the refs assume he got pushed. They feel the need to be the focus, I mean look how demonstrable they are when calling a foul. Running with their hand up, just big timing it.
They need to step the fuck back and let the players decide these games.
They need to step the fuck back and let the players decide these games.
Very one sided second half. Team handicapped with foul trouble, including mysterious calls involving no contact
The only stat AZ won was free throws, lost at everything else a team tries to accomplish
The only stat AZ won was free throws, lost at everything else a team tries to accomplish
They won the most important stat though......a trip to sweet 16.
I get what you are saying though. 4 assists on 23 fgs is a really bad stat.
St Mary is certainly a very good team but AZ is loaded with just too much talent for them to overcome when paired with bad officiating.
Aside from Allen, all the other key AZ players are under 20 so consistency will be an issue at times. If they get clicking for next 2 weeks though, a title is quite possible. For a great matchup I want to see them vs Duke in Final 4.
You didn't watch the game
St Mary's is down by five when that phantom call was made
instead of St Mary's being at the FThrow line possibly cutting the lead to 3 with about 1:30 left, AZ gets two FTs
Awful, one of the worst of the tournament
Had a huge outcome on the spread and maybe the game
Also, St Mary's got hosed the whole game by the refs
St Mary's is down by five when that phantom call was made
instead of St Mary's being at the FThrow line possibly cutting the lead to 3 with about 1:30 left, AZ gets two FTs
Awful, one of the worst of the tournament
Had a huge outcome on the spread and maybe the game
Also, St Mary's got hosed the whole game by the refs
The way the game of basketball is being played today (evolving) it will become almost impossible to officiate according to the fundamental rules that were set-forth at the beginning when the game was first play more than a 100 years ago. The rim (hoop) is still 10' high with the average player being a foot taller than when "Jimmie" invented the game. The players are 75-100 lbs larger/stronger and they take-up a lot of room yet the cube playing-space is still the same).
Basketball, "the non-contact sport".....Not anymore. The uniforms of the future will need to be like football gear or Darth Vader customs for protection. I'm surprised there aren't more injuries than there are with the game played the way it is today
Bad Calls: That will never end as long as "man" is blowing the whistle. So what does the came of basketball do to "clean-up" the refereeing aspect of the game?
Perhaps, some day, we will see "motorized robots" that contain computer- driven equipment (digitized cameras that can determine what calls are to be made with precision and accuracy based on the current rules of the game (how is that for some 21st century science-fiction). In the mean time, "kill the refs".
Basketball, "the non-contact sport".....Not anymore. The uniforms of the future will need to be like football gear or Darth Vader customs for protection. I'm surprised there aren't more injuries than there are with the game played the way it is today
Bad Calls: That will never end as long as "man" is blowing the whistle. So what does the came of basketball do to "clean-up" the refereeing aspect of the game?
Perhaps, some day, we will see "motorized robots" that contain computer- driven equipment (digitized cameras that can determine what calls are to be made with precision and accuracy based on the current rules of the game (how is that for some 21st century science-fiction). In the mean time, "kill the refs".
I thought the St. Mary's player fell into the guy and that was the foul. It was a foul on St. Mary's. It happened quick with bodies all over, but it was the correct call.
IMO the things that were of concern with the officials was calling touch fouls on key players like Lindsey for NW, he was out of the game most of the first half then got another quick fru fru foul # 4 very early in the 2nd and had to sit again; NW got screwed royally, several players had 4 fouls with 7-8 mins to go. Same with the PG for Middle Tenn. Refs seem to know the key person on some teams to take out and they get in early foul trouble for barely touching an opponent. Lynch from Minny had 2 fouls immediately, too.
(Load up against Gonzaga next game, they were given every call in the world and still barely beat NW).
