So you are saying that he randomly tried to hand you a whistle? That's actually very strange behavior.
Am i the only one
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So you are saying that he randomly tried to hand you a whistle? That's actually very strange behavior.
I've watched enough random CBB to know that reffing is consistently crappy. I've also watched enough Duke vs. Whomever, KU vs. Whomever, UNC vs. Whomever, etc. to know that it's especially crappy for teams playing against these kind of programs but everyone just EXPECTS and ACCEPTS it to be crappy for the opponents of these schools. Because like someone else said in an earlier post, "that's just the way it is" and "It's not going to change".
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The B12 refs do not hold a candlestick to BIG or ACC refs. They are not as good.
The problem is, people who accept it usually have to deny something painfully obvious exists in order to accept it. For whatever reason it annoys me when people deny an obvious truth in order to cope easier...I'd probably be a happier person if I could do it myself but I just can't. Basketball being a trivial example of it in the larger game of life.
Outside of the Ohio State and KU games last year, officiating hasn't cost us any games. And even in those games, you never know what would have happened.
But the officiating has been terrible all year. Not just against ISU but throughout the Big 12. If you don't want to complain about it, that's fine. But I'm not going to blame anyone for complaining about it as I've watched every game, and its been pretty awful. I don't like seeing Cyclone fans blame losses on the refs (this is a very small minority) but I have no problem with people complaining, whether that being ISU fans or any other team's fans.
But the officiating has been terrible all year. Not just against ISU but throughout the Big 12. If you don't want to complain about it, that's fine. But I'm not going to blame anyone for complaining about it as I've watched every game, and its been pretty awful. I don't like seeing Cyclone fans blame losses on the refs (this is a very small minority) but I have no problem with people complaining, whether that being ISU fans or any other team's fans.
Considering that there is no such thing as a "Big 12 ref" and that refs will work games from multiple conferences I'd say you're full of ****.
Minor conferences mostly. The officiating with three people looks substandard to me. They also like makeup calls a lot.
I had forgotten why I stopped watching college basketball for a few years, and then I started watching more last year and some this year.
Now I remember that I stopped watching because the officiating is terrible. Watching an ISU college basketball game is almost impossible for me and not fun anymore. I just followed along the game thread for the last KU game, and that was much nicer. I might just try that and see if it is better.
College basketball officiating is terrible, has always been terrible, and always will be terrible.
Now I remember that I stopped watching because the officiating is terrible. Watching an ISU college basketball game is almost impossible for me and not fun anymore. I just followed along the game thread for the last KU game, and that was much nicer. I might just try that and see if it is better.
College basketball officiating is terrible, has always been terrible, and always will be terrible.
Only game this year I absolutely blame the refs this season is @Texas.
I believe their incompetence severely impacted our chances at a W.
I believe their incompetence severely impacted our chances at a W.
laugh:?Then you missed an exciting game. The officials were ok and didn't change the outcome of the game and the players played at a high level on both sides. Every time KU would make a run, ISU would answer until the very end. Both teams made big shots. I don't know how Niang gets some of those shots off but it's a special talent, well worth watching.
Ohio State falls in the "you never know what would have happened" zone. There were 2-3 points taken off the board for ISU on a bad call, but it was mainly one understandable bang-bang blown call, and there was some time left for more possessions.
ISU simply beat Kansas in Ames last year. There were three absolutely horrendous calls favoring KU late in the game, two of them coming in the final 4 seconds. If officiating didn't cost ISU game, it has never cost any team a game in the history of sports. I know some have that viewpoint, but I think that's absurd.
College officiating:
Player drives to lane - put whistle in mouth anticipating a foul. He missed - blow whistle.
Get booed and chewed by coach.
Call reach in foul on other team to make up for it.
Player drives to lane - put whistle in mouth anticipating a foul. He missed - blow whistle.
Get booed and chewed by coach.
Call reach in foul on other team to make up for it.
Travels and out of bounds calls caused by obvious no-call fouls are among the worst to me.
Just as frustrating but somehow balancing the crappiness is when they know they missed a foul call that caused the fouled player to go out of bounds, so they reward the wrong team the ball on an out of bounds play.
Kind of similar to the Louisville/Cincy game last night. I didn't watch the entire game, but Cincy dominated the majority of it and were up 14 at one point I think. Granted some of the late choking was due to TO's; however, the officials were making crap calls to allow Louisville back in the game. Road game for Cincy, but it looked like at one point the cincy coach wanted to punch the refs.
I have no idea how Cronin went without being tossed. He was blowing up on those guys and I could read his lips saying some pretty cool stuff. He also was justified in that.
That's a classic ref move. They know the coach wants to go but theyare going to make them sit there and watch themselves get f'ed by the refs from the front row.
