They also need to do something about block/charge.
These refs reward way too many flops and guys running under a driver
These refs reward way too many flops and guys running under a driver
You made some good points here. Let's see what the apologists have to say to your observations.After both games, both teams have 31 turnovers in the series. ISU 15 tech 18 in the first game, ISU 16, tech 13 tonight. And as poorly as we shot tonight, we still made more shots than Tech. Refs had an impact, tech got into the bonus early and the game changed from there. Refs aren’t an excuse for poor play but they impact the game
Where is this thread after the Texas game Saturday?
Love the apples to oranges crap.Dak?
There was some bad missed calls in the last 5 minutes of that game and OU didn't benefit from them.Not that it's any consolation.....but did anyone see the end of the KU/OU game? The league is back to if it's close.........KU wins. I don't know the KU player.....but in crunch time, he carries the ball, then just loses out of bounds on a drive in front of Higgins and Higgins just gives it back.
So, I went back and looked at the game play-by-play on ESPN.
It kind of said what I felt through the second half.
1. We let the game get away from us in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
2. We went from 3 down to 12 down, an almost 10 point slide. 9 to be exact
3. In that time period, TT went 10-1 from the line and were up by 12. And had gained 9 points in the second half.
4. In that same time period we were given no opportunities at the freethrow line.
5. Then, between 10:00 left and 4:00 left, the deficit really ballooned and we got down by 20ish on average.
6. In that time period TT went 11-3 from the freethrow line, while ISU went 1-2.
7. Again, coincidentally, the FT disparity mirrored the point gain by TT.
It is clear that when the game counted, Freethrows were the EXACT difference in the game. I must point out, the officials are the ones who call the fouls that lead to freethrows. To say that the officials had nothing to do with the way this game swung, is being completely non-observant. The officials awarded the freethrows and that was the difference when it counted.
Now that that fact has been laid out. Let's argue about WHY those freethrows were awarded so unevenly. Here are a few of my points to get you started.
1. Fouls can be awarded at any place on the court. Not just under the basket or on drives to the bucket.
2. A foul 15 feet out can keep you from getting a shot off or driving the lane.
3. Adjusting to the way the officials are calling the game is something that smart teams do. Case in point, the officials weren't calling any hand checking or holding and TT took full advantage of that. Other case, ISU was not getting many obvious calls under the basket, so they shied away from getting mauled with no positive outcome and looked for other ways to score.
4. The first half was called better than the second half by quite a bit, but our foul problems and the way we played (and were allowed to play) the game as a team was thrown off by our bigs getting a few inconsistent calls in the first half.
5. TT may have had to change their tactics IF the officials had called similar actions on both sides of the court evenly. But that did not happen and TT took full advantage and had a killer instinct. Good for them.
Continue your discussion.
From Texas Tech in both games we've played against them.When and at what level have you ever seen such poor shooting?
It was Jones, but absolutely. He was body slammed by two players while going up for the dunk. Then ESPN used it multiple times as an example for the great defense Tech was playing.There was also the sure fire dunk coming for Conditt and got mugged by 2 or 3 tech players.... and of course no call. That was a page taken right out of the WWE reffing handbook. Nothing to see here.
Losing by 20, getting gutted in the paint and can’t hit a shot. But yeah, refs……
tech went after him because they weren’t calling fouls with the body on them. got real tired of the announcers saying how 2-3 guys were going after a shooter underneath, well hell yeah they were when nothing was going to be calledIt was Jones, but absolutely. He was body slammed by two players while going up for the dunk. Then ESPN used it multiple times as an example for the great defense Tech was playing.