Bogus Brimah fouls
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Those 2 were awful calls. Dorsey acted out the screen which he moved a little on but everyone does all the time and never gets that called. But he has stupid too, the one he pushed Dorsey on the weak side was his rebound anyway if he wanted it either work harder to get around or just stick the knee and thigh in his back without extended arms, you win - bound and dunk!
Not to mention that made 3 would have made it a 5 point game with plenty of time left. Bad enough we have our best players going down, and we have to try and overcome a very suspect coaching staff, but having the whistle go against us at such a critical moment certainly didn't help the mountain we were trying to climb.
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That wasn't a flop and he moved on the previous play too. The guy has no idea how to play basketball. Tired of hearing that every single game officials screw him over.
I mean, at some point isn't it on him. He': awful.
I mean, at some point isn't it on him. He': awful.
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That 3 would have left that suspect ball handling team a bit more scared it it counted. Horrible call, tough timing.
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Imagine mau coming to AB's rescue?
Get over the fact he's not always been good and take the blindfold off, the kid played a really good game today and that was a suspect call at crunch time. Did he move a little? Hell yeah but the act by Dorsey was like he got hit with a bazooka and sold it to the stiff in stripes. A horrible call and undeserving.
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Honestly, AB's awkwardness works to his detriment. He doesn't look natural on the basketball court, so when he's involved in any semi-contact situation, he gets screwed by the officials because he's so lanky and awkward.
That's not an excuse... those 2 calls were atrocious and the second one was a back-breaking call.
That's not an excuse... those 2 calls were atrocious and the second one was a back-breaking call.
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He was rock solid still in that screen. I couldn't see Dorsey's flop but from 25 feet away AB did not move!
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Agreed - just a horrible call. He may have moved slightly but that happens all the time. The problem was at the guy
went down like he was hit by Joe Frazier and the ref took the bate. It is too bad, while Amida is not the perfect player
by any means, he works his but off and can't seem to buy a call and always gets called for hands on people, which by the way
is what every big guy does. The thug on the other team pushed Amida when he went down with TWO hands clear as day
and did not get called. Thought the refs in general were calling way to many touch fouls the entire tournament.
went down like he was hit by Joe Frazier and the ref took the bate. It is too bad, while Amida is not the perfect player
by any means, he works his but off and can't seem to buy a call and always gets called for hands on people, which by the way
is what every big guy does. The thug on the other team pushed Amida when he went down with TWO hands clear as day
and did not get called. Thought the refs in general were calling way to many touch fouls the entire tournament.
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It looked like he moved on TV and the minute the whistle blew I said moving screen to my son before the call.
A previous play or 2 it looked like he did and no call. No one questions his effort, he just has zero understanding of basic basketball principles after 4 years here
A previous play or 2 it looked like he did and no call. No one questions his effort, he just has zero understanding of basic basketball principles after 4 years here
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It doesn't help that the NCAA tinkers with the rules and changes "areas of emphasis" every year. I think it takes a while for both the refs and the players to adjust if they adjust at all.
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I concur about those atrocious calls on Amida. I am positive you realize that these bogus calls have been following him through out out his years. Actually. it seemed that all UConn bigs have fallen prey to the Ref's (15 seconds) of fame whistle. Even Walton has commented on the calls on our pups. You cannot blame the lose on the ref's, however it does change the tune a bit. Like Ollie taking him out.
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I was about to type the same. Too many rule changes. You have to watch the "elbow to the grille move". Whatever happened to let them play. I guess that happens in March-April during tournament time.
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Actually often the moving screens on our bigs are due to Jalen or the guard who has the ball using the screen too early before the big gets set. They are usually running up from the baseline to set the high screen and the PG needs to wait until they stop then make their move. If they don't wait which is often the case, the call will go against the big, but it is really not there fault.
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You two have that in common.
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Man are you just miserable or what.
Sorry the two calls in question were terrible and the bad calls are called more now than I have seen in the past forty years of watching UConn. The refs are anticapating a number of calls early this season
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At least one of us is witnessing their all time favorite UConn basketball season.
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I always understood the tough but fair evaluation of AB from Mau vs from the pure haters.
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The bigs rarely keep their spot on top, leak way too early most of the time. But this time he stayed and got robed only with slight movement which is never called.
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I seriously have tried, thank you. Not always right for sure, not always wrong. He is what he is although I like what we've seen the last 4. No biggie though I have thick skin!
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that is why big men leave the college game early, for the NBA!
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Not really, I was actually thinking this could be a good team. Of course that was pre-injuries and thinking Brimah and Facey would be improved. Didn't happen, no major progress from either.
Wagner is now 2-3 after losing to a loaded Rider team at home today. Wagner has lost to UMass Lowell, Fairfield and Rider.
I think you evaluate the team again on Feb. 1 and if they are pretty far down basically give SE and JD most minutes at the 4-5.
Wagner is now 2-3 after losing to a loaded Rider team at home today. Wagner has lost to UMass Lowell, Fairfield and Rider.
I think you evaluate the team again on Feb. 1 and if they are pretty far down basically give SE and JD most minutes at the 4-5.
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The NCAA rule changes and "freedom of movement" changes have completely removed the "UConn brand of basketball" that we developed in the big east.
Another poster on here made a good point recently that the rule changes came conveniently after our title game against Butler. Conspiracy kitty says the NCAA decided during that game that this "style" of play isn't esthetically pleasing and needs to go, while simultaneously relegating UConn brand defense into this perpetually over-foul-called machine.
Another poster on here made a good point recently that the rule changes came conveniently after our title game against Butler. Conspiracy kitty says the NCAA decided during that game that this "style" of play isn't esthetically pleasing and needs to go, while simultaneously relegating UConn brand defense into this perpetually over-foul-called machine.
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