Doomed. Jeff Anderson

[karstenkibbe]

The only people who like Jeff Anderson are Syracuse fans and people in his hometown of Rochester. We can blame Chris Rastatter, NCAA men’s basketball head of officials, who makes the Final Four assignments

 

[housekeys]

That is all Hurley can do at this point.

Agree. That and make a high percentage of your shots, mostly by "having" to playing through contact. Because of JA.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Absolutely intentional and not at all surprising.

 

[storrsroars]

We’re bigger, deeper and have more trouble getting called for fouls. A looser whistle helps us.

Anderson calls more fouls than the other two guys.

I don't recall issues with him from the Iona game, so maybe it'll be OK. Maybe he'll even come in with a pro-BE agenda!

 

[UConnSwag11]

Absolutely intentional and not at all surprising.

 

[AdamaNation]

The lack of depth on Miami

The problem is, even if Anderson did not have a history officiating UConn games, his style allows for the game to devolve into a rock fight, street fight or whatever you see in the playgrounds. Unfortunately, this is a style that favors Miami more than UConn. If it is called uniformly, no problem. But when have we seen consistent officiating?

makes me feel otherwise but. Our guys do need to attack the rim

 

[NJHusky]

No teams wins a NC without overcoming some adversity. 2004 had 2 fouls on Emeka, 2014 had Brimah’s 3pt play to OT. This run has been relatively stress free so far. Maybe this is moment we need to step up and overcome!

 

[Waquoit]

Who's the white haired ? He really sucks.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Did someone mention knees?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Who's the white haired ? He really sucks.

Higgins

 

[Waquoit]

Higgins

This year, I mean. With the admittedly nice part.

 

[Scottobot]

On this stage I think all refs will be trying to call a perfect game and not make themselves look bad by succumbing to a petty rivalry.

 

[HooperScooper]

Anderson calls more fouls than the other two guys.

I don't recall issues with him from the Iona game, so maybe it'll be OK. Maybe he'll even come in with a pro-BE agenda!

In the first half he was fine. There weren't many fouls called in the 1st half. Then when UConn was up by a lot in the 2nd half he decided to start calling fouls on UConn. I think he called 6 straight fouls on UConn while the other 2 refs didn't call any. Even when he wasn't in the best position to make the call. It was strange. Like he wanted to make a statement when he knew it didn't really affect the outcome.

Whatever. Hopefully he just calls a good game and doesn't have any effect on the outcome tonight.

 

[Tenspro2002]

In the first half he was fine. There weren't many fouls called in the 1st half. Then when UConn was up by a lot in the 2nd half he decided to start calling fouls on UConn. I think he called 6 straight fouls on UConn while the other 2 refs didn't call any. Even when he wasn't in the best position to make the call. It was strange. Like he wanted to make a statement when he knew it didn't really affect the outcome.

Whatever. Hopefully he just calls a good game and doesn't have any effect on the outcome tonight.

The difference is, if we get a decent lead and Anderson starts reffing the scoreboard, Miami has shown they can erase double-digit leads.

 

[HooperScooper]

Non-factor. Miami was never even in the bonus.

 

[housekeys]

Non-factor. Miami was never even in the bonus.

They were a factor when Miami cut the lead from 20 to 8. They swallowed the whistle as I predicted when the press came on.

 

[nadavtheman]

He was actually very good tonight. Did not make himself the center of attention as he usually does. Probably called more fouls for us than against us.

 

[auror]

Which one of you was this:

 

[Chin Diesel]

If they call the game like they did tonight, I'd take this crew in a heartbeat on Monday night.

 

[gsmooth]

Which one of you was this:

LOL. He should not be capping players, but I will give him some credit. That is a good way to handle and defuse the situation

 

[gsmooth]

LOL. He should not be capping players, but I will give him some credit. That is a good way to handle and defuse the situation

dapping players. Damn autocorrect

 

[superjohn]

If they call the game like they did tonight, I'd take this crew in a heartbeat on Monday night.

We're gonna put SDSU in the same body bag.

 

[pepband99]

Couldn't say this last night, but getting Anderson in the semis may help us NOT get him in the final. Either way, if he's squelched out like last night again, it's a non-issue.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Watched with a bunch of friends that are not big college bball fans and they got a big kick out of the high knees.

 

[willie99]

He's only 1/3 of the crew, and it's a Final Four game

Even John Cahill was decent on the National stage. Conference games, furgetaboutit