Not saying we would've won, or the outcome differently but c'mon those refs were trash last night. The worst officiated game I've ever witnessed in person including high school and travel. It was basically 8 on 5, I enjoyed watching SMU win live in person today. Still my favorite Cincy fan but let's be real here.
Like your posts but this point was/is pointless
Yes BUT ... in the other games we were really outplayed. In this game we played better but the REFs handed Cincy the advantage and wouldn't let us play the physical game that Cincy ALWAYS plays and they chalk up to great defense. There is a reason that these games are always called "rock fights" going back to Big East days. Our guys have routinely been pushed around by more physical Cincy teams but many times won by playing better offense. In this game we knew we had to match them physically and we came to play and didn't back down. The refs decided our physical defense needed to be whistled every trip down in the paint for Cincy and just handed them the game. My worst call of the game due to the absolute predictability of what the refs were trying to accomplish was the foul after playing great defense for 29 seconds of the shot clock and they call a foul on the inbounds. I'm not sure if that was the one where Facey fouled out but it was a crucial play and one of many where the refs pulled the rug out. I was at the Gampel game with Cincy and felt that we got beat by a better team that PLAYED better. Not last night. We played better and should have won if the fouls were called correctly and they were not given the advantage. It took me all night and most of today to be even tempered enough to post about this game. All I wanted was for us both to be able to play the same type of game and have the better performing team win. That didn't happen. Kobe, you're a good poster and very reasonable but this game was a travesty. I believe that Cincy played about as well tonight against SMU but without the refs calling every contact a foul on CINCY or SMU. You both got to play and the team that played better on offense won. That's what would have happened last night too.