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WhereistheDove? said:
I would also like to add, just bizarre refs tonight. First half, let both teams get away with murder, to the detriment of the game as the level of contact made offense really tough. Second half we start seeing bunch of ticky tack calls and in weird spurts favoring each team. Really detracted from the flow of the game.
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It seemed pretty fair reffing though. It wasn’t overly skewed one way or the other. Bad maybe. Inconsistent half to half definitely (as you said). But not detrimental to either team.
 
tcf15 said:
Need all those people sayin we were better with Clingan on the court over sanogo to eat a whole plate of crow tonight. No knock on Clingan, but Sanogo is the All-American center (this year).
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He carried the team tonight, everyone knows he's one of the best players in the country but there's going to be some nights where Clingan is even more dominant than he is, we've already seen it.
 
caw said:
It seemed pretty fair reffing though. It wasn’t overly skewed one way or the other. Bad maybe. Inconsistent half to half definitely (as you said). But not detrimental to either team.
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Butler fans think they were absolutely railroaded by the refs. Their assessment of us is that we foul on every possession, and therefore the refs can't call enough fouls to keep up.

Yeah.
 
They just wore down Butler down the stretch throwing fresh bodies in, pushing the ball, tight D, Hawk gets injured early and comes back in at crunch time and makes some big shots. Sanogo just unstoppable; an absolute beast. When he doesn't finesse you with moves and either hand he just moves people out of the way with his strength. What an absolute joy this team is to watch. So many guys stepping up when someone is off. When they pulled within four and the crowd reatlly got into they kept their poise and all of sudden they go on a big run on the road. Very, very impressive.
 
Butler had a very good game plan defensively against UConn, stay hard on Hawkins and cover the other shooters. Play Adama straight up, or double when he is already into his post move.

The announcers said Butler played disciplined defense almost all game, and they did. Then the legs got tired, Sanogo came in fresh and UConn buried them.
 
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Leebo said:
Butler fans think they were absolutely railroaded by the refs. Their assessment of us is that we foul on every possession, and therefore the refs can't call enough fouls to keep up.

Yeah.
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If your comeback stops at a 4 point differential with 8 minutes to go, and then get taken by by 22 points. The refs are not the issue.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
When the shooters on this team break out of a cold streak and start draining shots it’s game over. In a flash.

A UConn all-time dominant performance at the center position by Sanogo tonight. All-American 1st team level.
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Sanogo is just on a different level with every big man he goes up against, I can’t wait until he gets all up in that dude from creighton’s a** lol
 
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inWV said:
Sanogo took over the game. Having Clingan keeps Adama’s legs fresh. Will mean Ws in conference play.
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THIS. Having Clingan to spell adama- whether it’s foul trouble, off night or just needs a breather- cannot be understated, not only because of what don brings to the table, but also because of what it does for AS. Adama not only made massive leaps in his game in the offseason, but he also now has a superb backup which means he can play absolutely flat out every second he is on the floor. Last year he just had to do too much and couldn’t sustain the level of play for the number of mins we needed him to. Depth is a BEAUTIFUL thing.
 
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tcf15 said:
Need all those people sayin we were better with Clingan on the court over sanogo to eat a whole plate of crow tonight. No knock on Clingan, but Sanogo is the All-American center (this year).
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I don't disagree - but that stretch where Clingan played 5 minutes in the second half was about 10-15 minutes in real time. Sanogo came back to the game fresh and dominated. Its a huge benefit to rest Sanogo while the opposing team still has to commit fully to defending the post while he sits.

Plus, Clingan had almost a rebound a minute and didn't miss a shot. Just comical we have those two at the 5.
 
GameTime said:
Yo. I was telling my lady about that Sanogo quote. Not sure he meant it to sound as cold as it was. But that was some cold blooded talk. “They thought they could win, but they could not”

Probably gonna be a theme.
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Peacefrog said:
"They thought they had a chance to win the game tonight; they did not." A.S.
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MuchoDogYears said:
Butler fans should enjoy this 22 point loss. DVR it. Won’t be this close the next game at UConn.
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I found their board… they were arguing that the flagrant on the double slap to the face of Newton was a bad call because initially they called it out of bounds off UConn, also they said the refs screwed them. To me, the fact that they initially tried to call nothing on a play where Newton was fouled 3 times says you were not screwed by the refs, you blew them in the pregame warmup
 
Kembacity said:
I found their board… they were arguing that the flagrant on the double slap to the face of Newton was a bad call because initially they called it out of bounds off UConn, also they said the refs screwed them. To me, the fact that they initially tried to call nothing on a play where Newton was fouled 3 times says you were not screwed by the refs, you blew them in the pregame warmup
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If only those biased refs didn’t cost them 20 points, they woulda had a chance.
 
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