Interesting NC Game observation for all conspiracy theorists

[Centerstream]

For all conspiracy claimers out there, I find that there is a common factor in most of the NC games from 2008 until 2018.
I personally believe that the factor does seem to favor a team (especially in the bigger games when the score is close) in most of the games that she calls. At some point there will be a "I can't believe that call" or a "I can't believe she missed that call".
I did not watch last night's game, so I have no idea on who made the decision on the William/Mabrey non call, but someone was on the court at the time.
And....I know they pick the creme of the creme for the NC, but for the last 10 years, can one person continue to be the creme of the creme? I know she gets high visibility on many of the ESPN Nationally Broadcast games, but what about referees that officiate out west, aren't they any good?

Let the slinging of arrows begin....

2008
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks
2009 Louisville
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Clarke Stevens
2010 Stanford
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Lisa Jones
2011
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Michael Price
2012
Lisa Jones, Dee Kantner, Tina Napier
2013 Louisville
Denise Brooks, Lisa Mattingly, Brenda Pantoja
2014 ND
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Denise Brooks
2015 ND
Dee Kanter, Denise Brooks, Mark Zentz
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg
2016 Syracuse
Dee Kantner, Lisa Jones & Beverly Roberts
2017
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Brenda Pantoja
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Bryan Brunette, Karen Preato
2018
Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Joseph Vaszily

 

[HoopsFan21]

Whenever I see Dee doing one of our games, I think to myself somewhere a Dolson just started a game with two illegal screen fouls.

 

[CocoHusky]

For all conspiracy claimers out there, I find that there is a common factor in most of the NC games from 2008 until 2018.
I personally believe that the factor does seem to favor a team (especially in the bigger games when the score is close) in most of the games that she calls. At some point there will be a "I can't believe that call" or a "I can't believe she missed that call".
I did not watch last night's game, so I have no idea on who made the decision on the William/Mabrey non call, but someone was on the court at the time.
And....I know they pick the creme of the creme for the NC, but for the last 10 years, can one person continue to be the creme of the creme? I know she gets high visibility on many of the ESPN Nationally Broadcast games, but what about referees that officiate out west, aren't they any good?

Let the slinging of arrows begin....

2008
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks
2009 Louisville
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Clarke Stevens
2010 Stanford
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Lisa Jones
2011
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Michael Price
2012
Lisa Jones, Dee Kantner, Tina Napier
2013 Louisville
Denise Brooks, Lisa Mattingly, Brenda Pantoja
2014 ND
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Denise Brooks
2015 ND
Dee Kanter, Denise Brooks, Mark Zentz
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg
2016 Syracuse
Dee Kantner, Lisa Jones & Beverly Roberts
2017
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Brenda Pantoja
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Bryan Brunette, Karen Preato
2018
Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Joseph Vaszily

Yes one person can remain at the top of a profession for a decade or even longer. If Geno can do it why can't Dee Kantner?

 

[BostonCanuck]

At the time, I thought it was the male ref who was responsible for most of the big botched calls. Harder to assign blame for the no-calls though without re-watching with an eye to that question specifically.

For these two teams over the years, my biggest theme is that style-wise, ND is just a really bad match up for us. Much in the same way that we are a really bad match up for SC.

 

[cohenzone]

Williams faded away. ND got calls because they were the aggressor. Dee Kantner doesn’t call every foul called during a game. There are two other refs who usually participate one way or another, too.

 

[Centerstream]

Yes one person can remain at the top of a profession for a decade or even longer. If Geno can do it why can't Dee Kantner?

I completely understand what you are saying, and can agree with it but with Geno, his top of the profession rating is determined by his won/loss record. A referee's top of the profession rating is purely subjective and decided by the NCAA, I believe.

 

[CocoHusky]

I completely understand what you are saying, and can agree with it but with Geno, his top of the profession rating is determined by his won/loss record. A referee's top of the profession rating is purely subjective and decided by the NCAA, I believe.

It is not "purely subjective". The selection is a rather extensive down selection process for both the men and women.
Earning the Call
Regarding Dee specifically part of her qualifications for being at the top of her profession includes time spent as a referee in the NBA.

 

[Centerstream]

The Not Basketball Anymore League? Sorry, I haven't watched a men's college game for the last 10 or 15 years or a NBA game since the 80s, so I have no idea how that relates to her ability to officiate an actual basketball game.

 

[CocoHusky]

The Not Basketball Anymore League? Sorry, I haven't watched a men's college game for the last 10 or 15 years or a NBA game since the 80s, so I have no idea how that relates to her ability to officiate an actual basketball game.

So let me explain it to you! The NBA games that you are not watching contain atheletes that can move faster, jump higher and be much more physical than WCBB. Making calls at the NBA level prepares you very well to make call at the NCAA level because during the WCBB games the speed is not nearly as intense. I didn't mean for Dee qualifications to blow up your conspiracy theory like that.

 

[Centerstream]

So let me explain it to you! The NBA games that you are not watching contain atheletes that can move faster, jump higher and be much more physical than WCBB. Making calls at the NBA level prepares you very well to make call at the NCAA level because during the WCBB games the speed is not nearly as intense. I didn't mean for Dee qualifications to blow up your conspiracy theory like that.

I don't care how qualified you may think she is based upon working in the NBA, because I don't think I ever mentioned her qualifications other than to question why there aren't some other equally qualified refs for the NC game. My basic theory is that I don't believe that she is completely unbiased in some of her calls and games, as other fans may also believe. It's my understanding that college refs get to pick which regular season games, and possibly conference tournament games, they are going to officiate, sometimes months in advance. So...

 

[CocoHusky]

I don't care how qualified you may think she is based upon working in the NBA, because I don't think I ever mentioned her qualifications other than to question why there aren't some other equally qualified refs for the NC game. My basic theory is that I don't believe that she is completely unbiased in some of her calls and games, as other fans may also believe. It's my understanding that college refs get to pick which regular season games, and possibly conference tournament games, they are going to officiate, sometimes months in advance. So...

Of course you don't care about Dee's qualifications, it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory. Keep running with that understanding, reality be damned!

 

[Dillon77]

Of course you don't care about Dee's qualifications, it doesn't fit your conspiracy theory. Keep running with that understanding, reality be damned!

Once the snow melts, I know a nice grassy knoll where we can all continue these types of conversations .

 

[Irishfan]

For all conspiracy claimers out there, I find that there is a common factor in most of the NC games from 2008 until 2018.
I personally believe that the factor does seem to favor a team (especially in the bigger games when the score is close) in most of the games that she calls. At some point there will be a "I can't believe that call" or a "I can't believe she missed that call".
I did not watch last night's game, so I have no idea on who made the decision on the William/Mabrey non call, but someone was on the court at the time.
And....I know they pick the creme of the creme for the NC, but for the last 10 years, can one person continue to be the creme of the creme? I know she gets high visibility on many of the ESPN Nationally Broadcast games, but what about referees that officiate out west, aren't they any good?

Let the slinging of arrows begin....

2008
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Denise Brooks
2009 Louisville
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Clarke Stevens
2010 Stanford
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Lisa Jones
2011
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Michael Price
2012
Lisa Jones, Dee Kantner, Tina Napier
2013 Louisville
Denise Brooks, Lisa Mattingly, Brenda Pantoja
2014 ND
Dee Kantner, Lisa Mattingly, Denise Brooks
2015 ND
Dee Kanter, Denise Brooks, Mark Zentz
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Eric Brewton, Maj Forsberg
2016 Syracuse
Dee Kantner, Lisa Jones & Beverly Roberts
2017
Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Brenda Pantoja
Regular Season UConn At ND
Dee Kantner, Bryan Brunette, Karen Preato
2018
Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Joseph Vaszily

You forgot to mention that her daughter is a sophomore at ND this year.

 

[HuskyNan]

Whenever I see Dee doing one of our games, I think to myself somewhere a Dolson just started a game with two illegal screen fouls.

It’s to make up for all the moving screen she got away with. I love Stef but her screens were quite, um, mobile

 

[Centerstream]

You forgot to mention that her daughter is a sophomore at ND this year.

I thought today is April 2nd...

 

[The redhead]

So let me explain it to you! The NBA games that you are not watching contain atheletes that can move faster, jump higher and be much more physical than WCBB. Making calls at the NBA level prepares you very well to make call at the NCAA level because during the WCBB games the speed is not nearly as intense. I didn't mean for Dee qualifications to blow up your conspiracy theory like that.

I know that you are not saying that all the NBA player attributes you point out make the NBA games more watchable. But did you ever stop to think how long a game would take to play, beyond the networks allotted time frame, if all fouls were call. The NBA game is composed of "Calls" and "No Calls". The no calls are the things that make the pro game unwatchable for allot of people. Also the referee's have plans to catch in order to get to there next "call no call game" Just looking at this from a conspiracy standpoint.