James Breeding

[Mr. French]

They didn't have to rig it. All they had to do was assign the final game to Breeding and let his vindictive nature take over. They knew the history between him and Hurley and they knew what our record was in games he reffed. Why are Big East refs working the finals with a Big East team in it anyway? Shouldn't have had a crew from either teams conference. How hard is it to have an ACC or SEC crew? Neither conference was represented in the Final 4. Too logical for the NCAA I guess.

Any normal situation, having big east refs reffing a big east powerhouse would be bad for MICHIGAN, somehow we get the ref that hates us. Weird lil coinkeedink

 

[gtcam]

They didn't have to rig it. All they had to do was assign the final game to Breeding and let his vindictive nature take over. They knew the history between him and Hurley and they knew what our record was in games he reffed. Why are Big East refs working the finals with a Big East team in it anyway? Shouldn't have had a crew from either teams conference. How hard is it to have an ACC or SEC crew? Neither conference was represented in the Final 4. Too logical for the NCAA I guess.

No logic was involved only several motives

 

[Icehawk]

I don't like to complain about the refs, it feels weak/easy but there is no way the refs for the FF4/Final should be from the conferences represented to assure there isn't any prexisting bias.

I'd also say officiating overall in the NCAA is terrible, both my wife and mother have asked me multiple times this year just what exactly a foul is and the only real answer is "whatever the ref feels like".

All that said, this is nothing new to the Huskies and just another hurdle to leap over on the way to more victories. Dangit, we almost did this time too. More fuel for the fire!


Also, if you are feeling down just remember we wrecked Duke's year

 

[UCFan1513]

I wish I could just be sad about the game but I hate Cadeau and Breeding. Watched Cadeau a bunch this year and hes been pulling dirty BS all year. Him and TKR from Purdue. Other coaches hate Dusty May, partially from his overuse of the portal but also because they think he coaches dirty tactics. Johnson was pulling similar stuff. Its come up again and again this year. It goes way beyond the annoying way Coach K would teach the charge flop. So F Cadeau, May, Johnson, Michigan, and of course James InBreeding.

Well said. The next Natty will feel that much sweeter though

 

[giddyup]

Sadly, I doubt UConn will press the issue to avoid being labeled a sore loser. The average person knows we were screwed and the king as no clothes. As far as the BE is concerned, this crap has to stop. I don’t expect any favoritism, but the bias and disrespect we take from our conference is unacceptable. It’s like the objective is always to kick the golden goose that pays the bills. The underlying motivation is they know damn well we will be out the door at the first opportunity, so they need to build a new brand contender at our expense.

 

[RuffRuff]

Ruff my man, you’re on it in this thread.

If anyone objectively can view that game, with Breeding’s history, as fairly called, you’re lying. Refs miss calls without a conspiracy behind it all the time. This wasn’t that.

No way - there were too many. If we got half of the missed/bad calls our way, we are in a position to win.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

For what it's worth, the Refs for the FF games and the NC game were announced together, before we even advanced.

So, it wasn't an intentionally-orchestrated conspiracy. But they clearly set the refs knowing what teams could possibly make it.

I distinctly remember seeing Breeding and High Knees in the NC game list, and telling my friends "Let's beat Illinois, but when we get to the NC game, it'll be a real tough one with those two clowns on the whistle."

Sadly, they delivered.

Woulda been interesting in a parallel universe to see how they would have ref'd the NC game if it was Illinois-Michigan instead...

 

[willie99]

I believe they announce the 11 Final Four refs before the weekend, including two alternates

If Breeding is not an alternate, then he should have been assigned the MI vs AZ game. I hope the powers that be realize he changed the game, the man is pure scum

 

[sledog]

Is this the revenge site?

ps - I don't like how UC got jobbed

 

[TheShot1990]

I can live with the loss because we just needed to hit a few more 3's and didn't. But Cadeau is a dirty, flopping little whiny punk who's bad behavior was rewarded by the refs. They even reviewed a play for a flagrant where he threw Silas on the ground and didn't even call a basic foul. And rewarding him 3 FTs at the beginning of the game for jumping into Silas while throwing the ball up in the air was a crime. All those little things matter in a low scoring game this big.

The fact that May not only tolerates but supports this behavior tells me all I need to know about May.

 

[Waquoit]

Sadly, I doubt UConn will press the issue to avoid being labeled a sore loser.

Not sadly. UConn already has one poor sport coach. Hurley played it perfectly.

 

[uconnbill]

All I wanted was to call it both ways. If you call it on UConn for hands, then you have to call it on Michigan as well. That didn't happen, and it took UConn out of their game after the first 10 minutes of the game.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

The average person knows we were screwed and the king as no clothes.

Unfortunately, that is not true at all. With the media and NCAA acting like there were no issues, the average person has no idea because they do not think for themselves.

If you compiled a video and masked the uniforms and showed the average person the plays/fouls they would say that game was fixed. But I don't think the average person actually has that perspective right now and has no idea what a joke that game was from an officiating perspective.

Someone really needs to compile a video of all of the dirty plays and non-calls from Michigan and then show the fantom calls that put the majority of our starting lineup on the bench for the majority of the game.

Just a video of Cadeau's dirty plays, flopping, and missed calls on a reel compared to the complete joke of fouls that Demary got called on would be incredible to watch. Complete joke if you were to look at that comparison.

 

[DRBackup]

for one Cadeau would have fouled out of the game

Indeed. As it was he ended up with 2 in the first half, but that would have been three

 

[DRBackup]

If Ackerman doesn’t publicly address this issue, she needs to be replaced

She needs to be replaced, regardless

 

[Fishy]

I am still in shock over the way they allowed Johnson and that Dook like guard push, pull and bulldoze on nearly every play and yet the whistle blew every time that UConn even touched aMichigan player. Michigan was allowed to play their usual hooligan B10 game while UConn was held to a middle school standard. I also complain little about the refs but my God, every time they showed a replay of any sort, one could clearly see there were uncalled fouls against UM players.
Yes, UConn fouls a lot, way too much, but to watch this game and to think UConn fouled more than UM last night is just laughable. Dan Hurley is his own enemy at times but he and his team deserved better from the NCAA.
Someone needs to print that picture of Breeding in the Michigan shirt on a T-shirt and if enough people wear one the message about that incompetent and biased Breeding will be loud and clear.
If Ackerman doesn’t publicly address this issue, she needs to be replaced, the same goes for AD David Benedict who needs to find a pair for a change.
Even though a pure pipe dream- I would love to hear an honest opinion from Dusty May (who I feel is a Calipari with a yellow sweater and a insincere smile), on how he saw the game being called.
UConn missed bunnies, did commit some silly fouls and had their usual WTF moments but did not deserve the treatment they received by the game officials.
Finally, I am proud with the way that this team fought through the obstacles last night and represented themselves in a very bright light.
The NCAA could not afford another non power conference victory, especially a UConn victory, so they made sure the B10 won last night after taking care of the women last Friday. Sorry to field something I hate, conspiracy theories, but it’s almost too obvious to ignore anymore.

What I think happened.....

May saw the officiating team and knew they were going to be able to push the envelope. And they did.

How many times was Silas shoved to the floor? And he was called for the foul on some of them?

Cadeau straight up shoved him about four times - once, on defense, Cadeau literally shoved Silas out of the play.

That kid would have fouled out in 15 minutes if he switches uniforms.

 

[Mr. French]

 

[Bigbrad1029]

They are accurate. St John's twice in the Garden, at Marquette and this game. He called this game just like both St. John's games in my opinion.

Breeding also was referee for the home loss to Creighton on Feb 18, I was there with my son who is a student at Storrs

 

[Hurlees4hed]

I hope James Breeding has a crappy day every day straight until our first game with him next season.

 

[Bigbrad1029]

Breeding is a Cockroach reffed their worst loss peas of the year, Creighton loss at home, Marquette loss, both St John’s losses and now final…Man should not even have the job and they give him the Natty….I think we know that the NCAA didn’t want to see Hurley or UConn next to UCLA and John Wooden and found the right man for the job, pun intended