James Breeding

[superjohn]

I don't know where to put this but I figured it could go here because Big Silas wanted to go after Breeding during the national championship game. I've never seen another fan/family member as fired up as Big Silas was before the game. He was pacing outside the team hotel and almost ripping off peoples arms when they went to slap five with him. He had to sit down and take breathers because he was so fired up. Dude is awesome and the whole family is awesome...

 

[Tbone4457]

they're correct. 2-4 in the last 6 games reffed by Breeding

96% winning percentage in games not reffed by him
63% winning percentage in games Breeding reffed.

Egregious but talking or mentioning bias in officiating is completely taboo so it will continue on until he retires

It's like Tim Donaghy never existed! Of course the refs can control the game. Women's Final 4 vs SC good example. The powers that be efforts to control who wins games always ruins a sport, like the unwatchable NFL.

 

[Chief00]

The NCCA sells a fan a ticket to a tournament game. Ticket is a form of contract. The implicit and probably explicite guarantee is that the fan will view a fair honest competition, that the NCAA will not have its thumb on the outcome. The NCAA broke that guarantee when they assigned an official from The Big East Conference with an adversarial history with both the University and it's head coach, Dan Hurley. It's my personal, certainly not legal, that NCAA broke its contract with every single UCONN fan that paid to see a game that was never going to be objectively officiated. SUE the NCAA if you feel cheated.

It comes down to the incompetent Val Ackerman. This reffing mobster grew on her watch and how was he rated by conference officials to be considered one of the top 11 refs in the country?

 

[Scrutineer]

It comes down to the incompetent Val Ackerman. This reffing mobster grew on her watch and how was he rated by conference officials to be considered one of the top 11 refs in the country?

Not to be a conspiracy theorist 😎, but another question might be how did two Big East refs with a history of abusing UConn get to do the championship game with UConn vs. Michigan?

What better cover for influencing the outcome?

I have received unbelievable comments from neighbors and friends here in Hilton Head about the way the game was called. None could believe how Inconsistent the calls were and all felt it was an illegitimate outcome.

I took the high road but slipped in some of the particularly egregious calls against Demary, the calls not made on Cadeau and Johnson decking three guys in eight seconds, including the third one being done as it unfolded in front of Breeding as he watched from the end line.

 

[SL Husky]

Dan’s postgame comments were similar to these obviously sarcastic comments by Mark Pope several years ago, which were pretty funny. Dan probably wouldn’t get away with the same:

 

[upstater]

Not to be a conspiracy theorist 😎, but another question might be how did two Big East refs with a history of abusing UConn get to do the championship game with UConn vs. Michigan?

What better cover for influencing the outcome?

I have received unbelievable comments from neighbors and friends here in Hilton Head about the way the game was called. None could believe how Inconsistent the calls were and all felt it was an illegitimate outcome.

I took the high road but slipped in some of the particularly egregious calls against Demary, the calls not made on Cadeau and Johnson decking three guys in eight seconds, including the third one being done as it unfolded in front of Breeding as he watched from the end line.

And in the other end Reed was called for a slight push in the back on a rebound

 

[superjohn]

 

[RuffRuff]

Some footage here of last three minutes. This doesn't capture the many bogus calls throughout much of the game, but these refs were willing to call ridiculous fouls in the final minutes.

Cadeau running into Braylon's path. Cadeau trying to slip under Demary, fouling out. And it's always Cadeau "selling it". Raff & Hill called it out it was so obvious. You should not have refs in a Final that buy into one guy constantly selling fouls to alter the game. Need to be better than that. It's hard to tell if Ball was fouled or not on that crucial layup opportunity, but he does go flying after McKenney puts a forearm on his hip. If consistent with the selling based calls, he should have gotten that one.

You're going to call a subjective off ball foul where a defender walks into the path of a UConn player, then a touch foul, then not call a guy going up for a breakaway layup?

Shadiest reffed basketball game in UConn history. I cannot even think of a second place, that's how rare I think refs impact a game as much as they did this one.

 

[upstater]

Some footage here of last three minutes. This doesn't capture the many bogus calls throughout much of the game, but these refs were willing to call ridiculous fouls in the final minutes.

Cadeau running into Braylon's path. Cadeau trying to slip under Demary, fouling out. And it's always Cadeau "selling it". You should not have refs in a Final that buy into one guy constantly selling fouls to alter the game.

Ball fouled twice on his banked 3. The shot was off because he was fouled on his body as he went up then the guy hit Solo's arm before he released.

Cadeau went to the line for 3 FTs for less earlier.

 

[Fan1978]

27-2 without Breeding.

7-4 with Breeding.

How on earth did we get 11 games with this dude? Also, I stole the numbers from John Silver so they might be wrong.

Anyway.

They are correct, maybe we can use some nil money to get him to portal to another conference or nba

 

[RuffRuff]

Ball fouled twice on his banked 3. The shot was off because he was fouled on his body as he went up then the guy hit Solo's arm before he released.

Cadeau went to the line for 3 FTs for less earlier.

The only thing I hear supporting is that the refs came out intentionally calling it close because they knew it was UConn's "rep". I'd love someone to scrub all the calls we got away with in this one.

You can argue Michigan was the better team, but besides the point in a one game format. This was the worst called gameI have ever seen. I'd love to see someone calc the overall +/- of how the reffing changed this game.

 

[mauconnfan]

Some footage here of last three minutes. This doesn't capture the many bogus calls throughout much of the game, but these refs were willing to call ridiculous fouls in the final minutes.

Cadeau running into Braylon's path. Cadeau trying to slip under Demary, fouling out. And it's always Cadeau "selling it". Raff & Hill called it out it was so obvious. You should not have refs in a Final that buy into one guy constantly selling fouls to alter the game. Need to be better than that. It's hard to tell if Ball was fouled or not on that crucial layup opportunity, but he does go flying after McKenney puts a forearm on his hip. If consistent with the selling based calls, he should have gotten that one.

You're going to call a subjective off ball foul where a defender walks into the path of a UConn player, then a touch foul, then not call a guy going up for a breakaway layup?

Shadiest reffed basketball game in UConn history. I cannot even think of a second place, that's how rare I think refs impact a game as much as they did this one.

You didn’t have to wait for the replay when Tarris tried to gather himself under our basket with a power dribble, then lost it. Knowing Cadeau reached in on it I couldn’t wait to confirm assaulted him. Then the replay ALL arm not even close to the ball and what else? Breeding 4 feet away staring at it and he can’t wait to point the other way, UM ball. POS

 

[RitzLuce1]

I think someone on here said it best, the more time that passes, the more pissed off we will be about this. In the aftermath, I think most of us were able to handle the disappointment because the team had such an amazing run to get there. The Duke win was enough for me and everything that happened afterward was icing on the cake. Everyone was demolished by Michigan, including “the real championship game” against Arizona. The fact we kept it close it felt like a victory on itself. And Dan took the high road so it was easy to follow his lead. And the good feelings of what this team accomplished still exist.

But the fact this worst possible scenario crew just miraculously got assigned to our championship game is something that will never sit well with any of us. There is a reason why Dan is borderline giddy once Big East play is over. There is a reason why we have lost numerous games with Breeding on the whistle. And that we all feel something foul is happening watching it.

Just before I read the above posts and got triggered by it all over again, I was on instagram and the CBS College Basketball page had 2 videos on my feed. Both of a behind the scenes of Michigan’s run to a national title. Produced by Paramount Plus of course. I also noticed the page had breaking news posts for the returns of Cayden Boozer, Alex Condon, and Andrej Stojakovic. Not a mention of Braylon Mullins returning though! Interesting his return didn’t warrant a post but those 3 did.

While the officiating is rightly scrutinized, let’s not overlook the role the networks and their massive money have in influencing these outcomes. They have influenced conference realignment and leagues being destroyed. The entire broadcast that night felt like a Michigan coronation that we showed up for. Perhaps it was.

 

[upstater]

The only thing I hear supporting is that the refs came out intentionally calling it close because they knew it was UConn's "rep". I'd love someone to scrub all the calls we got away with in this one.

You can argue Michigan was the better team, but besides the point in a one game format. This was the worst called gameI have ever seen. I'd love to see someone calc the overall +/- of how the reffing changed this game.

If Michigan cleans UConn's clock in a game called consistently, then so be it. Michigan's shooting was also off. If someone wants to argue that's because of the way the game was called, that's fine. But the main point is, call a balanced game on both sides.

 

[RuffRuff]

If Michigan cleans UConn's clock in a game called consistently, then so be it. Michigan's shooting was also off. If someone wants to argue that's because of the way the game was called, that's fine. But the main point is, call a balanced game on both sides.

Well that's it - let the player's dictate the game, not the whistles. It was egregiously out of balance. It winds up a what could have been game.

 

[RuffRuff]

I think someone on here said it best, the more time that passes, the more pissed off we will be about this. In the aftermath, I think most of us were able to handle the disappointment because the team had such an amazing run to get there. The Duke win was enough for me and everything that happened afterward was icing on the cake. Everyone was demolished by Michigan, including “the real championship game” against Arizona. The fact we kept it close it felt like a victory on itself. And Dan took the high road so it was easy to follow his lead. And the good feelings of what this team accomplished still exist.

But the fact this worst possible scenario crew just miraculously got assigned to our championship game is something that will never sit well with any of us. There is a reason why Dan is borderline giddy once Big East play is over. There is a reason why we have lost numerous games with Breeding on the whistle. And that we all feel something foul is happening watching it.

Just before I read the above posts and got triggered by it all over again, I was on instagram and the CBS College Basketball page had 2 videos on my feed. Both of a behind the scenes of Michigan’s run to a national title. Produced by Paramount Plus of course. I also noticed the page had breaking news posts for the returns of Cayden Boozer, Alex Condon, and Andrej Stojakovic. Not a mention of Braylon Mullins returning though! Interesting his return didn’t warrant a post but those 3 did.

While the officiating is rightly scrutinized, let’s not overlook the role the networks and their massive money have in influencing these outcomes. They have influenced conference realignment and leagues being destroyed. The entire broadcast that night felt like a Michigan coronation that we showed up for. Perhaps it was.

100% - you appreciate surpassing expectations, but then after a bit you feel a balanced whistle is another NC.

The game outcome felt predetermined. Then you see this run of 3 straight B10 football titles, B10 taking both men's and women's hoops, and there is a trend there that aligns directly to realignment and economics.

I will forever believe the reason Dan was so content with the outcome is because he knew that the cards were stacked and will remain stacked.

 

[RuffRuff]

Dan’s postgame comments were similar to these obviously sarcastic comments by Mark Pope several years ago, which were pretty funny. Dan probably wouldn’t get away with the same:

What a weirdo

 

[Ctedgeman]

I didn't read the whole thread and yeah I kind of hate dwelling on stuff like this. There isn't really anything we as fans can do about it and there were shots that we could have made and should have made and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

That said, I would love to know if someone like Ackerman or Benedict has demanded an explanation from the NCAA about how they could possibly assign a Big East referee with a known and documented negative relationship with our coach as the lead ref of the national championship game. It was just mind boggling malpractice.

 

[Lafayette]

I didn't read the whole thread and yeah I kind of hate dwelling on stuff like this. There isn't really anything we as fans can do about it and there were shots that we could have made and should have made and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

That said, I would love to know if someone like Ackerman or Benedict has demanded an explanation from the NCAA about how they could possibly assign a Big East referee with a known and documented negative relationship with our coach as the lead ref of the national championship game. It was just mind boggling malpractice.

Don't expect Ackerman to do anything but sit back and be paid.

We the people should get a signature thingy going and get 10k signatures or more to send to the NCAA and DB to let them know the numbers don't lie: James Breeding is a biased official against UConn and action must be taken!

 

[RuffRuff]

I didn't read the whole thread and yeah I kind of hate dwelling on stuff like this. There isn't really anything we as fans can do about it and there were shots that we could have made and should have made and we wouldn't even be talking about this.

That said, I would love to know if someone like Ackerman or Benedict has demanded an explanation from the NCAA about how they could possibly assign a Big East referee with a known and documented negative relationship with our coach as the lead ref of the national championship game. It was just mind boggling malpractice.

Numbers alone are enough to warrant some an explanation - 22-13 in fouls, 28 attempts to 16. Then if you break down the actual calls, you'll probably find that the difference between the 9 fouls were all the BS calls called on us and the non calls on theirs. Silas was called trying to move around a pick set by Johnson, who extended his leg out and flopped.

 

[Mike Honcho]

Some footage here of last three minutes. This doesn't capture the many bogus calls throughout much of the game, but these refs were willing to call ridiculous fouls in the final minutes.

Cadeau running into Braylon's path. Cadeau trying to slip under Demary, fouling out. And it's always Cadeau "selling it". Raff & Hill called it out it was so obvious. You should not have refs in a Final that buy into one guy constantly selling fouls to alter the game. Need to be better than that. It's hard to tell if Ball was fouled or not on that crucial layup opportunity, but he does go flying after McKenney puts a forearm on his hip. If consistent with the selling based calls, he should have gotten that one.

You're going to call a subjective off ball foul where a defender walks into the path of a UConn player, then a touch foul, then not call a guy going up for a breakaway layup?

Shadiest reffed basketball game in UConn history. I cannot even think of a second place, that's how rare I think refs impact a game as much as they did this one.

They also missed an obvious travel on Michigan at 2:20 to go.

 

[gtcam]

They also missed an obvious travel on Michigan at 2:20 to go.

They "missed" nothing they ignored plenty of UM fouls and turnovers. In my eyes, both of Michigan's NCAA Mens Basketball championships need to be noted with a * to designate possible officiating decisions that are more than questionable. Will they ever win one without the officials/NCAAs influence?

 

[RuffRuff]

They "missed" nothing they ignored plenty of UM fouls and turnovers. In my eyes, both of Michigan's NCAA Mens Basketball championships need to be noted with a * to designate possible officiating decisions that are more than questionable. Will they ever win one without the officials/NCAAs influence?

Arrrrgh. This one really burns me.

 

[TroyHall98]

With the aggressive approach to the portal, the program has moved on. We, as fans, should do the same. We are retooled and in position to think about another deep run! Let’s get it!

 

[gtcam]

With the aggressive approach to the portal, the program has moved on. We, as fans, should do the same. We are retooled and in position to think about another deep run! Let’s get it!

not as easy to do as you think
Some of us have been fans since the pre OBE times going back o the 1960s
We've seen our fair share of UConn being crapped on by the NCAA

 

[Cballman82]

The only thing I hear supporting is that the refs came out intentionally calling it close because they knew it was UConn's "rep". I'd love someone to scrub all the calls we got away with in this one.

You can argue Michigan was the better team, but besides the point in a one game format. This was the worst called gameI have ever seen. I'd love to see someone calc the overall +/- of how the reffing changed this game.

I went through the game, got a 71-67 UConn win and though ticky tac the hook and hold on Alex was ok

Multiple F1 fouls on Michigan not called, hack on Reed in front of breeding not called, the Mullins jump ball that was called a foul

I think the reason Hurley wasn’t devastated in the loss was he knows the refs screwed him and he knows he has a public image problem (though I’m fine with it)

He’s coming on the war path in 26-27

 

[Edward Sargent]

Arrrrgh. This one really burns me.

 

[Edward Sargent]

We were hosed

 

[uconnbill]

The Officials should never help determine an outcome in any sporting event, especially the Championship game

 

[RuffRuff]

The Officials should never help determine an outcome in any sporting event, especially the Championship game

The more you watch that game, the worse it gets.