Refs

[tennmike]

It's true that UConn fouls a lot. Other than McNeeley and Karaban, it's also true the there is not a ton of driving to the rim.
So this is a question for a data person. For the season, what are each Big East team's aggregate free throws attempted versus the opponents fta?
I don't ask this as a conspiracy theorist, but it is a real competitive factor.

 

[uconnbill]

Mike Repole and Pitino say hi.

They haven't won anything yet so they don't get the same spot at UConn. Winning the Big East is one thing. Winning the National Championship is another.

 

[Padutch5]

BE refs are very good at their job, don't ever question them.

Which world do u live in? As a season ticket holder, when i see who is reffing the games, i can predict the calls. Those refs work almost a game a bight during the season. It’s not unusual to see the same ones on TV over and over. The Big East should just fire them and start over or begin publicly shaming them on obvious bad [I didn’t say missed]] calls

 

[Scoe]

That dunk definitely makes the Creighton program look bad.

McDermott was talking postgame how “tough” they were physically, rubbing the W in…

Maybe Danny shouldn’t have done the whole 2 ring thing on his way out of Creighton…. Maybe…

But Creighton’s Brand took a dip last night. Not a good look…

Agreed, I'm not saying that McDermott is ok with that dunk but he certainly didn't look too dissapointed, seemed like he was more so trying to save face in the public eye.

If that's a UConn player under Hurley, Calhoun, Geno etc they are reading that player the riot act, it certainly doesn't happen with a senior.

 

[jpeakin]

Karaban had more fouls called on him in the first 3.5 min of the second half than Creighton had called on them for the entire game to the that point. Those two out of bounds calls were momentum killers.

I have never in my life seen a shot blocking center have so few fouls called as Kalk. We’ve had some of the best shot blockers in college basketball history and foul trouble was always a concern. kalk goes on multiple game stretches with zero fouls.

Fun fact:

Kalk, the 4X BEDPOY (only ever matched by Ewing) has NEVER fouled out of a game. NEVER! 160 games, leading shot blocker, and probably one the most heavily utilized (minutes) players. Hard to fathom.

 

[gsmooth]

Fun fact:

Kalk, the 4X BEDPOY (only ever matched by Ewing) has NEVER fouled out of a game. NEVER! 160 games, leading shot blocker, and probably one the most heavily utilized (minutes) players. Hard to fathom.

The closest he has come to fouling out was that game in Gampel in 2023 when Sanogo destroyed him with the 26 pts

 

[Kolumbo]

This board needs to get over the “referee” conspiracy. We let a team shoot 75% against us over an entire half. Process that for a moment. Teams don’t shoot that well in warm ups

We are atrocious defensively. We’ve been atrocious defensively all year. There is NO referee conspiracy against us. The conference does not hate us. In fact, we’ve probably been the best thing for it since we left.

Refs miss calls both ways EVERY GAME. Get over it. We laid a BIG FAT EGG tonight. That’s on the coaches and players and no one eise.

No wonder everyone hates us.

You lost me at your first paragraph. UConn didn't let some team shoot 75% because like you said, teams don't shoot 75% in warm-ups. Sometimes Lady Luck is a complete bitch to your team.

 

[Kolumbo]

You know what the solution to your complex problem is? Play better basketball. If we’re don’t get down 17, and don’t let the other guys shoot 75% maybe the refs don’t matter. And there were a few calls not made on us that helped us get back. 1 I remember was Kalkbrenner getting absolutely mugged under the basket by 2 defenders. His shot went about 2 feet up because someone, I think Stewart, was hanging off his shooting hand. Missed the shot, we rebounded and scored.

Just accept that we played poorly for 25 minutes. Dug a huge hole we couldn’t get out of and lost a game we probably should have won. The refs didn’t miss 2 3 pointers that would have tied the game. The refs didn’t let Creighton grab a critical rebound after a miss. The refs didn’t fail to cover guys all night long.

It was a one possession game when the ref blew the out of bounds call. So which team played worse to that point such that the game was that close? Had the ref not blown the call it very may well have been tied. They dug a hole and dug out of the hole, and then the refs pushed them back in and shoveled dirt on them.

 

[Kolumbo]

Fun fact:

Kalk, the 4X BEDPOY (only ever matched by Ewing) has NEVER fouled out of a game. NEVER! 160 games, leading shot blocker, and probably one the most heavily utilized (minutes) players. Hard to fathom.

Dude has played 5 full seasons. 166 games. Averages just 1.6 fouls per game. It makes no sense. We'll see how good coach McD is when this apparently ballerina-like-graceful 7 footer leaves the program.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Danny called out the refs a bit in the presser suggesting the UConn style fares better with Tourney refs. I guess that doesn’t solve for the fact we are in the BE for the foreseeable future and now have Pitino putting together teams that look like the Mike Tyson of the BE.

Gonna be interesting to see what Danny does in the portal.

Big East refs have never been kind to Uconn. Based on what I’ve seen, ncaa tourney refs are much more even keeled and dare I say fairer, and may be partly responsible for UConn’s better success in the ncaa tourney. I’m betting Hurley takes them to the FF again. I also think you will see St John’s especially, struggle with foul trouble during the ncaa’s.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Shaka Smart had the best quote I have heard about BE officiating during his in game interview during their “quarterfinal’ (Gus Johnson’s fault I meant semifinal) game against St Johns I quote:

“ whichever team commits the most fouls that are not called will win the game”

Two things about this quote, it is absolutely spot on and at least he is in a position to hope that team is/was going to be Marquette.

For UConn we already know the answer, UConn’s opponent will always commit more fouls that are not called. Sure as a mid summer afternoon thunderstorm in Florida. It is what it is.

Smart is a smart man…..pun intended.

……75% of those uncalled fouls are committed defending whichever UConn player has the ball. It kills me how the refs call touch ticky tack fouls when UConn is on defense while when UConn’s opponents are on defense it’s a rugby match.

 

[Gutter King]

It was a one possession game when the ref blew the out of bounds call. So which team played worse to that point such that the game was that close? Had the ref not blown the call it very may well have been tied. They dug a hole and dug out of the hole, and then the refs pushed them back in and shoveled dirt on them.

This is it. All year we have had to fight ourselves, as well as fight the whistle. The whistle creates a negative feedback loop on our softer than usual mentality. Our body language after bad calls is pretty obvious, and likewise on no calls.

We just don't have the mental fortitude or the room for error that we've had in the past. We start every game -4 or 5 from the free throw line. If that changes in the NCAAT we have some hope of doing damage.

 

[UCan3]

Creighton was 13 for 18 from the foul line.
While we were 2 for 4 from the foul line.

Two points from the foul line in a game we lost by 9 (including the bull spit dunk). At some point you have to be aware that something is out of whack.

It’s been the same all season.

If the big east doesn’t want us in the conference, that’s fine.

We can take a hint.

Let Mora do his thing, work together with him, find a new place to call home.

 

[Gutter King]

It’s been the same all season.

If the big east doesn’t want us in the conference, that’s fine.

We can take a hint.

Let Mora do his thing, work together with him, find a new place to call home.

I suspect we are being punished for flirting with the B12. Instead, what this conference should be focused on is ratcheting up the SJU/UConn rivalry. That's national headlines and eyeballs in the biggest market. Instead they are throwing banana peels at us.

Maybe the method to their madness is it makes us less desireable, so that we stay stuck here? Most likely it's just garbage leadership.

 

[UCLJ0211]

The incorrect call and then the subsequent three was a dagger.

I feel like there are reviews for everything these days. Why weren’t this and the previous questionable out of bounds play reviewable?

They should allow coaches challenges like they do in professional sports. Would solve a lot of this.

 

[slepers]

He said the team that gets less fouls called will probably win. They would have gotten rolled no matter what the refs. But yes BE refs do let things go, so build teams to take advantage of it.

If they let things go on both sides shouldn’t the fta’s be close? I know we may foul a lot, asking for a friend

 

[bazz&boujee]

I hear a lot about refs being anti-UConn but haven’t heard an explanation as to why…

 

[Bogey02]

Fun fact:

Kalk, the 4X BEDPOY (only ever matched by Ewing) has NEVER fouled out of a game. NEVER! 160 games, leading shot blocker, and probably one the most heavily utilized (minutes) players. Hard to fathom.

Once he’s finally left their program I’ll be curious to see if the McDermott hot streak continues against us, I feel like his drop coverage/never getting called for fouls has mostly given us fits his whole career

 

[Umami Zen]

I hear a lot about refs being anti-UConn but haven’t heard an explanation as to why…

They're not a fan of their coach

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Once he’s finally left their program I’ll be curious to see if the McDermott hot streak continues against us, I feel like his drop coverage/never getting called for fouls has mostly given us fits his whole career

Such a tired narrative.

Creighton & McDermott were basically spotted a 4 game lead in the “series” during the first 2 years of the Hurley rebuild, we were heavy underdogs to win any of those games simply due to talent level disparity.

Let’s check in on the status of the series in 2-3 years or so now that Hurley has rebuilt us back to UConn. If he’s owned us, then I’ll admit they have our number.

 

[heffe]

I"m a stat guy for 60 plus years. I love numbers and numbers love me. 30 some odd games played yesterday the only stat that dosen't fit within the mean is Uconn 2 for 4 from the foul-line. So far out of the norm that it creates a conjecture that the game was played outside of the guidelines of basketball. REFS refs refs refs......

 

[Kolumbo]

I"m a stat guy for 60 plus years. I love numbers and numbers love me. 30 some odd games played yesterday the only stat that dosen't fit within the mean is Uconn 2 for 4 from the foul-line. So far out of the norm that it creates a conjecture that the game was played outside of the guidelines of basketball. REFS refs refs refs......

anomaly, exactly!!!

 

[gtcam]

UConn plays a style of defense - all hands and not with your feet - make it easy to call fouls. Even "IF" the refs called a majority of calls that should be on the opposing team, UConn would still have way too many fouls.
I have long felt that Dan Hurley's antics such as pointing at refs, when advised not to, name calling and self promoting will cost the team at least a half dozen "bad" calls a game. As a group, these refs have had it with him.
The 2 OB misses where huge - it took the wind out of their sails.
Let's see what happens when the Dance starts.
This team is perplexing, to say the least.................................

 

[uconnfan68]

I hear a lot about refs being anti-UConn but haven’t heard an explanation as to why…

Calhoun and Hurley call them out. Ollie just had that face.