The Official Tourney Thread

[Horatio]

Horrible foul call on #22 SM. Refs are terrible

 

[Jimdish255]

Horrible foul call on #22 SM. Refs are terrible

This is the worst officiated tournament I've ever seen. If they're getting 1/2 the calls right it's a stretch. That was a game changing phantom foul. But I've lost count of all the phony calls.

 

[Walker11]

Xavier is a really good team who lost their PG in January - if he was still playing, they would have been top 10 - easy
Xavier and Butler are probably the most disciplined teams on both sides of the ball in the tourney

Their PG will be a 1st rounder at one point. And Myles Davis left after a few games. He scored double digits 2 years in a row. We recruited this kid what felt like 9 years ago. Mack is just a helluva coach. He squeezes everything he can out of each individual. Bloomfield product Tyrique Jones had a nice game with 13 points. He hasn't been a huge impact throughout the season but it pains me to see undersized bigs who "weren't good enough" for UCONN to excel during the tournament.

 

[Jaker]

St Mary's letting the game get away from them.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Zags lucky it was Northwestern as their 2nd round opponent and not a program that's been there like Wisconsin or they'd probably have been toast. The last 10 mins were their usual deer in headlight postseason looks.

I don't know why Few stays at Gonzaga. He is playing 5 on 8 every 2nd and 3rd round game every tournament, where he wouldn't be having that problem if he was at Washington, for example. They non-P5 schools should threaten to bolt and hold their own tournament, because all they are doing by staying in the dance is validating the biased officiating.

The refs stopped calling fouls on Northwestern with 10 minutes left unless it was a felony. The fact that the refs missed a basket interference does not start to compensate for about 10 fouls that should have been called on Northwestern in the last 10 minutes.

 

[Walker11]

the Aussie is good for the Gaels

Which one?

Joking, obviously you mean Landale. Stud, and only a JR. But half their rotation are Aussies. Quite the connect Bennett has. Delly and Patty Mills also starred at St. Marys.

 

[Walker11]

They non-P5 schools should threaten to bolt and hold their own tournament, because all they are doing by staying in the dance is validating the biased officiating.

This can not be a real idea.

 

[Robertelamin]

virginia is dogshlt offensively every year

Yeah and they are getting curb stomped right now.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This foul call on St. Mary's is another example of the insane bias. They gave Arizona an and-1 on a play that should have resulted in the at least a Flagrant 2 on Arizona.

 

[Jimdish255]

How'd you like that call? Take an arm to the face get called for a foul.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This can not be a real idea.

You are right, the non-P5 should just quietly take this until they are completely irrelevant. That is a much better plan.

 

[superjohn]

I don't know why Few stays at Gonzaga. He is playing 5 on 8 every 2nd and 3rd round game every tournament, where he wouldn't be having that problem if he was at Washington, for example. They non-P5 schools should threaten to bolt and hold their own tournament, because all they are doing by staying in the dance is validating the biased officiating.

The refs stopped calling fouls on Northwestern with 10 minutes left unless it was a felony. The fact that the refs missed a basket interference does not start to compensate for about 10 fouls that should have been called on Northwestern in the last 10 minutes.

Bwahahaha.

 

[Jimdish255]

No way does St Mary's get to challenge shot from behind and not get whistled. AZ over the back no problem. That should do it for them. Too bad.

 

[Walker11]

You are right, the non-P5 should just quietly take this until they are completely irrelevant. That is a much better plan.

Thank you. It clearly is. What is the ideal outcome in your scenario? A crappy, tier 2 tournament that can be played on FS1 for hundreds of people to watch?

I do agree that small schools get slighted in seeding (just look at Wichita) but there is no conspiracy to officiate in favor of big schools. College refs are simply incompetent. Very, very incompetent. And for arguments sake, wouldn't it be beneficial to have more upsets over the 1st weekend? No one wants to see a Butler play in the Final 4, but no one likes to see the 1st weekend go chalk either.

 

[Robertelamin]

Does UVA get to 40?

 

[UConnSwag11]

virginia is painful to watch, talk about bad offense

 

[UConnSwag11]

purdue and iowa state is a game

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Thank you. It clearly is. What is the ideal outcome in your scenario? A crappy, tier 2 tournament that can be played on FS1 for hundreds of people to watch?

I do agree that small schools get slighted in seeding (just look at Wichita) but there is no conspiracy to officiate in favor of big schools. College refs are simply incompetent. Very, very incompetent. And for arguments sake, wouldn't it be beneficial to have more upsets over the 1st weekend? No one wants to see a Butler play in the Final 4, but no one likes to see the 1st weekend go chalk either.

I think college refs are excellent actually, I just think there is favoritism towards the big conference, probably because all the refs want to work big conference games. You don't have these problems in P5 vs. P5 games like you do in P5 vs. non-P5 games. It is not a coincidence.

 

[UConnSwag11]

holy

 

[ivrytontusker]

Some of the ACC hype is based on the record in the past couple of tournaments, which is, I believe, 38-12 (in 2015 and 2016 together).

I think probably this year's UVA and ND teams were not as good as in the past couple of years. FSU was seriously over-seeded.

 

[Drew]

that call on the rebound against St Mary's is legitimately the worst call I have ever seen. EDIT: blatant shove in the back by Arizona guy. Foul on St. Mary's. Good grief.

 

[UConnSwag11]

terrible call against st marys

 

[UConnSwag11]

that call on the rebound against St Mary's is legitimately the worst call I have ever seen

you missed the goaltend in the northwestern game

 

[Drew]

you missed the goaltend in the northwestern game

I did. saw the highlight tho. Equally as bad.

 

[kobe]

you missed the goaltend in the northwestern game

This game is in the same arena, right? Must be same refs.