The Official Tourney Thread

[superjohn]

I'm so sick of college refs, they can't even get it right when they go to the review. Ball was off Carolina, should have been Arkansas ball with 2 on the shot clock. No call on Berry's drive. Ridiculous.

 

[gtcam]

That Michigan St team was pretty mediocre all season

ist half of the season - yes
2nd half - they were very competetive

 

[CTBasketball]

UNC getting some home cooking!

 

[BugsyCT]

Even a travel could've been called. What a joke.

 

[jrazz12]

Lol it's a broken record at this point but what the hell just happened with the refs in the last minute? The 3 shot was clearly tipped.

Then the unc guy takes 5 steps and barrels into a guy with no call.

That's unbelievably bad officiating

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Tough to beat UNC in NC

 

[Hoophound]

URI and Danny Hurley are very likeable. Fun to watch, hard working and classy on the court. He employs many of JC's tactics and principals. I love how he sat his best player for most of the first half when he got 2 fouls. URI up 8 and their leading scorer has 0 points.

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Announcers called that shot blocked immediately.

 

[Hoophound]

Tough to beat UNC in NC

Refs are ruining the tournament. Let the underdog have a fair shot.

 

[UConn990411]

Arkansas did themselves no favors down the stretch, but the refs gift wrapped this one for UNC.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

Arkansas did themselves no favors down the stretch, but the refs gift wrapped this one for UNC.

With the Razorbacks down 1, if they get the charge call on that it makes all the difference in the world.

 

[Travelman6]

I have never seen a team play so well for about 15 minutes and then follow it up with such an awful 2 or 3 minutes to end. Really bad. Refs did razorbacks no favor either.

 

[champs99and04]

All of the calls seem to be breaking against the underdogs in these games.

 

[UConnSwag11]

damn it!!

 

[jrazz12]

ACC is pathetically bad

 

[gtcam]

URI and Danny Hurley are very likeable. Fun to watch, hard working and classy on the court. He employs many of JC's tactics and principals. I love how he sat his best player for most of the first half when he got 2 fouls. URI up 8 and their leading scorer has 0 points.

yeah he's the good Hurley who didn't go to Puke
still don't like URIne

 

[BugsyCT]

Horrible finish for Arkansas. Completely disappeared when it mattered. And of course the refs with a nice little assist.

 

[kobe]

Tough to beat UNC in NC

Game was in South Carolina.

 

[ASweet3781]

Game was in South Carolina.

Greenville is at the border. Home game.

 

[UChusky916]

Arkansas won't score again

Good call.

But UNC had how many critical calls in their favor in the last 90 secs? Clear charge/travel not called resulting in 2 pts. Tipped shot which was reviewed and clearly tipped but they kept it as UNCs ball. They had, what, 5 fouls called on them in the second half until the final minute when Arkansas had to start fouling. That's nearly impossible in this day and age in college basketball.

 

[gtcam]

Game was in South Carolina.

CT/RI
NC/SC
Cinci/Hell
They are all the same
Just kidding Kobe

 

[Robertelamin]

CT/RI
NC/SC
Cinci/Hell
They are all the same
Just kidding Kobe

Cincy/Kentucky, which is worse than Hell

 

[TXHuskyFan]

Game was in South Carolina.

My bad. After I posted, I remembered that it was THAT Greenville. However, pretty much anywhere UNC plays under the NCAA purview, they will get the calls.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hero ball cost Arkansas that game, not the refs.

 

[boog204]

Ok my last rant on this... Both Kentucky and UNC shoulda, coulda lost today. But... In the biggest possession of the game, both opposing teams (as most do), opted to run the clock to nothing, run nothing, and just hope that someone could hit a hero shot. Why do you not still at least try to run your offense? I'm sure someone has a stat for the late game possession %, but I bet it is woefully bad. Why opt to just run the clock to five or seconds and then hope to hit a desperation 3? So asinine.